One of the most common diseases of children in developed nations is...
tooth decay
What proportion of all children under the age of 6 in the United States suffer from tooth decay?
1/3
Sylvia wants to keep her son from getting cavities, se she lets him drink diet soda instead of regular soda. Her dentist says her strategy won't work because diet soda is...
diet soda has just as much sugar as regular soda
Preschoolers often have trouble tying their shoelaces because they have inadequate...
Fine motor skills
At what age does any specific disease overtake accidents as a cause for human mortality?
35
Instead of accident prevention, health workers prefer the term...
Injury control
What is a leading cause go death among children between the ages of 1 and 4?
drowning
A persons average body mass index (BMI) is the lowest between ages of:
5 and 6
Today's children could become the first generation in 100 years to have a shorter life span than their parents because...
excessive weight and obesity
Parents of a typical 5-year-old girl in America are most likely to say...
To ensure adequate nutrition and vitamin intake, what is recommended?
A common allergy for young children is...
cow's milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, and shell fish
Which environmental substance has been shown to reduce intelligence and increase behavior problems in young children?
lead
The part of the brain where planning, language, and advanced though occur in the...
cortex
The long band of nerve fibers that connect the brains hemispheres is...
corpus callosum
A disorder that research has suggested may result from abnormal development of the corpus callosum is...
autism
About _____ percent of people in Great Britain and the United States are left-handed.
10
The amygdala is a brain structure that registers?
emotions, particularly fear and anxiety
The increased activity of the amygdala is a reason that young children experience...
terrifying nightmares and sudden phobias
Stress can lead to weight gain since having too much cortisol in one's bloodstream has been associated with increase abdominal fat. Cortisol is the hormone released by the ______ when a person is stressed.
hypothalamus
By the age of 2, a child will typically have a vocabulary of _______ words; by the age of 6 a child will typically have a vocabulary of _______ words.
500 and 10,000
Children will basically understand the basics of grammar by the:
age of 2
The structures, rules, and techniques used to communicate meaning in language are called:
grammar
In 2010 in the United States, 21 percent of children spoke english at school and ______ at home.
another language at home
Four-year-old Graciela is a balanced bilingual, which means she:
a person who is fluent in two languages and doesn't favor one over the other
Most teacher-directed preschool programs stress:
to make children "ready to learn" when they enter elementary school.
The goal most teacher-directed preschool is:
academics
In the United States, low-income children are offered a free preschool education through:
head start
An evaluation of Head Start found that benefits were MOST apparent for children:
low-income children