Exam 4 Flashcards
Erikson’s preschool stage of development
Initiative vs guilt
Erikson’s school age stage of development
industry vs. inferiority
Erikson’s adolescence stage of development
identity vs. role confusion
What is the weight characteristics of a preschool age child?
1 year old weight doubles by age 5
What is animism
tendency to attribute life to inanimate objects
What is artificialism?
the idea that people created the world and everything in it
What is egocentrism?
a type of thinking in which children have difficulty seeing any point of view other than their own.
What is centering?
the tendency to concentrate on a single outstanding characteristic of an object while excluding it’s other features
what is parallel play?
Playing independently within a group
The number of words in a sentence should be what for preschoolers?
equal to their age
What is enuresis?
involuntary urination after the age at which bladder control should have been established
What is primary enuresis?
refers to bed wetting in the child who has never been dry
What is secondary enuresis?
refers to a recurrence in a child who has been dry for a period of one year or more.
What is diurnal?
daytime wetting
What is nocturnal
nighttime episodes of wetting