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A 30 page paper that summarizes, in outline format, 3 chapter on child development from Laura Berk's Infants, Children and Adolescents, Sixth Edition. Chapters 8, 9 and 10 are summarized. No additional sources cited.
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and add about 5 pounds in weight. 2. Boys are slightly larger, on average, than girls, but girls tend to retain more body fat, while boys are a little more
muscular. 3. Posture and balance improve as the body lengthens and coordination. 4. Differences in body size, due to genetic factors, become more apparent. a. These differences indicate that what
is considered "normal" for one population may not apply to "children elsewhere in the world" (Berk 294). II. Skeletal growth A. As it did in infancy, there continue to be
tremendous skeletal changes throughout early childhood. 1. Roughly 45 new epiphyses ("growth centers, in which cartilage hardens into bone") form at various location in the skeletal structure (Berk 294). a.
X-rays of these centers give doctors indications of the childs skeletal age, i.e., progress toward maturity. 2. Children begin to lose their "baby" teeth by the end of the preschool
years. a. Precisely when this occurs is influenced by genetics. b. Diseased baby teeth can have a detrimental effect on permanent teeth. c. Exposure to tobacco smoke can have a
detrimental effect on teeth, in addition to factors such as poor diet and poor oral hygiene. III. Asynchronies in physical growth A. The different systems of the body grow
at different rates, which means that "physical growth is "asynchronous" (Berk 296). B. The general growth curve indicates the changes in body size that occur at the scope of
childhood and adolescence. 1. Growth of the genitals is slow until adolescence. 2. Lymph nodes grow rapidly throughout infancy and childhood, but slowly during adolescence. 3. The
brain "grows faster than any other part of the body" (Berk 296). IV. Brain Development. A. The brain increases in size from roughly 70 percent of its adult weight to
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