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Each phase of growth builds on the skills already gained. This shows development is:Read the answer and worked solution →A baby lifts and turns the head before turning over. This shows development is:Read the answer and worked solution →A baby grasps with the whole hand, later with thumb and forefinger. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Motor growth moves from large muscle movements to:Read the answer and worked solution →An infant's first movements are generalised, undirected and:Read the answer and worked solution →All children follow the same sequence, but differ in their:Read the answer and worked solution →Rates of development within one child are:Read the answer and worked solution →Since rates of development differ, teachers should be careful about relying on:Read the answer and worked solution →A child's physical, thinking and social changes happen:Read the answer and worked solution →After birth, which body part grows relatively least?Read the answer and worked solution →Birth weight is about tripled by:Read the answer and worked solution →A rapid growth spurt shortly before ___ begins at about age 9 to 15:Read the answer and worked solution →After birth, physical growth in height and weight continues for about:Read the answer and worked solution →Which comes first in the usual sequence of walking?Read the answer and worked solution →By two years almost all children stand, walk and run. These are:Read the answer and worked solution →Gross motor skills mainly involve:Read the answer and worked solution →Primitive reflexes persisting beyond 4 to 6 months may signal:Read the answer and worked solution →Primitive reflexes fade as which brain region develops?Read the answer and worked solution →The rooting reflex typically disappears at about:Read the answer and worked solution →A baby's first 'social smile' usually appears between:Read the answer and worked solution →Fear of perceived threats typically appears at about:Read the answer and worked solution →The principles of development describe typical development as predictable and:Read the answer and worked solution →Knowing principles of development helps adults plan activities that are:Read the answer and worked solution →Toddlers are children aged about:Read the answer and worked solution →Early childhood usually runs from infancy to about age:Read the answer and worked solution →Adolescence often begins with puberty, at about age:Read the answer and worked solution →How many stages of cognitive development did Piaget propose?Read the answer and worked solution →A baby realises that a toy still exists after it is hidden under a cloth. Piaget called this understanding what?Read the answer and worked solution →A baby giggles at peek-a-boo because the baby has not yet fully developed which understanding?Read the answer and worked solution →The preoperational stage lasts from late in the second year until about what age?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Each phase of growth builds on the skills already gained. This shows development is:

  1. continuous
  2. discontinuous
  3. individualised
  4. reversible
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Correct answer: A. continuous

1. As a child develops, new skills build on skills already acquired. 2. One stage of development lays the foundation for the next. 3. This is the principle that growth and development is a continuous process. _Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication 350-053, Human Growth and Development: A Matter of Principles (Ruffin), "Principles of Development"_

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A baby lifts and turns the head before turning over. This shows development is:

  1. random
  2. sequential
  3. reversible
  4. uniform
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Correct answer: B. sequential

1. In motor development there is a predictable sequence before walking. 2. The infant lifts and turns the head before turning over, and moves limbs before grasping an object. 3. So development follows a sequence. _Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication 350-053, Human Growth and Development: A Matter of Principles (Ruffin), "Principles of Development"_

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A baby grasps with the whole hand, later with thumb and forefinger. This is:

  1. general to specific
  2. specific to general
  3. outer to inner
  4. complex to simple
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Correct answer: A. general to specific

1. Growth and development proceed from the general to the specific. 2. In motor development an infant can grasp with the whole hand before using only the thumb and forefinger. 3. The first movements are generalised, undirected and reflexive. _Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension Publication 350-053, Human Growth and Development: A Matter of Principles (Ruffin), "Principles of Development"_

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