Child Development and Behavior I

Question 1

Physical growth during first year of life

Answer 1

child triples birth weight

Question 2

When can a baby roll over?

Answer 2

4 months

Question 3

When can a baby sit independently?

Answer 3

6 months

Question 4

When can a baby crawl?

Answer 4

9 months

Question 5

When can a baby walk?

Answer 5

12 months

Question 6

When can a baby use pincer grasp?

Answer 6

9 months

Question 7

When can a baby smile?

Answer 7

2 months

Question 8

When can a baby use two words other than mama and dada?

Answer 8

12 months

Question 9

When can a baby walk up and down steps without help?

Answer 9

24 months

Question 10

When can a baby Imitates stroke with pencil, seven-block tower, turns one page at a time, removes shoes, pants?

Answer 10

24 months

Question 11

When can a baby Uses pronouns (I, you, me) inappropriately, follows two-step commands, 50-word vocabulary, uses two word sentences?

Answer 11

24 months

Question 12

When can a baby Copies parent in tasks (sweeping, dusting), plays in company of other children?

Answer 12

18 months

Question 13

Can alternate feet when going up steps, pedals tricycle. Copies a circle, undresses completely, dresses partially, dries hands if reminded, unbuttons.

Answer 13

motor skills at 3 years

Question 14

Hops, skips, alternates feet going down steps. Knows colors, says song or poem from memory, asks questions. Tells “tall tales”

Answer 14

skills at 4 years old

Question 15

Skips alternating feet, jumps over low obstacles. Copies triangle, ties shoes, spreads with knife. Prints first name.

Answer 15

skills at 5 years old

Question 16

Acceleration of the separation-individuation theme initiated in the preschool years, Reality of cause-effect relationships better understood

Answer 16

development at 5-7 year olds

Question 17

This is where children with learning disabilities and attention deficit problems can really begin to struggle

Answer 17

7-11 years

Question 18

Devotion of energy to school and peers. Progressive interaction with opposite sex. Expectations for behavior and academics intensifies

Answer 18

development at 7-11 years

Question 19

distress when separated from a parent or approached by a stranger; usually appears at about 6-9 months and can last until 24 months of age

Answer 19

stranger anxiety/separation anxiety

Question 20

Reflexive, NOT voluntary. In severe cases can have tetanic spasms, body jerks, and urinary incontinence (not a seizure)

Answer 20

Breath-Holding Spells (6mos-6yrs)

Question 21

When are most children able to go through the night without being fed?

Answer 21

Most infants beyond 6 months of age (this doesn’t mean that they sleep the whole time!)

Question 22

Peak age for nightmares

Answer 22

3-5 yrs

Question 23

occur during the deepest stage of sleep, and often associated with sleepwalking. wake up thrashing and screaming, and will exhibit rapid breathing, tachycardia, and sweating

Answer 23

Night terrors (4-12 years)