AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Body proportions of infants are so similar to those of adults that infants look much like miniature adults. Newborns are flexible because large spaces between the bones help the joints bend easily without breaking. Motor development includes gross-motor skills, but not fine-motor skills.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are three principles of growth and development: the cephalocaudal principle, the proximodistal principle, and the orthogenetic principle. These predictable patterns of growth and development allow us to predict how and when most children will develop certain characteristics.

Detailed explanation-3: -Trunk control is your ability to control your upper body (torso). It affects how well you can hold your body upright when sitting or moving. Loss of part or all of your trunk control can happen after a stroke, brain injury, or spinal cord injury.

Detailed explanation-4: -Human development is completed sooner than development in other living creatures. teeth are part of a humans skeletal system. the head-to-toe measurement for babies is referred to as length because a bavy does not stand at birth. motor development includes gross-motoer skills but not fine-motor skills.