AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Between 15 and 18 months of age, children are interested in feeding themselves with spoons. Food preferences may be based on the color, shape, or texture of food. The older the children are, the less likely there is to be verbal interaction at the table. Pica relatively common in preschool children.

Detailed explanation-2: -Physical development refers to the advancements and refinements of motor skills, or, in other words, children’s abilities to use and control their bodies. Physical development is one of the many domains of infant and toddler development.

Detailed explanation-3: -Family is almost certainly the most important factor in child development. In early childhood especially, parents are the ones who spend the most time with their children and we (sometimes unwittingly) influence the way they act and think and behave.

Detailed explanation-4: -Background. Eating problems normally onset in adolescence, with a peak at about 15-16 years [1].