Chapter 6: Life Span Development Flashcards
What is an Infant’s vital signs?
Pulse: 100-160 beats/min
Respirations: 25-50 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 70-95 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8-99.6 F
What is a toddler’s vital signs?
Pulse: 90-150 beats/min
Respirations: 20-30 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 80-100 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8-99.6 F
What is a preschooler’s vital signs?
Pulse: 80-140 beats/min
Respirations: 20-25 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 80-100 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F
What are a school aged kid’s vital signs?
Pulse: 70-120 beats/min
Respirations: 15-20 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 80-110 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F
What are the vital signs for adolescents?
Pulse: 60-100 beats/min
Respirations: 12-20 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 90-110 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F
What are the vital signs for early and middle aged adults?
Pulse: 60-100 beats/min
Respirations: 12-20 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 90-140 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F
What factor helps to determine the vital signs for late adults?
Health
What are the characteristics of a 2 month old child?
Can recognize faces
Able to track objects with eyes
What are the characteristics of a 3 month old child?
Can bring objects to the mouth
Can smile and frown
What are the characteristics of a 4 month old child?
Reaches out to people
Drools
What are the characteristics of a 5 month old child?
Sleeps through the night
Can tell family from stranger
What are the characteristics of a 6 month old child?
Teething begins
Sits upright in a chair
One-syllable words spoken
What are the characteristics of a 7 month old child?
Afraid of strangers
Mood swings
What are the characteristics of an 8 month old child?
Responds to “no”
Can sit alone
Plays peek-a-boo
What are the characteristics of a 9 month old child?
Pulls him/herself up
Places objects in mouth to explore them
What are the characteristics of a 10 month old child?
Responds to his or her name
Crawls efficiently
What are the characteristics of an 11 month old child?
Starts to walk without help
Frustrated with restrictions
What are the characteristics of a 1 year old child?
Knows his/her name
Can walk
What’s the age range of Neonates?
Birth to 1 month
What’s the age range for infants?
1 months to 1 year
What’s the age range for toddlers?
1 year to 3 years old
What’s the age range of preschoolers?
3 years to 6 years old
What the age range of school age children?
6 years to 12 years old
What’s the age range of adolescents?
12 years to 18 years
What’s the age range of early adults?
19 years to 40 years old
What’s the age range of middle adults?
41 years to 60 years old
What’s the age range of late adults?
61 years and older
What’s preconventional reasoning?
A type of reasoning in which a child acts almost purely to avoid punishment to get what he/she wants.
What’s postconventional reasoning?
A type of reasoning in which a child bases decisions on his/her conscience.
What’s the rooting reflex?
An infant reflex that occurs when something touches an infant’s cheek, and the infant instinctively turns his/her head toward the touch.
What’s an anxious-avoidant attachment?
A bond between an infant and his/her parents or caregiver in which the infant is repeatedly rejected and develops an isolated lifestyle that does not depend on the support or care of others.
What is atherosclerosis?
A disorder in which cholesterol and calcium build up inside the walls of the blood vessels, forming plaque, which eventually leads to partial or complete blockage of blood flow.
What’s barotrauma?
Injury resulting from pressure disequilibrium across body surfaces.
What is conventional reasoning?
A type of reasoning in which a child looks for approval from peers and society.
What are fontanelles?
Areas where the infant’s skull has not fused together
Usually disappears at approximately 18 months of age.
What’s the moro reflex?
An infant reflex in which, when an infant is caught off guard, the infant opens his/her arms wide, spreads the fingers, and seems to grab at things.
What are nephrons?
The basic filtering units in the kidneys.
What’s the terminal drop hypothesis?
The theory that a person’s mental function declines in the last 5 years of life.
What are a Neonate’s vital signs?
Pulse: 90-180 beats/min
Respirations: 30-60 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 50-70 mmHg
Temperature: 98-100 F
What are a Neonate’s vital signs?
Pulse: 90-180 beats/min
Respirations: 30-60 breaths/min
Systolic pressure: 50-70 mmHg
