Malnutrition can be devastating to a child's development. Outline the symptoms of marasmus and offer methods that could be used to prevent it

What will be an ideal response


The symptoms of marasmus include the halting of growth, wasting away of body
tissues, and eventually, death. Providing good nutrition for pregnant women,
ensuring that the infant is breast-fed on demand, and giving frequent check-ups to
monitor the baby's weight may prevent it.

Psychology

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a. Sameer, who masturbates while peeping at his neighbor b. Lee, who watches a lot of pornography c. Tim, whose father is a voyeur d. Ming, who thinks it's funny to spy on people

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Increasingly, researchers __________

A) assume that development stops at adolescence B) view old age as a period of decline C) view heredity as more influential than the environment D) see development as a perpetually ongoing process

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Motor milestones are usually included in infant assessments of development

a. but are not part of the Bayley Scales b. because they typically appear in a predictable order in normally developing infants c. because cognitive abilities cannot be assessed before the age of 12 months d. but focus on fine motor skills rather than gross motor skills

Psychology

The brain structure that includes the limbic system, thalamus, hypothalamus is known as the:

A. hindbrain. B. forebrain. C. midbrain. D. cortex.

Psychology