ld exam q's Flashcards
baby brad is 8 weeks old. he has been taken to the clinic to check that he is growing at the expected rate. a nurse checks his weight add will plot it on the chart. she is aware that infants triple their weight in their first year.
identify two other measurements that the nurse will take.
henry is 4 years old and attends nursery, his key person is worried that his development is not progressing as swell as expected for his age.
outline the role of observation in understanding henry’s development
bobby is 5 months old. he has just started to roll over to his front from his back.
identify two gross motor skills that bobby is likely to acquire in the next three months
connor is 18 months old. his sister amy is 3 years old, they are both meeting the expected milestones for their age.
outline the differences in their fine motor skills
now try this : ; physical development in adolescence
explain the difference between primary and sexual secondary characteristics
most professional athletes will reach a career peak during their first part of early adulthood
explain why their success happens at this time, with inference to their physical stage of development
now try this: ; middle adulthood
outline the role of estrogen in menopause
peter is 69 years old, he is retired. he used to play football for a local team but now has to watch rather than taking part.
identify two possible effects of peter’s life stage on his physical development
now try this; piaget
explain, giving an example, what piaget means by ‘schema’
saira is 3 years old
explain two possible features of language development that help to explain how saira has instinctively acquired language at her life stage, according to chomsky
ruby is 1 month old. she lives with her mother but is sometimes looked after by her grandmother. Ruby’s mum intends to return to work in a few months, so ruby will go to a nursery.
use Schaffer and Emerson’s stages of attachment and Bowlby’s theory to produce a flow chart to show how ruby’s attachment will develop during the infancy stage.
carly is 13 years old. she has not yet reached puberty but her 2 best friends have, they are both much taller than her, have started to develop breasts and are menstruating. carly is reeving comments about her lack of development on social media.
how might carly’s experience affect her self image?
Eli is 20 months old
identify suitable toys and resources that could be provided to encourage parallel play alongside his brother Kian, aged 3 years
Saeed is 4 year sold and has just started school, he has a best friend called Nathan
explain the possible effects of building friendships on Saeed’s social and emotional development
now try this ; social development
identify three features of social development in adolescence
now try this; maturation theory
outline how Gesell’s milestones can help early years practitioners support and promote children’s development
now try this; bandura
use an observation of your own to explain bandura’s principles of learning
now try this ; nature vs nurture
outline one theory that is based on a nature approach and one theory that is based on a nature approach
now try this; genetic factors
outline what is meant by
- genetic predisposition to conditions
- susceptibility to disease
now try this; biological factors
identify three possible effects of foetal alcohol syndrome
Will is 52 years old, he lives with his wife, son and grandson in a small flat in a busy part of London, will’s father died of a heart attack in his 40s, will has now been diagnosed with heart disease, he has a healthy diet and has never smoked
using your knowledge of genetic and environmental factors, identify three reasons why will may have developed heart disease
rajif is 48 and has learning and communication difficulties, he smokes, which is starting to give him breathing difficulties
explain two reasons why rajif may have difficulty in accessing services
consider the scenarios
- kieran is 14 yrs old, he enjoys being out with friends and is allowed to get home late, he is often rude to his parents, but they do nit take action because they feel that it is his life stage and he will grow out of it
- zofia is 11 years old, she is doing well at school, her mum talks about her homework each evening and she encouraged to finish it before she sees her friends
- identify the parenting style used for each young person
zak has just started secondary and he has started receiving hurtful text messages but does not know who they are from
explain one possible short term effect and one possible long term effect on zak’s social development and one possible short term and on long term effect on his emotional development
now try this; the influence of culture and religion
many hindus and buddhists are vegetarian, identify 2 health benefits and 2 health risks of vegetarians
anya is 29 years old, draw a timeline for anya from birth to her present age
identify the predictable Iife events that she is likely to have experiences in her life so far
janet will soon be 65, ger mother died from cardiovascular disease aged 67
list examples of five things that janet can do to reduce the likelihood of cardiovascular disease
now try this; degeneration of the nervous tissue
identify the effects of degeneration of the nervous tissue, suggest three ways that individuals can reduce the decline
now try this; degeneration of the sense organs
1 reasons why a person’s diet can be negatively affected by a degeneration of the senses
2 the effects of a poor diet on other aspects of physical development
now try this; osteoarthritis
give three reasons why an older person may have an increased risk of osteoarthritis
now try this; dementia
identify two services that could support an individual at each stage of alzheimer’s disease
Yohan is 62 years old, he recently has a heart attack and has just been discharged from the hospital
1 identify one effect that Yohan’s health may have had on his social development and one effect on his emotional development
2 identify two ways that Yohan can reduce the rusk of a decline to the health of a heart
Nena’s husband died recently, he was Nena’s carer, so she is now moving from her home where she has lived into residential care
explain two possible effects of these events on Nena’s psychological effects
clive is 72, he had a good job managing an it department, he retired 4 yrs ago
use activity theory to outline ways that clive can continue to enjoy life
