Child Development - Chapter 8

Human Development is completed sooner than development in other living creatures

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Teeth are part of a human's skeletal system

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The head-to-toe measurement for babies is referred to as length because a babies does not stand at birth

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The chubby newborn begins to lose fat deposits under the skin soon after birth

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Body proportions of an infants is similar to those of adults

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Newborns are flexible because large spaces between the bones help the joints bend easily without breaking

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Motor development includes gross-motor skills and fine-motor skills

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Infants are more similar to other infants with regard to the order of their development than to the rate of their development.

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Leaving an infant in the middle of an adults bed is a safe practice

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Babies usually roll from back to front before they roll from front to back

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