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"Do you want to play patty-cake?" Sofia asks her infant daughter. The baby responds by clapping her hands. In which stage of sensorimotor development is Sofia's baby?

A) stage one
B) stage two
C) stage three
D) stage four

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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The nervous system is made up of nerve cells called _____.

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List three advantages of breast-feeding.

The area in the brain that plans, anticipates, and controls impulses is the _____ cortex.

One of the first acquired adaptations is an accommodation of reflexes-for example, the reflexes involved in sucking a pacifier.

Compared with ordinary speech, child-directed speech has a _____ pitch.

Eli is 6 months old. He slaps the water repeatedly each time he is in the bathtub, squealing as the water splashes. His tendency to continue splashing water demonstrates his sensation and his attempt to make sense of it.

The area of the cortex at the front of the brain _____.

When a child is 2 or more standard deviations underweight for his or her age, the child is suffering from a condition called _____.

Newborns are especially responsive to rhythmic sounds such as lullabies.

Name three ways in which malnutrition can affect a young child.

When breast milk and cow's milk are compared, _____ milk is found to contain more antibodies against disease.