Growth Patterns
At 2 years of age, the brain already has attained what percentage of its adult weight?
75%
Gross motor skills involve?
The large muscles used in locomotion pg. 129
Handedness has a genetic component- T or F?
True. If both parents are right handed than your chances of being right handed are about 92%
In the US, about one child in ___ suffers from major chronic illness.
three
Piaget believed that children usually begin to engage in pretend play in the 2nd year, when they have developed the ability to ____ objects.
symbolize
Are we right brained or left brained?
At what age can children balance on one foot usually?
By age 3. pg. 129
Children go through how many stages in drawing pictures? pg. 132
4 stages. They first place their scribbles in various locations-on the page. Draw basic shapes and combine shapes into designs, and than finally draw recognisable objects.
The average 4 to 8 year old needs about ___ calories a day.
1400
What is encopresis
lack of control over the bowels
This is the tendency of new parts of the brain to take up the functions of injured parts- what is this called?
plasticity
This involves the small muscles used in manipulations and coordination?
Fine motor skills. pg 130
What is the name of the stages children go through with drawing?
1. placement
2. shape
3. design
4. pictorial stages
Around the world how many children die from major childhood diseases?
8 to 9 million pg. 133
More severe than the anxiety dreams we refer to as nightmares- what is this?
And they occur during _____ sleep?
Pg. 136
sleep terrors.
deep
What is the thick bundle of nerve fibers that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain?
Corpus Callosum
By 2 years of age, kids can build a tower of 6 cubes- what are they using?
Fine motor skills.
By what age do infants start showing a preference to grasp with one hand or the other?
Between 6 and 14 months pg. 131
American children between the ages of 1 and 3 average ___ to ____ minor illnesses a year.
Between the ages of 4 and 10 the average drops to ___ to _____
8 to 9
4 to 6
What is the most important kind of symbolic activity of young children?
what is language. pg. 137
When is plasticity the greatest? Which years?
By 5 years of age a child can usually stand on one foot for 8-10 seconds, what is being used?
Gross motor skills.
What is handedness?
the tendency to use either the right or the left hand more naturally than the other.
The single most common cause of death in early childhood is ____?
Motor vehicle accidents.
*boys are. more likely than girls to incur accidental injuries at all ages and in all SES groups.
Describe the 3 mountains test...
pg. 138-139