Chapter 7 Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Match each activity with the appropriate age at which it can be achieved.

3 Year Old: hopping and jumping 4 Year Old: climbing a low jungle gym 5 Year Old: running races with friends

By age 6, the brain has reached about ____ of its adult size.

95%

Which of the following symptoms are associated with autistic children?

High rates of repetitive behaviors, deficits in communication, deficits in social interactions.

As Trevor learns about long division, his mother first needs to help him a lot. She gradually decreases the level of support as Trevor's ability in this area grows. This is an example of

scaffolding

Children's safety is influenced by which of the following factors?

Their own behavior, school and peers, and family and home.

Which of the following guidelines assist parents in teaching proper eating habits to their children?

Modeling healthy eating habits, maintaining a breakfast, lunch, and dinner routine, preparing a balanced meal with proper representation of the major food groups.

Select all of the following statements that best describe the advances in pragmatics in early childhood?

Young children are able to present competent narratives, young children can learn rules regarding politeness in conversations, and young children can adapt their speech based on their setting

All of the following would prevent many of the incidences of deaths among young children living in poverty around the world, except:

a crackdown on generic medications.

is a cognitive approach that focuses on children's attention, memory, and problem-solving abilities.

information processing

The mental awareness of one's own mental processes and the mental processes of others is known as the theory of

mind

Rank the main causes of death among young children, from the highest incidence to the lowest incidence.

motor vehicle accidents, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and HIV/AIDS

Children and adolescents above the BMI's 97th percentile are classified as ______ whereas children and adolescents in the 95th or 96th percentile are considered overweight.

obese

Children should not only get the recommended amount of sleep per night, but the sleep should also be _____ sleep.

uninterrupted