Intro to Growth and Development Flashcards
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5 parameters of physical growth and development
- Height/linear growth
- Weight
- Bone age
- Dental age
- Sexual maturity rating (from pre-pubscence to sexual maturity)
10 factors affecting growth and development
- Heredity
- Nutrition
- Prematurity
- Trauma during antenatal, natal and postnatal periods
- Infections
- Chromosomal abnormalities
- Congenital malformations
- Chronic disease (i.e. renal, cardiac, endocrine)
- Socioeconomic conditions
- Cultural factors
How is mental development measured
By intelligence tests based on verbal and performance skills and milestones
Define personality development
The total organization or patterning of the individual characteristics, their way of thinking, feeling and behaving that comprise their uniqeu ways of relating and adapting to the environment
8 stages of emotional development
- Development of basic trust
- Development of autonomy
- Development of initiative
- Mastery of skills
- Development of personal identity
- Development of intimacy
- Guidance of next generation
- Attainment of integrity
Age range of development of basic trust
Birth to 18 months
Age range of development of autonomy
18 months to 3 years
Age range of development of initiative
3 to 6 years
Age range of mastery of skills
7 - 11 years
Age range of development of personal identity
12 - 17 years
Age range of development of intimacy
Young adult
Type of changes associated with growth
Quantitative changes
Type of changes associated with development
Functional changes
Type of changes associated with maturation
Qualitative changes
7 periods of growth
- Antenatal
- Natal
- Post-natal
- Infancy
- Toddler or preschool
- School age
- Prepubertal period
- Adolescence
Duration of antenatal growth period
Average 40 weeks
Duration of natal growth period
Few hours to 1 - 2 days
NOTE: many life threatening events can occur
Define the infancy growth period
- Birth to 2 years
- First month = neonatal
- Rate of growth falls steadily during first 2 years and levels off
Define the toddler/preschool growth period
- 2 - 4 years
- Rate of growth slow and steady
Define the school age growth period
- 4 - 10 years (girls)
- 4 - 12 years (boys)
- Continued slow, steady growth
- Terminates when physical maturation begins to quicken along with sexual development
Define the prepubertal growth period
- 10 - 12 years (girls)
- 12 - 14 years (boys)
Define adolescence
- Increase in growth rate
- Tapers off as sexual maturity is reached (16 in girls, 18 in boys)
Average birth weight
3.5 kg
Pattern of weight gain during childhood
Annual weight gain is approximately 2kg between 2 years and puberty
- 1 year = 10 kg
- 5 years = 20 kg
- 10 years = 30 kg