Question 1
An infant avoids eye contact and is less responsive to human interaction than most infants of the same age. The infant's mother unwittingly responds to this behavior by engaging in less face-to-face interaction with her child. This child would best be described by researchers as:
◦ narrowing his/her range of opportunities.
◦ becoming an individual.
◦ creating his/her own environment.
◦ becoming human.
Question 2
A family service provider observes that infants born to the African American and Latino mothers she works with are more likely to be of low birth weight. What would be the MOST effective strategy this professional could use to reverse this trend?
◦ provide culturally sensitive childbirth education classes
◦ encourage earlier visits to a doctor and provide more modern childbirth practices
◦ offer reproductive and health education to teenagers
◦ advocate for greater family health and nutrition services
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