Care of The Schooler

Question 1

SCHOOL-AGE CHILD
Age:

Answer 1

6 to 12 years of age

Question 2

Height increases from an average of ______________ at 6 years to ___________ at 12 years

Answer 2

45.5 (115 cm); 59 (150 cm)

Question 3

Weight increases from _________ to ___________

Answer 3

46 lb (21 kg); 88 lb (40 kg)

Question 4

By age ____, girls are taller and heavier than boys

Answer 4

12

Question 5

One of the healthiest periods of life

Answer 5

SCHOOL-AGE CHILD

Question 6

Fear:

Answer 6

displacement from school

Question 7

Frontal sinuses develop at about

Answer 7

6 years old

Question 8

Average child gains __ teeth between 6 & 12 years of age

Answer 8

28

Question 9

By __ years old, brain growth is complete (refined fine motor coordination)

Answer 9

10

Question 10

Timing of onset of puberty varies widely between _________ years of age due to genetic and cultural differences

Answer 10

8 and 14

Question 11

Prepubertal Girls: ___________ taller than preadolescent boys; earlier growth spurt for girls

Answer 11

2 in or 5 cm

Question 12

hypertrophy of breast tissue can occur in prepubescent boys usually in obese children

Answer 12

Gynecomastia

Question 13

________________ start (increased seminal fluid) and ejaculation during sleep

Answer 13

Nocturnal emissions

Question 14

develops when a child does not receive rewards for accomplishment; implications later in life will be difficulty in tackling new situations (can’t envision successful way of handling them)

Answer 14

Inferiority

Question 15

at what age does child spend less time with family and more time with peers

Answer 15

8-9 years old

Question 16

Interest in opposite sex at

Answer 16

11 years old

Question 17

is achieved when children have tasks that are necessary and that they are able to complete well

Answer 17

Sense of industry

Question 18

are two vital tasks for this age group

Answer 18

Adjusting and achieving in school

Question 19

Cognitive Development:

Answer 19

concrete operational thought

Question 20

ability to project one’s self into other people’s situation

Answer 20

Decentering

Question 21

ability to adapt thought process to fir what is perceived

Answer 21

Accommodation

Question 22

ability to understand that objects can belong to more than one classification

Answer 22

Class inclusion

Question 23

Make judgements based on what can be reasoned

Answer 23

conceptual thinking

Question 24

Can tell the time in hours, months, holidays and can add or subtract by __ years old

Answer 24

7

Question 25

Discovers dirty jokes and uses swear words when angry by __ years old

Answer 25

9

Question 26

Can carry adult conversation by __ years old

Answer 26

12

Question 27

Moral Development:

Answer 27

Level II: Conventional Orientation to interpersonal relations of mutuality
*SEEKS CONFORMITY & LOYALTY
* FOLLOWS RULES
*MAINTAINS SOCIAL ORDER

Question 28

Sleep : Younger school age:

Answer 28

10-12 hours

Question 29

Sleep: Older children:

Answer 29

8-10 hours

Question 30

Avoid carrying heavy backpacks that weighs more than ____ of the child’s weight; causes chronic back pain

Answer 30

10%

Question 31

deviation of tooth position from the normal

Answer 31

Malocclusion