What factors motivate children to consume food that has "empty calories"?
What will be an ideal response?
Most children acquire a taste for an increasing variety of food in middle and late childhood. However, with the increased availability of fast-food restaurants and media inducements, too many children fill up on food that has "empty calories" that do not promote effective growth.
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What will be an ideal response?
What type of parenting tends to produce boys who are cooperative?
a. dominating c. authoritative b. authoritarian d. permissive
Explain why the hippocampus has been called the "gateway to memory." What research supports this explanation?
What will be an ideal response?
What does the term "prechewed" mean?
a. The food was chewed by another human before giving it to the infant. b. The infant typically chews the food, spits it up, and then chews it again. c. The infant typically chews the food, swallows it, and then chews it again. d. The food is blended so small that it is easy to chew.