ch 28 hockenberry develop & genetic influence on child health promotion Flashcards
more susceptible to positive or
negative influences
Sensitive period
doubles within 5 months and 12 months it triples
infant weight
birth length doubles at what yr?
4 yrs
pubertal growth spurt begins earlier in girls at age?
10-14 for girls
11-16 for boys
determining skeletal age is by
radiographs of hands and wrists
affects growth problem for children long bones
epiphyseal plate
lymph nodes increase rapidly until reach?
age 6
lymph nodes reach maximal development at
-(twice adult size)
10-12 years
BMR- rate of metabolism when body is at rest.
- increased by fever
- as child grows, it decreases to maturity
slightly higher in boys than girls at all ages
Chess and Thomas
categorised temperament
industry- complete complex tasks & trust
school age child/ 12 years
thinking is concrete and tangible.
Preoperational
Increasingly logical thought,
inductive reasoning,
the ability to make generalizations
concrete operations (7-11)
adverse effect of teratogens (permanent effect on developing fetus)
Accutane,Rubella,Alcohol,Dilantin, warfarin, cytomegalovirus, radiation, and maternal PKU.
XY
male
XX
female
one extra copy of chromosome 21 (total of 47 )
Down syndrome
have 45 chromosomes; the sex chromosomes would have just one X
Turner syndrome
are blocks of time during which children are ready to master specific developmental tasks
Critical periods
a series of conflicts affected by social and cultural factors. Each conflict must be resolved for the child to progress emotionally, with unsuccessful resolution leaving the child
Erik Erikson
BMI-for-age greater than or equal to the 85th percentile and less than the 95th percentile
BMI-for-age risk for overweight