Question 1
Which one of the following is the best description of the infant brain?
◦ The infant brain is less complex and has redundant functions that disappear by adulthood.
◦ The infant brain grows rapidly but also loses more synapses than it gains.
◦ The infant brain is super-dense, with more synapses than it will have in adulthood.
◦ The infant brain grows rapidly but effectively, with a low metabolic rate.
Question 2
Although descriptions of "typical" physical growth are often based on observations of white middle-class infants from the United States, there is actually much variation across cultures in infants' size and pace of their physical growth. Which, if any, of the following statements is NOT accurate?
◦ Many African and African American infants are delayed in motor development and physical growth.
◦ Poverty can affect infant development, even within the same culture.
◦ Southeast Asian infants tend to be shorter than Euro-American infants.
◦ All of these statements are accurate.
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