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Chapter 7: Life Span and Development Flashcards

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1
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What is the age range for a neonate?

A

Birth to one month

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What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a Neonate.

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Pulse rate: 100 to 180 Beats per min
Respirations: 30 to 60 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 50 to 70 mmHg
Temperature: 98 to 100 degrees fahrenheit

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What is the age range for an infant?

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One month to one year

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What is the age range for a toddler

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One to three years

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What is the age range for preschool age

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Three to six years

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What is the age range for school age

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Six to 12 years

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What is the age range for an adolescent?

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12 to 18 years

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What is the age range for an early adult?

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19 to 40 years old

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What is the age range for a middle adult?

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41 to 60 years old

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What is the age range for middle adult?

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41 to 60 years

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What is the age range for the older adult?

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61 years and older

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What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of an infant.

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Pulse rate: 100 to 160 Beats per min
Respirations: 25 to 50 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 70 to 95 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8 to 99.6 degrees fahrenheit

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What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a toddler.

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Pulse rate: 90 to 150 Beats per min
Respirations: 20 to 30 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 80 to 100 mmHg
Temperature: 96.8 to 99 degrees fahrenheit

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What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a preschool age human.

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Pulse rate: 80 to 140 Beats per min
Respirations: 20 to 25 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 80 to 100 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit

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What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a school age patient.

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Pulse rate: 70 to 120 Beats per min
Respirations: 15 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 80 to 110 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit

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What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of an adolescent.

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Pulse rate: 60 to 100 Beats per min
Respirations: 12 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 90 to 110 mmHg
Temperature: 98 to 100 degrees fahrenheit

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What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of an early adult.

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Pulse rate: 60 to 100 Beats per min
Respirations: 12 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 90 to 130 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit

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What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of a middle adult.

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Pulse rate: 60 to 100 Beats per min
Respirations: 12 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 90 to 130 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit

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What is the pulse rate, respirations, systolic blood pressure, and temperature of an older adult.

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Pulse rate: 60 to 100 Beats per min
Respirations: 12 to 20 Breaths per min
Systolic blood pressure: 90 to 130 mmHg
Temperature: 98.6 degrees fahrenheit

20
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Which of the following statements regarding middle adults is correct?
Select one:
- Women in the middle adult age group typically experiance menopause in their late 50s or early 60s.
- Increced cholesterol levels in the middle adult age group often do not respond to excersize and diet.
- Significant impairments in hearing and visoin begin to occur in persons between the ages of 41 and 44 years.
- Cardiovascular health becomes an issue in this age group, as does the greater incidenve of cancer.

A

Cardiovascular health becomes an issue in this age group, as does the greater incidence of cancer.

21
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With increasing age, the heart must work harder to move the blood effectively becasue:
Select one:
- The blood thickens as a person ages.
- The blood vessels become stiff.
- Diastolic blood pressure decreases.
- The arteries dilate significantly.

A

The blood vessels become stiff.

22
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The decline in cardiac function that commonly occurs in late adulthood is the most often related to:
Select one:
- Medication use.
- Hypotension
- Kidney failure
- Atherosclerosis

A

Atherosclerosis

23
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An infants blood pressure typically increases with age because:
Select one:
- Blood pressure directly corresponds to body weight.
- As the infant gets older, his or her blood vessels dilate.
- The infants total blood volume decreases with age.
- His or her heart rate usually increases with age.

A

Blood pressure directly corresponds to body weight.

24
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Mental function often begins to decline within _ years before death.

A

5 years immediatly before death

25
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Why do middle adults experiance financial concerns?
Select one:
- The majority of middle adults stilll have small children who live at home with them.
- They are prepairing for retirement but muststill manage everyday financial demands.
- Most people in the middle adult age group have chronic illnesses and cannot work.
- They are typically recieving social security and must budget with a fixed income.

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They are prepairing for retirement but must still manage everyday financial demands.

