09 Child Development Flashcards
The prenatal period consists of
Conception to birth
Infancy lasts from
Birth to 2 years
Childhood lasts from
2-10 (Girls)
2-12 Boys
Adolescence
10-18 Girls
12-20 Boys
What is growth?
A proportionate change in size
What is development
Increasing complexity and development
What is physical development
Changes in height
weight
sensory capacity
motor skills
What is asynchronous growth
body parts grow at their own rate and reach maturity indepenently but in a coordinated fashion
Head increases
2x
Trunk increases
3x
Arms increase
4x
Legs Increase
5x
Factors in growth
Genetics Sex Race Maternal Size SES Nutristion Endocrine
Girls ____ and ____ spurt before boys
height, weight
Multiple Births:
Smaller infant _____ and increased _______ delivery
weight
premature
Lack of thyroid:
Can replace thyroid and get normal _____ but you cannot improve ____
growth
IQ
Children who fall outside of _____ % of population should receive special attention
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Evaluate any ______ changes in growth
unexpected
Scammon Curve:
Shows growth of _____ systems
It is ___ shaped with ____ growth in infancy and _____ growth during middle childhood. ______ growth during adolescence
tissue S rapid steady rapid
Neural tissue is completed by this age
6-7
Craniofacial lymphoid tissue is ______ % at age 5 and then _____
125
decreases
This is the measure by which an individual accumulates knowledge and then uses it to solve problems
Cognition
What are some indication of cognitive development
Curiosity
Language development
problem solving
Relatively permanent change in behavior that results from experience
learning
Unfolding patterns of behavior in a biologically determined, age related sequence
maturation
This language is intended to be understood by a listener
social speech
talking aloud to oneself with no intent to communicate with anyone else
private speech
By _____ grade most children have learned a ________ l but don’t understand many ______
first
language
words
This is a person’s style of approaching other people and situationss
temperment
_____ of children fit into one of three categories: _____, _______, or slow to ______ ______
2/3
easy
difficult
warm up
This type of child ha a happy temperment, regular biological rhythms, and a readiness to accept new experiences
easy
This child is irritable, has irregular bio rhythms, and intense responses to situations
difficult
This child has a mild temperment, is hesitant about accepting new experiences
slow to warm up
Fearfulness:
- Scared when can’t distinguish ______ from ______
- Fear of Monsters and _______
- Scared of ugly people at ages ____ to ____
- Fear bodily harm and danger at ages _____ to ______
- Underlying anxiety can come from _____, vivid ______, past experiences
- pretend, reality
- ghosts
- 4-6
- 10-12
- TV, Imagination
Prevent and treat anxiety
practical methods of dealing with fear
systemic desensitization
modeling
