Ch. 5 Understanding Birth- Age 2

Growth is rapid during...

• birth to 2 months

• birth - 3 years

• birth to 2 years

• all of the above

Much of the 1st year of life is...

• coordinating motor skills

• developing intellectually

• developing socially

• coordinating fine motor skills

Infants grow slower in the first few months of life than they ever will again

• True

• False

The average weight at birth is

• 6 lbs

• 7 lbs

• 7.5 lbs

• 8 lbs

By one year, the typical child has tripled their birth weight

• True

• False

By year 2, children weigh almost ______ times their birth weight.

• 3

• 3.5

• 4

• 4.5

Well-fed children will grow taller than undernourished children

• t

• f

At birth, infant's physical abilities are limited to

• breathing and regulating circulatory system

• reflexes

• motor coordination

• all of the above

When normal reflexes are not present infants, it may be a sign of

• muscular dystrophy

• nerve damage

• brain damage

• b and c

The rooting reflex helps with ________.