Resting Metabolic Rate Is the

question 29

Multiple Choice

Resting metabolic rate is the

• A)energy required to maintain vital body functions.
• B)sum of all the processes by which the body uses food energy.
• C)body's daily energy expenditure.
• D)energy required to digest food.

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Definitions:

Sensorimotor

Refers to a developmental stage in infants where they learn to interact with the world through physical movements and sensory experiences.

Concrete Operational

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where children aged around 7-12 years gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.

Concrete Operations

a stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development, where children aged 7 to 12 years become capable of logical thought processes but are not yet able to handle abstract reasoning.

Conservation Tasks

Cognitive tests used in developmental psychology that measure a child's ability to understand that certain properties of objects can remain the same despite changes in the object's form or appearance.