In comparison to physical development during infancy, growth during preschool years is
What is slower?
100
Throughout early childhood, girls are somewhat better at gross motor tasks requiring balance and precision of movement whereas boys show some advantage in
What is throwing and kicking?
100
Illnesses that last only a few days and are not life threatening are considered
What are minor illnesses?
100
Most preschoolers sleep
What is 10 hours a night and take one nap per day?
100
Most American children are toilet trained by age
What is 3 to 4?
200
The growth patterns for boys and girls during the preschool years
What is are about the same rate?
200
This type of play is important to the physical and social development of children.
What is rough-and-tumble play?
200
Four to 10-year-olds will typically experience this many minor illnesses a year.
What is 4-6 a year?
200
A soft, cuddly object often carried to bed by a child to ease the separation from parents.
What is a transitional object?
200
Failure to control the bladder once the "normal" age for bladder control has been acheived is called
What is enuresis?
300
Brain plasticity means
What is the brain can sometimes compensate for injuries?
300
The development of drawing is linked to enjoyment, motor development and
What is cognitive development?
300
_______ kills more children per year than AIDS, malaria and measles combined.
What is pneumonia?
300
Frightening, dreamlike experiences that occur during the deepest stage of REM sleep, shortly after the child has gone to sleep.
What are sleep terrors (night terrors)?
300
About 10% of children wet their beds, with the problem about twice as common among
What are boys?
400
In part because of myelination, this develops more quickly than any other organ during early childhood
What is the brain?
400
The fact that fine motor skill development lags behind that of gross motor skills represents this trend in development
What is proximodistal development?
400
________ have greatly reduced the incidence of fatal childhood illnesses.
What are immunizations?
400
Children with frequent nightmares or sleep terrors can develop
What is insomnia?
400
Most children will "outgrow" bedwetting by age
What is eight?
500
This part of the brain is more involved in logical analysis and problem solving and generally produces right-handed individuals.
What is the left hemisphere?
500
Handedness appears during infancy. At this age, a preference for grasping with the right or left hand increases.
What is between 6 and 14 months?
500
Exposure to lead can result in ________ in young children.
What is neurological damage?
500
Sleepwalking is related to
What is immaturity of the nervous system?
500
An inability to control the bowels is referred to as