What New Abilities Emerge When a Child Is Around 9

question 16

Multiple Choice

What new abilities emerge when a child is around 9 months of age?

• A) increasing inhibition of action and guiding movements with a single glance
• B) grabbing for an object but failing to close a hand around it
• C) no longer grabbing for items out of reach
• D) good coordination of the thumb and forefinger

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Definitions:

Space

The physically boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events occur and have relative position and direction.

Time

A continuous sequence in which events occur in succession from the past through the present to the future.

Effortful

Requiring considerable mental or physical effort.

Automatic

Automatic processes are cognitive functions that occur with little to no conscious awareness or effort, often enabling routine tasks or responses.