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The condition of having an improper amount and balance of nutrients is called

A) starvation.
B) malnutrition.
C) obesity.
D) undernutrition.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Question 62

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Infants display a wide range of emotional expressions.Research studies conducted with mothers of 1-month-old infants indicate

A) they observed little emotional expression in infants younger than 6 months old.
B) only joy was observed.
C) most mothers felt their child had expressed interest and joy.
D) most infants had no recognizable emotions during the first 2 months.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Question 63

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Which of the following is the last facial expression to be displayed by infants?

Baby Tyler accidentally finds his finger in his mouth and responds with a sucking reflex.Tyler likes the sensation and continues to suck on his finger.This is an example of

Which developmental instrument looks to find how quickly an infant can retrieve a representation of a stimulus from memory? Presumably, the more efficient the infant is, the better the infant's information processing abilities.

If a baby is making speech-like, but meaningless, sounds, this is a universal phenomenon called

The swimming reflex lasts throughout a lifetime.

What is the principle that states that different body systems grow at different rates?

The term for the mental process of sorting out, interpreting, analyzing, and integrating stimuli from the sense organs and brain is ______________.

Piaget believed that the basic building blocks of the way children understand the world are mental structures called

Baby Dionne is playing in her crib and reaches to pull back a blanket that is partially covering the teddy bear that she wants to play with.Piaget would say that this is an example of

According to ___________, the quantitative changes in an infant's abilities to organize and manipulate information represent the hallmarks of cognitive development.

Piaget's views of the ways infants learn could be summarized in a simple equation: Action = Knowledge.

Brain plasticity in infants is relatively low.

Infants who receive adequate nutrition but act as though they have been deprived of food because they are listless and apathetic are exhibiting

Baby Nicholas watches as his mother leaves the room, but he does not cry because he understands that his mother still exists even though he cannot see her.This is an example of which reaction concept?

The disease that affects older children due to malnutrition that causes their stomachs, limbs, and face to swell with water is called

What is the term for the theory that a genetically determined, innate mechanism directs language development?

Baby Lilly is watching her other siblings as she plays in her playpen.Her siblings begin to squabble and shove each other on the floor.Baby Lilly looks to her mother and notices that her mother is smiling as she watches the other siblings, so Baby Lilly begins to smile too.This is an example of

Nonverbal expressions of emotion called ___________ are fairly consistent among people of all ages.