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When does the greatest increase in height and weight occur? |
During the first year of life |
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By the time a child is 6 years old, (s)he weighs, on average, about (. ) pounds and stand approximately (. ) inches tall. |
46;46 |
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Which of the following terms describes the period in which the sexual organs mature
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Puberty |
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Which is false : The brain becomes smaller and lighter. The brain shrinks, leaving double the amount of space between the brain and the skull. The structure, function and number of neurons in the brain are significantly reduced. Blood flow to the brain is reduced within the brain and less glucose and oxygen is used. |
The structure, function and number of neurons in the brain are significantly reduced. |
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Research suggests that, with age regular exercise contributes to all of the following EXECPT less loss of muscle fiber Increased bone fractures Better performance on mental tests and less loss of brain tissue Cognitive |
Increased bone fractures |
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Wilma is a 65-year-old woman who has chronic pulmonary disease, osteoporosis, and recently suffered a stroke. she relies on relatives and caretakers to help her on a daily basis even with some of her most basic tasks. which of the following best describes will most functional age? |
Oldest old |
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According to the terminology that demographers use, people at ages 75-84 are called |
Old old |
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By age 5 a child’s brain weighs (??) of an average adult brain |
90% |
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The basic nerve cell of the nervous system is called a |
Neuron |
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Which of the following is the most likely reason for her to listen and positivity in risky behavior? ADD/ADHD Developing myelination of nerve cells which makes the transmission of neural messages more efficient The adolescent prefrontal cortex is biologically immature Alterations of dopamine sensitivity |
The adolescent prefrontal cortex is biologically immature |
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What is the term for unlearned, unorganized, involuntary responses that occur automatically in the presence of certain stimuli? |
Reflexes |
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What is the term for the reflex where the neonate tends to turn its head toward think that touch it’s cheek |
Rooting |
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Babies are typically able to crawl between (?) months of age. |
8 and 10 |
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Today, the average age by which children are toilet trained is (?) months. |
30 |
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All of the following are fine motor skill they do your preschooler possesses except Undo their clothes to go to the bathroom Put together a jigsaw puzzle Fir shaped blocks into matching shaped holes Throw a ball to a friend |
Throw a ball to a friend |
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Is time for Margaret to give her baby his bad the water is warm and she adds a bubble bath to the water when she puts her baby in the water the baby splashes around and plays with the bubbles and generally appears to enjoy himself because his (?) is/are stimulated. |
Sensory organs |
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At which A medical class is hearing a lecture on vision the doctor ask them what happens when the eye produces too much fluid causing increase of pressure within the high what condition is the doctor disgusting age does the visual acuity typically begin to decline |
40 |
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The medical class is hearing a lecture on vision. the doctor asks them what happens when the eye produces too much fluid causing an increase of pressure within the eye. What condition is the doc describing? |
Glaucoma |
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Although hearing aids will be helpful to improve the hearing approximately (?) percent of older adults with deficits only about (?) of those adults actually wear such devices |
75;20 |
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Joe is 82 years old and has noticed that food has lost quite a bit of its allure to him he does not have the same level of taste that he used to experience even when it is heavily seasoned one reason for this decline is that the (?) in his brain may have begun to shrivel as he had aged. |
Olfactory bulb |
