Growth and development generally occurs:
A) most rapidly during adulthood.
B) in a predictable and orderly manner throughout the life cycle.
C) in a random and unpredictable manner during late adulthood.
D) at a very slow rate during infancy.
Question 2
In context of lactation, the reason women produce less milk during the second six months after pregnancy is that:
A) the cells in the alveolus become less responsive to prolactin after six months of lactation.
B) oxytocin levels become high after four months, which results in greater milk losses than the production can keep up with.
C) infants no longer breastfeed after four months of age, so milk production stops.
D) most infants are also fed supplemental foods by this age.
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