Developing Child Ch. 8.1

Visual and motor skill necessary for eating, catching a ball, coloring, and tying shoes.

• depth perception

• development

• hand eye coordination

• motor skills

Increases in size over time.

• development

• growth

• proportion

• posture

The acquiring of skills over time.

• depth perception

• development

• growth

• proportion

Refers to the size relationship of different parts of the body.

• growth

• development

• posture

• proportion

Ability to see objects as three-dimensional

• growth

• development

• proportion

• depth perception

Infants physical development shows three principles of development: head to foot, near to far, and slow but steady.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

simple to complex, not slow and steady

Infants gain about 1 to 2 pounds a month in the first year.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

the first 6 months NOT the first year.

Infants typically begin crawling around age nine to ten months.

• true

• false

A baby's first teeth appear at about three or four months.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

first teeth usually appear at 6-7 months

For infants to talk, they need structural changes in the throat in addition to developing intellectually.

• true

• false