Compare the growth patterns of boys and girls during early childhood.

Compare the growth patterns of boys and girls during early childhood.
 
  a. Growth patterns for boys and girls are similar during early childhood.
  b. Muscle mass increases for girls more than boys during early childhood.
  c. Body fat increases for boys more than girls during early childhood.
  d. Girls tend to grow taller than boys during early childhood.

Ques. 2

Which group of children tends to grow faster and taller than their peers?
 
  a. Southern European
  b. African American
  c. American Caucasian
  d. Asian

Ques. 3

The rapidly growing system that build children's immunity to infectious disease in early childhood is
 
  a. the system of muscle mass.
  b. the lymphoid system.
  c. the reproductive system.
  d. the respiratory system.

Ques. 4

Which of the following normal, healthy children is most likely to have the highest proportion of body fat?
 
  a. 6-year-old Samuel
  b. 5-year-old Keisha
  c. 4-year-old Elliott
  d. 1-year-old Casandra

Ques. 5

You, like so many other parents, assume your child must be gifted because you are amazed at how advanced your eighteen-month-old son's thinking can be at times. At first you thought your son was simply imitating your behavior, but you have come to believe he is actually capable of thinking and learning. Discuss three thinking capacities that are actually quite typical of most eighteen-month-old children.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Ques. 6

Severe neglect may cause all of the following EXCEPT:
 
  a. increase in head circumference.
  b. developmental delays.
  c. learning deficits.
  d. low levels of brain activity.

Ques. 7

During early childhood, most children will develop gross motor skills in what order?
 
  a. walk backwards, bounce and catch a ball, ride a bicycle, balance on one foot briefly
  b. balance on one foot briefly, bounce and catch a ball, walk backwards, ride a bicycle.
  c. walk backwards, balance on one foot briefly, bounce and catch a ball, ride a bicycle.
  d. bounce and catch a ball, balance on one foot briefly, walk backwards, ride a bicycle.

Ques. 8

During early childhood, children develop fine motor skills in sequential order. Which of the following children is probably oldest (based on fine motor skill development)?
 
  a. Shonda can unbutton her jacket and turn pages one at a time.
  b. Marco can hold a pencil like an adult and copy a circle.
  c. Falicia can cut fairly accurately with scissors and skrew together threaded things.
  d. Davarko is able to tie his sneakers and zip his jacket.

Ques. 9

Which of the following conclusions or predictions might be made about Savannah, who is left-handed?
 
  a. She will be one of the few left-handed girls in her class.
  b. Her left-handedness is unrelated to her genetic background.
  c. She will lack fine motor skills compared to her right-handed peers.
  d. It was not clear that she favored her left hand until she reached age 7.

Ques. 10

Which pair of same-age children represents the typical gender differences in gross motor skills during early childhood?
 
  a. At age five, Sheila can balance on one foot longer than Carl.
  b. At age six, Ivan can do jumping jacks better than Katie.
  c. At age four, Dorinda can jump higher than Steven.
  d. At age six, DeWayne and Sue perform gross motor skills at the same level.