Child Development

Question 1

APGAR Score

Answer 1

APGAR
Appearance
Pulse
Grimace
Activity
Respiration

Question 2

0–12 mo

Answer 2

Parents

• Primitive reflexes disappear
• Moro (by 3 mo)
• rooting (by 4 mo)
• palmar (by 6 mo)
• Babinski (by 12 mo)
• Posture
• lifts head up prone (by 1 mo)
• rolls and sits (by 6 mo)
• crawls (by 8 mo)
• stands (by 10 mo)
• walks (by 12–18 mo)
• Picks
• passes toys hand to hand (by 6 mo)
• Pincer grasp (by 10 mo)
• Points to objects (by 12 mo)

Start

• Social smile (by 2 mo)
• Stranger anxiety (by 6 mo)
• Separation anxiety (by 9 mo)

Observing

• Orients
• first to voice (by 4 mo)
• then to name and gestures (by 9 mo)
• Object permanence (by 9 mo)
• Oratory
• says “mama” and “dada” (by 10 mo)

Question 3

12–36 mo

Answer 3

Child
*Cruises, takes first steps (by
12 mo)
*Climbs stairs (by 18 mo)
*Cubes stacked—number
= age(yr)×3
*Cultured—feeds self with fork
and spoon (by 20 mo)
*Kicks ball (by 24 mo)

Rearing
*Recreation—parallel play (by
24–36 mo)
*Rapprochement—moves away from and returns to mother (by 24 mo)
*Realization—core gender
identity formed (by 36 mo)

Working
*Words—200 words by age 2
(2 zeros), 2-word sentences

Question 4

3–5 yr

Answer 4

Don’t

• Drive—tricycle (3 wheels at 3 yr)
• Drawings—copies line or circle, stick figure (by 4 yr)
• Dexterity
• hops on one foot (by 4 yr)
• uses buttons or zippers, grooms self (by 5 yr)

Forget, they’re still

• Freedom—comfortably spends part of day away from mother (by 3 yr)
• Friends—cooperative play, has imaginary friends (by 4 yr)

Learning!
*Language
-1000 words by age 3 (3 zeros)
-uses complete sentences and prepositions (by 4 yr)
*Legends—can tell detailed
stories (by 4 yr)