T1-Growth and Development

Question 1

What is the technical age for an infant?

Answer 1

1 month-12 months

*a neonate is birth-1 month

Question 2

What is the technical age for a toddler?

Answer 2

1-3 years

Question 3

What is the technical age for a preschooler?

Answer 3

3-6 years

Question 4

What is the technical age for school age children?

Answer 4

6-12 years

Question 5

What is the technical age for adolescents?

Answer 5

12-20

Question 6

Infancy: Birth-1 year

What is Erikson’s theory?
Freud?
Piaget?

Answer 6

Erikson: Trust vs. Mistrust
Freud: Oral
Piaget: Sensorimotor (birth-2 years)

Question 7

Toddler: 1-3 years

What is Erikson’s theory?
Freud?
Piaget?
Kohlberg?

Answer 7

Erikson: Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt
Freud: Anal
Piaget: Sensorimotor (1-2 years) & Pre-operational (2-4 years)
Kohlberg: Preconventional

Question 8

Preschool: 3-6

What is Erikson’s theory?
Freud?
Piaget?
Kohlberg?

Answer 8

Erikson: Initiative vs. Guilt
Freud: Phallic
Piaget: Preoperational
Kohlberg: Preconventional

Question 9

School age: 6-12

What is Erikson’s theory?
Freud?
Piaget?
Kohlberg?

Answer 9

Erikson: Industry vs. Inferiority
Freud: Latency
Piaget: Concrete operations
Kohlberg: Conventional

Question 10

Adolescence: 12-20

What is Erikson’s theory?
Freud?
Piaget?
Kohlberg?

Answer 10

Erikson: Identity vs. Role Confusion
Freud: Genital
Piaget: Formal Operations (11-15 years)
Kohlberg: Post-conventional

Question 11

The quantitative changes in physical size of the body and its parts

Answer 11

Growth

Question 12

The process of becoming fully grown and developed. It involves both the physiological and behavioral aspects of an individual

Answer 12

Maturation

Question 13

Behavioral changes in functional abilities and skills

Answer 13

Development

Question 14

Patterned, orderly, lifelong changes in structure, thought, or behavior that evolve a a result of maturation of physical and mental capacity, experiences, and learning resulting in a new level of maturity and integraton

Answer 14

Another definition for DEVELOPMENT

Question 15

The time of the most rapid growth or development in a particular stage of the life cycle

Answer 15

Critical period

Question 16

Return to a less sophisticated pattern of behavior as a defense against anxiety

Answer 16

Regression

Question 17

How is muscular development achieved in children?

Answer 17

Cephalocaudal and proximodistal

Question 18

Development proceeds from general to ___

Answer 18

Specific

Question 19

In normal cephalocaudal growth, the child gains control of the ____ before the ____.

Answer 19

Head and neck before the trunk and limbs

Question 20

In normal proximodistal growth, the child controls ___ movements before ____.

Answer 20

Arm movements before hand movements

Ex: A child reaches for an object before being able to grasp it

Question 21

Children gain control of their ___ before their fingers; that is, they can hold things with the entire hand before they can pick something up with just their fingers

Answer 21

Hands then fingers

Question 22

Infants. How much should they weigh at 6 months? 12 months?

Answer 22

6 months: double birth weight

12 months: triple birth weight

Question 23

How much should toddlers weight by 2?

Answer 23

4x their birth weight

Question 24

How much weight do preschoolers gain per year?

Answer 24

~4.4-6.6 lbs–average about 5 lbs per year

Question 25

How much do school-aged children gain annually?

Answer 25

4.4-6.6 lbs yearly

Question 26

Where do functions develop first: ones closer to the midline or the distal ones?

Answer 26

Those closer to the midline

Question 27

T/F: Development occurs from complex to simple.

Answer 27

FALSE. It occurs from SIMPLE to COMPLEX

Question 28

What is the most significant, reliable means of assessing developmental status?

Answer 28

Behavior!

Question 29

Growth responsibility that arises at a certain time in the course of development

Answer 29

Growth task

Question 30

What does successful achievement of the growth task lead to?

Answer 30

Satisfaction and success with later tasks

Question 31

What does failure of the growth task lead to?

Answer 31

Difficulty with later tasks

Question 32

Physiological growth of an individual is influenced primarily by interaction of genetic predisposition, the CNS, endocrine system, and maturation

Answer 32

Physiological dimension

Question 33

Consists of subjective feelings and interpersonal relationships (ex. bonding) Theorists here?

Answer 33

Psychosocial dimension Freud and Erikson

Question 34

A view of one's self, including body image, self-esteem, and ideal self

Answer 34

Self-concept

Question 35

The intellecutal process of knowing which includes perception, memory, and judgement Theorist?

Answer 35

Cognitive dimension Piaget

Question 36

A person's value system that helps in differentiating right and wrong Theorists?

Answer 36

Moral dimension Kohlberg

Question 37

The ability to independently decide fro one's self what is "right"

Answer 37

Moral maturity

Question 38

When is the prenatal period?

Answer 38

Conception-birth

Question 39

What is the neonatal period?

Answer 39

First 28 days

Question 40

What is performed immediately after delivery?

Answer 40

A complete exam

Question 41

What is the infancy period? What does nursing care focus on?

Answer 41

first month-first year Safety, preventing infection, teaching parents about incorporating the child into the family

Question 42

When is the toddler period?

Answer 42

1-3 years Begins when the child is about to walk alone, ending at around 3

Question 43

What do toddlers like to play with?

Answer 43

Push/pull toys

Question 44

Nutritional needs change as growth rate slows and caloric needs ____ from infancy to toddlerhood.

Answer 44

Decrease

Question 45

What is the preschool age?

Answer 45

3 years-6 years

Question 46

What are the leading cause of death in young children?

Answer 46

Accidents

Question 47

What is the school-age child age? When do many accidents occur for this age group?

Answer 47

6-12 during play

Question 48

What is the developmental stage from 10-12

Answer 48

Preadolescent

Question 49

What is the age for adolescent? What is important with this age group?

Answer 49

13-20 years old; use of a nonjudgemental attitude

Question 50

What are the 3 major causes of adolescent death?

Answer 50

Accidents Homicide Suicide