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The ______________ system exerts its control over specific cellular functions through chemical substances called hormones.

In infancy, childhood, and adolescence, adipose tissue growth is by both hyperplasia and hypertrophy.

Improvements in kinesthetic acuity continue into adolescence.

Young children are more successful at intercepting small balls than large balls.

Newborns can turn in the direction of a sound, demonstrating they perceive sound direction, but we know little about their perception of sound distance.

When are infants first able to use the arms in complementary roles, such as holding a box lid open with one hand while the other removes an object from the box?

Pure dominance (i.e., having the eye, ear, hand, and foot on the same side of the body as dominant) is necessary for proper neurological organization.

The growth, thyroid, and gonadal hormones all promote growth by stimulating protein anabolism.

Which view of the development of reaching now seems to be the most accurate?

Research on infants demonstrates that avoidance of heights is linked to self-produced locomotor experience.