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1. Which individual is illustrating fine motor skills? Olivia is…
1. Which individual is illustrating fine motor skills?
Olivia is skipping.
Kendra is cutting paper.
Jamal is running.
Jada is throwing a ball.
2. As long as a child receives adequate nutrition, their height is largely determined by ______.
endocrine disruptors
genetics
testosterone
the cerebellum
3. Synaptic connections that are unused deteriorate and disappear through which process?
proprioception
synaptogenesis
pruning
plasticity
4. Tamara wants to breastfeed her baby when she is born. She understands that she will need to be careful of what she eats as taste transfers through amniotic fluid and breast milk through ______.
adrenal glands
neurotransmitters
chemosensory molecules
endocrine disruptors
5. The antibodies in colostrum and mother’s milk have no apparent benefits for the mother or the infant.
True
False
6. Secondary sex characteristics are important outward signs that puberty is occurring.
True
False
7. The adolescent brain is particularly vulnerable to the effect of neurotoxins.
True
False
8. Tanner is a new dad. He has been doing a lot of reading on child development. He decided to make sure to put his baby on her stomach some while she is awake and encourage “tummy time.” This strengthening of her neck has helped her to lift and hold her head up without any support. This experience along with the myelination taking place during motor development represents which type of development?
lateralization
cephalocaudal
proprioception
proximodistal
9. Viola has recently started dieting. She wants to look like all the models that she sees on social media and in the magazines. Whenever she looks in the mirror, she sees herself as fat. She has restricted her food intake so much that her hair is thinning and her nails are very brittle. Which disorder is most likely describing Viola?
depression
bulimia
binge eating
anorexia
10. Visual acuity is the ability to see things ______.
in the occipital lobe
up close
in sharp focus
spatially
11. Individuals are either “right-brained” or “left-brained” in their personality traits.
True
False
12. When we receive feedback from our joints, ligaments, and muscles to our brain to give us awareness of where our body is in space, this is called ______.
myelination
proprioception
circumcision
lateralization
13. What impact does sex hormones, estrogen and testosterone, have on the adolescent growth spurt?
The sex hormones work with the growth hormones to produce the rapid increase in height known as the adolescent growth spurt.
The sex hormones are replaced by the growth hormones to decrease the speed of the increase in height during the adolescent growth spurt.
The sex hormones replace the growth hormones to produce the rapid increase in height known as the adolescent growth spurt.
The sex hormones overshadow the growth hormones to decrease the adolescent growth spurt in height.
14. Dante wants to lose some weight for his role in the school play. He loses control sometimes when he eats. He decided to take some laxatives to help him get rid of the binges that he has. No one really suspects anything is wrong with Dante since he continues to look like he is a normal weight. Which disorder should Dante be evaluated for?
bulimia
anorexia
depression
binge eating
15. What impact does massage have on premature infants?
Massage is associated with longer cephalocaudal development in premature infants.
Massage is associated with higher endocrine disruptors in premature infants.
Massage is associated with shorter NICU stays in premature infants.
Massage is associated with decreased gross motor skills in premature infants.
