Western Efforts to Get Infants to Sleep Through the Night

question 22

Multiple Choice

Western efforts to get infants to sleep through the night

• A) promotes early autonomy and independence.
• B) may be at odds with the infants' neurological development.
• C) supports neurological development.
• D) encourages the early production of melatonin.

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Definitions:

ADP

Adenosine diphosphate, a molecule involved in energy transfer within cells.

Fermentation

A metabolic process that converts sugar to acids, gases, or alcohol in the absence of oxygen.

Gravity

A natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy are brought toward one another, including objects ranging from subatomic particles to planets and stars.

Energy

The capacity to do work or produce change, present in many forms such as kinetic, thermal, electrical, and chemical.