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Preschool Years - ANSWER3-6 years old Middle Childhood - ANSWER6-adolescents Adolescence - ANSWER10-13 years Physical Growth in Early Childhood - ANSWERloss of baby fat, more slender, body proportions become more adult like Physical Growth in Middle Childhood - ANSWERslow and steady but...

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Lifespan Development Exam 2
Questions & Answers 100% Correct!!
Preschool Years - ANSWER3-6 years old



Middle Childhood - ANSWER6-adolescents



Adolescence - ANSWER10-13 years



Physical Growth in Early Childhood - ANSWERloss of baby fat, more slender, body proportions
become more adult like



Physical Growth in Middle Childhood - ANSWERslow and steady but growing never stops



Malnutrition is a leading cause of mortality in - ANSWERDEVELOPING world



Childhood Obesity - ANSWERbody weight that is 20% or MORE of the average weight for a given age
and height



Today's Obesity Rates - ANSWER17% (1 in 3 children in poverty are obese)



Action items from CDC - ANSWERincrease physical activity

increase fruit and veggie intake

reduce energy-dense food and sugar consumption

increase breastfeeding initiation and duration



Illness among preschoolers - ANSWERgenerally a time of good health for US preschoolers...develop
empathy



Injuries - ANSWERchildren are twice as likely to die from injuries than illness in the preschool years

, Injury Prone - ANSWERhigh levels of physical activity, curiosity, lack of cognitive development=lack of
judgment, boys more than girls, optimistic bias, less supervised



Largest Risk - ANSWERunintentional injuries



7.3/100,000 - ANSWERdeaths from unintentional injuries



Synaptic Blooming and Pruning - ANSWERincreased lateralization

gender and culture differences emerge

corpus collusum becomes thicker



Myelination - ANSWERincreased attention and concentration (executive)

hippocampus myelination: increased memory abilities

cerebellum: increased control over movement

key for FINE motor development



Prefrontal Cortex - ANSWERfrontal lobes -- key and related to sophisticated information processing,
key in forming the ability to increase attention and concentration (executive control)



Brain becomes more _______ and less _______ - ANSWERorganized ; plastic



Relationship between DIET and EXERCISE - ANSWERless exercise(more tv), poorer diet(greater food
intake) ; more exercise(less tv), better diet(less food intake)



Piaget's Preoperational Stage - ANSWERstage is marked by a decrease in reliance on sensorimotor
activity for cognitive development



Centration - ANSWERchildren concentrate on one aspect of a stimulus and ignore other aspects



Egocentric Thought - ANSWERchildren are unable to take the perspective of others -- not in a selfish
way

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