Biological
Which nutrient is key in preventing osteoporosis in children and adolescents?
Calcium!
Under normal conditions, healthy human infants experience moving visual patterns (e.g., faces) and varied sounds (e.g., voices). This is the example of what process below?
Experience-expectant growth
Experience-dependent growth
Experience growth
None of the above
a) Experience-expectant growth
Name a scenario in which the early onset of puberty may be triggered
- stressful home environment
- nutrition and body fat
- Environmental chemicals
- Absence of biological father
- Cultural/environmental variation
- Chronic stress in general
Many children die from preventable diseases like malaria and measles worldwide. Name one public health strategy that helps protect children from these diseases.
Vaccination programs, clean water initiatives, mosquito net use, improved sanitation
Access to medical care to treat diseases early. Community health care.
The average male height during the American Civil War was 5"6. today it is 5'9. this change from one generation to the next is considered this type of growth pattern.
Secular growth pattern
What process of eliminating unnecessary neural connections makes the brain more efficient by allowing it to specialize in the functions that are most used?
synaptic pruning
WHO and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) created which program to combat pneumonia, diarrhea, measles, malaria, and malnutrition?
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
Why might girls be more at risk to eating disorders than boys?
Sociocultural
Emphasis on body image more prevelant for females in some cultures
Depression and anxiety rates higher post puberty, which are risk factors for eating disorders
Biological
Puberty can increase body fat and affect appearance ideals
Hormonal change in estrogen can affect mood, stress, and increase body dissatisfaction
Why is sleep a key factor for healthy growth? Name at least 2 factors
Secrete growth hormone for growing
recovery + repair
hormonal regulation
Electroencephalography is one of the methods of studying brain development which measures the brain’s __________________(1) from ______________(2) placed on the scalp. Meanwhile, another method, __________________________, uses magnetic field to track the __________________(4) in the brain.
(1) electrical activity, (2) electrodes, (3) fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging), (4) the flow of blood
A teenage girl starts skipping meals because her friends are dieting and she wants to be thin like the characters she sees on TV. Which risk factors for eating disorders are present here?
Risk factors: peer pressure, media influence, and cultural emphasis on thinness.
According to Hill & Oliver (1992), eating disorders have increasingly started at younger ages. What factors may contribute to this?
Social factors like social media
Body dysmorphia
Common place of unhealthy foods
Can lead to unhealthy habits and negative feelings of one's own body
Genetics
Increased anxiety or cannot convert fat to fuel