Deck 8: Seciton 4: Early Childhood: Biosocial Development

Question 1

The 2-year-old brain has attained about 75 percent of its adult weight.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The body of a 6-year-old child more closely resembles an adult's body than a toddler's body because the child's center of gravity has dropped from the breast to the belly.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Many parents fear that their children are not getting enough to eat during early childhood, which can contribute to childhood obesity.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

By the age of 6 years, the brain has attained about half of its adult weight.

Question 5

By the age of 6, the rigidity of the "just right" stage of development tends to fade.

Question 6

By 6 years of age, most children have nearly adult-like proportions; they no longer have the large heads, short limbs, and protruding stomachs that toddlers do.

Question 7

The corpus callosum connects the hemispheres of the brain.

Question 8

Perseveration is the tendency to continue an activity even when it has become inappropriate to do so.

Question 9

The prefrontal cortex is considered the executive of the brain because planning and prioritizing occur there.

Question 10

Impulsiveness and perseveration are opposite behaviors with the same underlying cause.

Question 11

The development of the body and brain during early childhood is exclusively biologically driven.

Question 12

Research found that 2-year-old humans have similar intellectual abilities as orangutans and chimpanzees.

Question 13

Failure to brush the teeth is the primary cause of early tooth decay.

Question 14

The part of the brain that specializes in planning and prioritizing is the cerebellum.

Question 15

Myelination is essential for basic communication between neurons.

Question 16

A nutritional problem in early childhood is an insufficient intake of iron, zinc, and calcium.

Question 17

The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body.

Question 18

A child's appetite increases between the ages of 2 and 6.

Question 19

Eduardo is a natural-born musician with the ability to pick up and play nearly any musical instrument. His musical talent is controlled by the left side of his brain.

Question 20

Too much sugar and too little fiber cause tooth decay in childhood.

Question 21

Prior to 1960, misconceptions about both the frequency of child maltreatment and the perpetrators masked the real problems of child maltreatment.

Question 22

The right hemisphere of the brain is where language abilities are located in most people.

Question 23

The hippocampus is a central processor of memory, especially with regard to locations.

Question 24

Drowning is a leading cause of unintentional death for children between the ages of 1 and 4 in the United States.

Question 25

High exposure to lead reduces intelligence and increases behavior problems in young children.

Question 26

Primary prevention reduces the damage after an accident.

Question 27

The amygdala registers emotions.

Question 28

Hospitalization is an example of secondary prevention of child maltreatment.

Question 29

Secondary prevention reduces the danger of high-risk situations.

Question 30

Tertiary prevention reduces damage after an accident.

Question 31

The text states that rates of reported child maltreatment in the United States are similar among all states.

Question 32

Fine motor skills are developed before gross motor skills.

Question 33

The number of reported cases of child maltreatment is approximately equal to the number of substantiated cases.

Question 34

Child maltreatment includes child abuse and child neglect.

Question 35

The word "accident" implies that an injury is random, an unpredictable event.

Question 36

Compared to older children, children between the ages of 2 and 6 years old have a lower risk for premature death due to injuries.