PSYCH211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Malocclusion, Prefrontal Cortex, Synaptic Pruning

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH211
• Professor: Kathleen Bloom

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Physical development in middle childhood: body growth. Long, lean physiques are typical in hot, tropical regions. Children who grow tallest usually live in developed countries. In early childhood, girls have more body fat and boys more muscle. After age 8, girls begin accumulating fat at a faster rate and they will add even more during adolescence. Body size sometimes reflects evolutionary adaptations to a particular climate. Secular trends in physical growth: changes in body size from one generation to the next. This have occurred in industrialized nations over the past 150 years. These trends have been found in australia, canada, us, japan, and nearly all european countries. The secular gain appears early in life, increases over childhood and early adolescence, then de(cid:272)li(cid:374)es as (cid:373)ature (cid:271)od(cid:455) size is rea(cid:272)hed. The larger size of toda(cid:455)"s (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) is (cid:373)ostl(cid:455) due to a faster rate of physical development.