Part 2 - Advanced Child Development

A toddler's brain growth is due to ____.

• greater spacing of the synapses

• increase in dendrites

• increase in neurons

• pruning of unused wiring

The influence of genes on weight is thought to be mainly due to ____.

• height

• physical activity

• emotions

• nutrition

A toddler's height tends to ___ in the second year as compared to height changes in the first year.

• stay much the same

• increase at the same rate

• increase half as much

• increase twice as much

During the second year, toddlers add about ___ of their first year's weight gain.

• 1/5

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

When running, toddlers hold their arms ____.

• stiffly at their sides

• swinging alternately with foot movement

• up or our to the sides

• above their heads

The most difficult climbing for toddlers is going ___.

• upstairs with alternating feet

• upstairs without alternating feet

• downstairs with alternating feet

• downstairs without alternating feet

A two- or three-year-old toddler catches an object by ___.

• trapping it between outstretched legs while sitting

• extending arms with rigid elbows

• grasping between the hands

• shifting his or her weight

Pencils or crayons are first held ___.

• in the fist

• between the index and middle fingers

• between the index finger and thumb

• in no certain way

Which of the following tasks is most difficult for most toddlers to master?

• turning a doorknob

• removing shoes

• hitting pegs with a hammer

• copying vertical and horizontal lines

MyPlate has ___ major food groups

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6