Chapter 6: Life Span Development

Question 1

What is an Infant’s vital signs?

Answer 1

Pulse: 100-160 beats/min
Respirations: 25-50 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 70-95 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8-99.6 F

Question 2

What is a toddler’s vital signs?

Answer 2

Pulse: 90-150 beats/min
Respirations: 20-30 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 80-100 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8-99.6 F

Question 3

What is a preschooler’s vital signs?

Answer 3

Pulse: 80-140 beats/min
Respirations: 20-25 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 80-100 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F

Question 4

What are a school aged kid’s vital signs?

Answer 4

Pulse: 70-120 beats/min
Respirations: 15-20 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 80-110 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F

Question 5

What are the vital signs for adolescents?

Answer 5

Pulse: 60-100 beats/min
Respirations: 12-20 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 90-110 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F

Question 6

What are the vital signs for early and middle aged adults?

Answer 6

Pulse: 60-100 beats/min
Respirations: 12-20 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 90-140 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F

Question 7

What factor helps to determine the vital signs for late adults?

Answer 7

Health

Question 8

What are the characteristics of a 2 month old child?

Answer 8

Can recognize faces

Able to track objects with eyes

Question 9

What are the characteristics of a 3 month old child?

Answer 9

Can bring objects to the mouth

Can smile and frown

Question 10

What are the characteristics of a 4 month old child?

Answer 10

Reaches out to people

Drools

Question 11

What are the characteristics of a 5 month old child?

Answer 11

Sleeps through the night

Can tell family from stranger

Question 12

What are the characteristics of a 6 month old child?

Answer 12

Teething begins
Sits upright in a chair
One-syllable words spoken

Question 13

What are the characteristics of a 7 month old child?

Answer 13

Afraid of strangers

Mood swings

Question 14

What are the characteristics of an 8 month old child?

Answer 14

Responds to “no”
Can sit alone
Plays peek-a-boo

Question 15

What are the characteristics of a 9 month old child?

Answer 15

Pulls him/herself up

Places objects in mouth to explore them

Question 16

What are the characteristics of a 10 month old child?

Answer 16

Responds to his or her name

Crawls efficiently

Question 17

What are the characteristics of an 11 month old child?

Answer 17

Starts to walk without help

Frustrated with restrictions

Question 18

What are the characteristics of a 1 year old child?

Answer 18

Knows his/her name

Can walk

Question 19

What’s the age range of Neonates?

Answer 19

Birth to 1 month

Question 20

What’s the age range for infants?

Answer 20

1 months to 1 year

Question 21

What’s the age range for toddlers?

Answer 21

1 year to 3 years old

Question 22

What’s the age range of preschoolers?

Answer 22

3 years to 6 years old

Question 23

What the age range of school age children?

Answer 23

6 years to 12 years old

Question 24

What’s the age range of adolescents?

Answer 24

12 years to 18 years

Question 25

What's the age range of early adults?

Answer 25

19 years to 40 years old

Question 26

What's the age range of middle adults?

Answer 26

41 years to 60 years old

Question 27

What's the age range of late adults?

Answer 27

61 years and older

Question 28

What's preconventional reasoning?

Answer 28

A type of reasoning in which a child acts almost purely to avoid punishment to get what he/she wants.

Question 29

What's postconventional reasoning?

Answer 29

A type of reasoning in which a child bases decisions on his/her conscience.

Question 30

What's the rooting reflex?

Answer 30

An infant reflex that occurs when something touches an infant's cheek, and the infant instinctively turns his/her head toward the touch.

Question 31

What's an anxious-avoidant attachment?

Answer 31

A bond between an infant and his/her parents or caregiver in which the infant is repeatedly rejected and develops an isolated lifestyle that does not depend on the support or care of others.

Question 32

What is atherosclerosis?

Answer 32

A disorder in which cholesterol and calcium build up inside the walls of the blood vessels, forming plaque, which eventually leads to partial or complete blockage of blood flow.

Question 33

What's barotrauma?

Answer 33

Injury resulting from pressure disequilibrium across body surfaces.

Question 34

What is conventional reasoning?

Answer 34

A type of reasoning in which a child looks for approval from peers and society.

Question 35

What are fontanelles?

Answer 35

Areas where the infant's skull has not fused together | Usually disappears at approximately 18 months of age.

Question 36

What's the moro reflex?

Answer 36

An infant reflex in which, when an infant is caught off guard, the infant opens his/her arms wide, spreads the fingers, and seems to grab at things.

Question 37

What are nephrons?

Answer 37

The basic filtering units in the kidneys.

Question 38

What's the terminal drop hypothesis?

Answer 38

The theory that a person's mental function declines in the last 5 years of life.

Question 39

What are a Neonate's vital signs?

Answer 39

Pulse: 90-180 beats/min Respirations: 30-60 breaths/min Systolic Pressure: 50-70 mmHg Temperature: 98-100 F

Question 40

What are a Neonate's vital signs?

Answer 40

Pulse: 90-180 beats/min Respirations: 30-60 breaths/min Systolic pressure: 50-70 mmHg