CFS 3055 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Replantation, Mental Model, Color Vision

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Physical changes in infancy & toddlerhood, including weight + height gain at ages 0-1 and 1-2: 0-(cid:883) year: infants" height is about (cid:885)(cid:884) inches, more than 5(cid:882)% greater than at birth. Weight has: 1-2 year: about 36 inches, more than 75% greater than at birth. Weight has quadrupled to about tripled to 22 pounds. Growth patterns in infancy & toddlerhood (e. g. , does growth occur steadily?: as the child increases size overall, parts of the body grow at different rates. Proximodistal and cephalocaudal trends: proximodistal development, growth and development proceed from center of body outward, near to far, cephalocaudal principle, growth from head, downward head to tail. Between them are tiny gaps (synapses), where fibers from different neurons come close together but do not touch. cross the synapses: neurons send messages to one another by releasing chemicals called neurotransmitters, which. About 40% of synapses are pruned during childhood and adolescence.

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