Chapter 04 Physical Development in Infancy

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice Questions

Identify a disadvantage of breast feeding in the context of impoverished African countries.

There is risk of passing HIV to the babies through breast milk if the mothers have the virus.

Breast milk is less hygienic than infant formula.

Breast feeding predominantly deteriorates the health of the mother.

Mothers who breast feed have a higher risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 4.1: Discuss the patterns of physical growth and development in infancy.
Topic: Patterns of growth

 

The cephalocaudal pattern is the sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the:

center of the body and then moves toward the extremities.

spinal cord and then expands out to the limbs and head.

top—the head—with physical growth and differentiation of features gradually working their way down from top to bottom.

bottom—the feet—with physical growth and differentiation of features gradually working their way up till the head.

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 4.1: Discuss the patterns of physical growth and development in infancy.
Topic: Patterns of growth

 

Infants can see objects before they can control their torso, and they can use their hands long before they can crawl or walk. This would indicate that they have a _____ pattern of growth.

proximodistal

proximocaudal

cephalodistal

cephalocaudal

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 4.1: Discuss the patterns of physical growth and development in infancy.
Topic: Patterns of growth

 

The _____ pattern of growth is the sequence in which growth starts at the center of the body and moves toward the extremities.

proximodistal

proximocaudal

cephalocaudal

cephalodistal

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 4.1: Discuss the patterns of physical growth and development in infancy.
Topic: Patterns of growth

 

Infants control the muscles of their trunk and arms before they control their hands and fingers, and they use their whole hands before they can control several fingers. This indicates a _____ pattern of growth.

proximodistal

cephalocaudal

proximocaudal

cephalodistal

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 4.1: Discuss the patterns of physical growth and development in infancy.
Topic: Patterns of growth

 

In the first several days of life, most newborns lose _____ percent of their body weight before they adjust to feeding by sucking, swallowing, and digesting.

5 to 7

15 to 20

1 to 2

35 to 40

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Hard
Learning Objective: 4.1: Discuss the patterns of physical growth and development in infancy.
Topic: Height and weight