26
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The low normal systolic blood pressure for a 30 year-old is:

A

90 mm Hg

27
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Infants are often reffered to as “belly breathers” becasue:
- Their diaphragm does not recieve impulses from the brain.
- Their rib cage is less rigid, and teh ribs sit horizontally.
- Their intercoastal muscles are not functional.
- An infants ribs are brittle and are less able to expand.

A

Their rib cage is less rigid, and the ribs sit horizontally

28
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Which of the following statements regarding toddlers and preschoolers is correct?
- Toddlers and preschoolers commonly experiance upper respritory infections becasue of teh loss of passive immunity.
- The normal respritory rate in toddlers and preschoolers is between 12 and 20 breaths/min.
- Toddlers and preschoolers have well- developed lung musculature, even though they have less lung tissue.
- Muscle mass and bone density decrease in toddlers and preschoolers becasue of increased physical activity.

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Toddlers and preschoolers commonly experiance upper respritory infectinos becasue of the loss of passive immunity

29
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An infant or small childs airway can be occuled if it is overextended or overflexed because:
- the tongue is proportionately small and can fall back into the throat.
- The back of the head is flat, which prevents a neutral position.
- The occiput is proportionately large, and the trachea is flexible.
- He or she has a long neck, which makes the trachea prone to collapse.

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The occipu is proportionately large, and the trachea is flexible.

30
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What is the decline in kidney filtration between the ages of 20 and 90 years?
Select one:
- 10%
- 50%
- 45%
- 20%

A

50%

31
Q

Select one

What is the typical range for an adolescent?
- 6 to 12 years
- 3 to 6 years
- 12 to 18 years
- 10 to 19 years

A

12 to 18 years

32
Q

Select one

Children who make decisions bassed on their conscience are using what type of reasoning?
- Postconventional reasoning
- Psychosocial
- Conventional
- Preconventional

A

Postconventional

33
Q

Select one

Which of the following is a nervous system change commonly found in older adults?
- Increase in brain weight
- Increase in peripheral nerve functioning
- Less space for cerebral spinal fluid
- Deterioration of nerve endings

A

Deterioration of nerve endings

34
Q

Select one

Maturation of the reproduction system usually takes place during:
- Early adulthood
- Preschool
- Middle adulthood
- Adolescence

A

Adolescence

35
Q

Select one

What term is used to identify a person who is from birth to 1 month old.
- Infant
- Toddler
- Neonate
- Newborne

A

Neonate

36
Q

Select one

What is the current estimated average life expectancy for humans?
- 120
- 78
- 67
- 56

A

78 years of age

37
Q

Select one

When encountering a person with depressed fontanelles, you should suspect:
- Respritory distress
- Dehydration
- Atherosclerosis
- Nephrosis

A

Dehydration

38
Q

Select one

What is “vital capacity”
- The volume of blood moved by each contraction of the heart.
- The maximum thickness of the menengis
- The volume of air moved during the deepest points of respiration.
- The amount of air left in the lungs following exhalation.

A

The volume of air moved during the deepest points of respiration.

39
Q

Select one

Clingy behavior and the fear of unfamiliar people or places are normal among 10 to 18 months-old children and are commonly caused by ____ anxiety.
- Bonding
- Seperation
- Avoidant
- Mistrust

A

Seperation anxiety

40
Q

Select one

Diastolic blood pressure tends to ____ with age.
- Decrease
- Compensate
- Increase
- Decompensate

A

Increase

41
Q

Select on

Into what age range to toddlers and preschoolers fit?
- 1 to 6 years
- 2 to 8 years
- 2 to 7 years
- 0 to 5 years

A

1 to 6 years

42
Q

Select one

Empty nest syndrome is typically seen in which stage of life?
- Middle adulthood
- Adolescence
- Late adulthood
- Early adulthood

A

Middle adulthood

43
Q

Select one

At what age can an infant normally stary tracking objects with his or her eyes and recognize familiar faces?
- 7 months
- 2 months
- 4 months
- 10 months

A

2 months

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