ld exam q's

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

identify two other measurements that the nurse will take.

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

outline the role of observation in understanding henry’s development

Question 3

bobby is 5 months old. he has just started to roll over to his front from his back.

Answer 3

identify two gross motor skills that bobby is likely to acquire in the next three months

Question 4

connor is 18 months old. his sister amy is 3 years old, they are both meeting the expected milestones for their age.

Answer 4

outline the differences in their fine motor skills

Question 5

now try this : ; physical development in adolescence

Answer 5

explain the difference between primary and sexual secondary characteristics

Question 6

most professional athletes will reach a career peak during their first part of early adulthood

Answer 6

explain why their success happens at this time, with inference to their physical stage of development

Question 7

now try this: ; middle adulthood

Answer 7

outline the role of estrogen in menopause

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

identify two possible effects of peter’s life stage on his physical development

Question 9

now try this; piaget

Answer 9

explain, giving an example, what piaget means by ‘schema’

Question 10

saira is 3 years old

Answer 10

explain two possible features of language development that help to explain how saira has instinctively acquired language at her life stage, according to chomsky

Question 11

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.

Answer 11

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.

Question 12

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.

Answer 12

how might carly’s experience affect her self image?

Question 13

Eli is 20 months old

Answer 13

identify suitable toys and resources that could be provided to encourage parallel play alongside his brother Kian, aged 3 years

Question 14

Saeed is 4 year sold and has just started school, he has a best friend called Nathan

Answer 14

explain the possible effects of building friendships on Saeed’s social and emotional development

Question 15

now try this ; social development

Answer 15

identify three features of social development in adolescence

Question 16

now try this; maturation theory

Answer 16

outline how Gesell’s milestones can help early years practitioners support and promote children’s development

Question 17

now try this; bandura

Answer 17

use an observation of your own to explain bandura’s principles of learning

Question 18

now try this ; nature vs nurture

Answer 18

outline one theory that is based on a nature approach and one theory that is based on a nature approach

Question 19

now try this; genetic factors

Answer 19

outline what is meant by
- genetic predisposition to conditions
- susceptibility to disease

Question 20

now try this; biological factors

Answer 20

identify three possible effects of foetal alcohol syndrome

Question 21

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

Answer 21

using your knowledge of genetic and environmental factors, identify three reasons why will may have developed heart disease

Question 22

rajif is 48 and has learning and communication difficulties, he smokes, which is starting to give him breathing difficulties

Answer 22

explain two reasons why rajif may have difficulty in accessing services

Question 23

consider the scenarios

Answer 23

1. 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
2. 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

Question 24

zak has just started secondary and he has started receiving hurtful text messages but does not know who they are from

Answer 24

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

Question 25

now try this; the influence of culture and religion

Answer 25

many hindus and buddhists are vegetarian, identify 2 health benefits and 2 health risks of vegetarians

Question 26

anya is 29 years old, draw a timeline for anya from birth to her present age

Answer 26

identify the predictable Iife events that she is likely to have experiences in her life so far

Question 27

janet will soon be 65, ger mother died from cardiovascular disease aged 67

Answer 27

list examples of five things that janet can do to reduce the likelihood of cardiovascular disease

Question 28

now try this; degeneration of the nervous tissue

Answer 28

identify the effects of degeneration of the nervous tissue, suggest three ways that individuals can reduce the decline

Question 29

now try this; degeneration of the sense organs

Answer 29

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

Question 30

now try this; osteoarthritis

Answer 30

give three reasons why an older person may have an increased risk of osteoarthritis

Question 31

now try this; dementia

Answer 31

identify two services that could support an individual at each stage of alzheimer’s disease

Question 32

Yohan is 62 years old, he recently has a heart attack and has just been discharged from the hospital

Answer 32

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

Question 33

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

Answer 33

explain two possible effects of these events on Nena’s psychological effects

Question 34

clive is 72, he had a good job managing an it department, he retired 4 yrs ago

Answer 34

use activity theory to outline ways that clive can continue to enjoy life