Childhood Development chapter 4-7 Exam Study Guide 2024/2025 with 100% correct answers
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Childhood Development Chapter 4-7 E
Which of the following is true regarding REM sleep in infants?
- REM sleep is the most different from the waking state of all sleep cycles.
- About half of the sleep infants experience is REM sleep.
- Newborns sleep 6 to 8 hours per night, with 90 percent of that being REM sleep.
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Childhood Development chapter 4-7
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Which of the following is true regarding REM sleep in infants?
- REM sleep is the most different from the waking state of all sleep cycles.
- About half of the sleep infants experience is REM sleep.
- Newborns sleep 6 to 8 hours per night, with 90 percent of that being REM sleep.
- REM sleep is when the baby's brain does the most growing. correct answersabout half of the sleep
infants experience is REM sleep.
Colic refers to long-lasting bouts of crying that are common prior to 4 months of age. The most likely
cause is ______________. correct answersdifficulties in self-soothing or responding to soothing
sensation.
Causes of SIDS remain uncertain, but the strongest evidence implicates __________. correct
answersboth neurological deficits and exposure to environmental stressors.
All of the following are advantages of breastfeeding except __________.
- breast milk doesn't need to be warmed up before "serving"
- breast milk has the ideal balance of nutrients
- breast milk contains antibodies from the mother
,- breast milk protects the baby from contaminants of disease the mother may have in her body correct
answersBreast milk protects the baby from contaminants of disease the mother may have in her body
By 6 months, infants are ready to try solid food. The best policy on giving infants their first solid foods
appears to be to __________. correct answersintroduce them one at a time to test for a negative
reaction by the baby
The rapid return of growth to the child's projected growth trajectory, after a period of malnutrition or
illness in which the child grew slowly or not at all, is called ____________. correct answerscatch-up
growth
A pattern in which growth and motor control over the body occurs first in the head, then the trunk, and
then the legs is termed _________________. correct answerscephalocaudal pattern
Synaptogenesis leads to an infant having nearly twice as many synapses as an adult at the peak of
synapse growth in infancy, but pruning reduces the number by about _______. correct answers40
percent
Which of the following is the term for a large bundle of axons connecting left and right cerebral
hemispheres?
- Frontal lobes
- Cerebral cortex
- Insula
- Corpus callosum correct answersCorpus callosum
The finding that bilingual individuals have denser gray matter and more fully developed white matter is
an example of _______________. correct answersexperience-dependent brain development
, One-month-old babies spend up to 40 percent of their time in rhythmic and cyclical movements that are
________. correct answersNon-reflexive
Gibson's ________ theory emphasizes that motor actions involve the integration of action and
perception. correct answersecological
Babies use vision to guide their reaching but can also reach accurately to an object in the dark, providing
they see it before the lights go out. The types of cues babies are using in the dark are mostly
_______________. correct answersproprioceptive
The finding that babies put to sleep on their backs were delayed in crawling by about 2 months
compared to side or tummy sleepers illustrates that _______________. correct answersa certain amount
of experience on the tummy is needed to figure out the mechanics of crawling
Researchers who filmed novice and experienced walkers in many situations found that the toddlers
_______________. correct answerswalked more than the length of 46 football fields each day
Based on experiments revealing how newborns perceive pain, current recommendations for medical
procedures for newborns include all of the following except _______________
- giving a local anesthetic for invasive medical procedures
- holding the infant gently during the procedure
- giving the infant a general anesthetic
- giving sugar water or breast milk through a nipple correct answersgiving the infant a general anesthetic
An experiment conducted in a region of France where mothers consume anise-flavored foods showed
that infants whose mothers consumed the most anise _______________. correct answersexhibited a
preference for anise already at birth, most likely indicating that the preference is established prenatally
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