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Chapter 6: Life Span Development Flashcards

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What is an Infant’s vital signs?

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Pulse: 100-160 beats/min
Respirations: 25-50 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 70-95 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8-99.6 F

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What is a toddler’s vital signs?

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Pulse: 90-150 beats/min
Respirations: 20-30 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 80-100 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8-99.6 F

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What is a preschooler’s vital signs?

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Pulse: 80-140 beats/min
Respirations: 20-25 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 80-100 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F

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What are a school aged kid’s vital signs?

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Pulse: 70-120 beats/min
Respirations: 15-20 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 80-110 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F

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What are the vital signs for adolescents?

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Pulse: 60-100 beats/min
Respirations: 12-20 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 90-110 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F

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What are the vital signs for early and middle aged adults?

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Pulse: 60-100 beats/min
Respirations: 12-20 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 90-140 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 F

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What factor helps to determine the vital signs for late adults?

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Health

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What are the characteristics of a 2 month old child?

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Can recognize faces

Able to track objects with eyes

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What are the characteristics of a 3 month old child?

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Can bring objects to the mouth

Can smile and frown

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What are the characteristics of a 4 month old child?

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Reaches out to people

Drools

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What are the characteristics of a 5 month old child?

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Sleeps through the night

Can tell family from stranger

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What are the characteristics of a 6 month old child?

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Teething begins
Sits upright in a chair
One-syllable words spoken

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What are the characteristics of a 7 month old child?

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Afraid of strangers

Mood swings

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What are the characteristics of an 8 month old child?

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Responds to “no”
Can sit alone
Plays peek-a-boo

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What are the characteristics of a 9 month old child?

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Pulls him/herself up

Places objects in mouth to explore them

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What are the characteristics of a 10 month old child?

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Responds to his or her name

Crawls efficiently

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What are the characteristics of an 11 month old child?

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Starts to walk without help

Frustrated with restrictions

18
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What are the characteristics of a 1 year old child?

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Knows his/her name

Can walk

19
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What’s the age range of Neonates?

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Birth to 1 month

20
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What’s the age range for infants?

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1 months to 1 year

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What’s the age range for toddlers?

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1 year to 3 years old

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What’s the age range of preschoolers?

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3 years to 6 years old

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What the age range of school age children?

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6 years to 12 years old

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What’s the age range of adolescents?

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12 years to 18 years

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What’s the age range of early adults?

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19 years to 40 years old

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What’s the age range of middle adults?

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41 years to 60 years old

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What’s the age range of late adults?

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61 years and older

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What’s preconventional reasoning?

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A type of reasoning in which a child acts almost purely to avoid punishment to get what he/she wants.

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What’s postconventional reasoning?

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A type of reasoning in which a child bases decisions on his/her conscience.

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What’s the rooting reflex?

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An infant reflex that occurs when something touches an infant’s cheek, and the infant instinctively turns his/her head toward the touch.

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What’s an anxious-avoidant attachment?

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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.

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What is atherosclerosis?

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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.

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What’s barotrauma?

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Injury resulting from pressure disequilibrium across body surfaces.

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What is conventional reasoning?

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A type of reasoning in which a child looks for approval from peers and society.

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What are fontanelles?

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Areas where the infant’s skull has not fused together

Usually disappears at approximately 18 months of age.

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What’s the moro reflex?

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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.

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What are nephrons?

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The basic filtering units in the kidneys.

38
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What’s the terminal drop hypothesis?

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The theory that a person’s mental function declines in the last 5 years of life.

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What are a Neonate’s vital signs?

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Pulse: 90-180 beats/min
Respirations: 30-60 breaths/min
Systolic Pressure: 50-70 mmHg
Temperature: 98-100 F

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What are a Neonate’s vital signs?

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Pulse: 90-180 beats/min
Respirations: 30-60 breaths/min
Systolic pressure: 50-70 mmHg

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