Why do a majority of children in the United States fail to meet the standards of the President's Council on Physical Fitness?

a. As TV watching increases, fitness increase.
b. There is a lack of involvement in sports that provide continuous activity.
c. Parents and school officials tend to encourage or model good exercise habits.
d. There is adolescent peer pressure to avoid exercise and physical activity.


b

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a. a primitive form of drug therapy. b. a form of demonic possession that was treated by trepanning. c. reactions to LSD chemicals found in a fungus. d. a treatment designed to expand sensory experience.

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A. method of loci. B. chunking. C. a mnemonic strategy. D. semantic encoding.

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How many neurons does a two-year-old toddler have compared to the number they had at birth?

Half as many Twice as many Four times as many The same number

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Piaget believed that the exact timing of a stage reflects an interaction between the infant's __________ and __________

a) level of physical maturation; the experience of the environment b) level of physical maturation; the genetic predisposition of the child c) level of cognitive development; the environment in which the child is raised d) level of physical maturation; cognitive development of the child

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