Identify a true statement about infant growth during the second year after birth?
A) All infants grow about seven to nine inches taller during this time.
B) The growth rates of shorter-than-average infants tend to speed up during this time.
C) The growth of taller-than-average infants continues to speed up during this time.
D) Boys mature more quickly than girls during this time.
B
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a. SSRI c. lithium carbonate b. benzodiazepine d. lorazepam
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a. infant mortality rates were much lower than those for non-Hispanic Caucasian infants b. an excessive number resulted from chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and suicide c. death rates were much higher than those for non-Hispanic Caucasian Americans d. death rates were much lower than those for non-Hispanic Caucasian Americans e. heart disease and cancer are unusually prominent causes of death
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A. REM-OFF area; wakefulness B. REM-ON area; a loss of slow-wave sleep C. preoptic area; wakefulness D. REM-OFF area; cataplexy