Child Development

TABLE 2 SOURCE: Alan Uba. causing paralytic poliomyelitis. A complete switch to IPV occurred in the United States in January 200 ...

clude: (1) lack of access to health care, (2) lack of knowledge about appropriate immunizations for chil- dren, (3) misconceptio ...

ies were multiple, compared to 3 percent in the general population. In vitro fertilization has expanded to include the use of do ...

INFANCY Infancy, the period between birth and eighteen to twenty-four months, has fascinated parents, philoso- phers, and develo ...

In a visual acuity test, an infant sits on his mother’s lap and looks at gray and striped circles. Of all the sensory systems, i ...

Cognitive Development Cognition, comprised of mental processes such as conceiving, reasoning, memory, and symbolization, organiz ...

to be frowning. It is not until the middle of the first year that infants begin to understand the meaning of facial displays (i. ...

socioemotional development indicate that infants are qualitatively different from adults; infants are not simply miniature adult ...

typical violent act, which involves intent to do harm. Rather, it often results from attempts to quiet a cranky baby by an indiv ...

TABLE 1 SOURCE: Kristen Kucera. reveal higher rates for minority youth, with Native Americans experiencing the highest rates of ...

TABLE 2 SOURCE: Kristen Kucera. ally, 775,000 of them requiring emergency care. Sev- enty-five percent are boys. Similarly, yout ...

TABLE 3 SOURCE: Kristen Kucera. studies, however, suggest that trauma to the brain may have more severe outcomes and more signif ...

TABLE 4 Strategies to Ameliorate Injuries Drawing on the same social-ecologic principles that help describe the factors affectin ...

TABLE 5 SOURCE: Kristen Kucera. space (e.g., changing the equipment on a playground at a child-care facility). Other strategies ...

Associated with a Persisting Cognitive Defect.’’ Journal of Neu- rology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 59 (1995):375–380. Carol W ...

Several important factors should be considered when discussing an IQ score. If the child was having a bad day or if the examiner ...

Bibliography Kamphaus, Randy. Clinical Assessment of Children’s Intelligence. Bos- ton: Allyn and Bacon, 1993. Mackintosh, N. J. ...

J JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Juvenile delinquency refers to the violation of a crimi- nal law by a juvenile. In most states a juvenile ...

K KESSEN, WILLIAM (1925–1999) William Kessen was born in Key West, Florida, in Kessen’s many honors included memberships in the ...

incisive treatment of logical positivism, the reigning philosophy of science at the time. Shortly after the book’s publication a ...