Psych 2010 - Chapter 6: Physical Development: The Brain, Body, Motor Skills, and the Beginnings of Sexual Development Test Banks

Psych 2010 - Chapter 6:
Physical Development:
The Brain, Body, Motor
Skills, and the
Beginnings of Sexual
Development Test
Banks
Relative to its final adult weight, approximately how
much does the brain weigh in a newborn?
a. 10 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 75 percent
d. 99 percent
b. 25 percent
Relative to its final adult weight, approximately how
much does the brain weigh in a 2-year-old child?
a. 10 percent
b. 25 percent
c. 75 percent
d. 99 percent
c. 75 percent
Brain growth during which phase of development is
characterized as the "brain growth spurt"?
a. the second trimester of pregnancy
b. the third trimester of pregnancy and infancy
c. the toddler years
d. the middle childhood years
b. the third trimester of pregnancy and infancy
Which statement best summarizes Segalowitz's data
regarding the impact of childhood trauma to brain
structures associated with self-regulation?
a. Higher levels of childhood trauma were associated
with lower error-monitoring errors.
b. Brain growth and mental health were only weakly
related.
c. Self-regulation was higher among those with higher
levels of early trauma.
d. Self-regulation was lower among those with higher
levels of early trauma.
d. self-regulation was lower among those with higher
levels of early trauma
With a few exceptions, all neurons are formed early in
development. When does this milestone occur?
a. at the beginning of the embryonic period
b. at the end of the second trimester of pregnancy
c. at 4 years of age
d. at 6 years of age
b. at the end of the second trimester of pregnancy
What is the term for cells that nourish neurons and
encase them within insulating sheets of myelin?
a. corticospinal cells
b. myelin sheath
c. betz cells
d. glial cells
d. glial cells
Why is it important to assess growth, height, and
weight against a "standard" such as the World Health
Organization Growth Standards?
a.They provide information about how children in the
immediate locale are developing and growing.
b.They provide information about how children raised
in suboptimal conditions or "abnormal" conditions are
developing and growing.
c.They provide information about deviations from
"normal" growth under optimum conditions.
d.They provide information about impacts of gender
and culture on development and growth.
c. they provide information about deviations from
'normal' growth under optimum conditions
During which developmental period do the most rapid
gains in body height occur?
a. infancy and toddlerhood
b. early childhood
c. middle childhood
d. adolescence
a. infancy and toddlerhood
How is the infant's growth rate most accurately
described?
a. as quantitatively regulated
b. as occurring in erratic spurts
c. as steadily continuous
d. as quantitatively dependent
b. as occurring in erratic spurts