part 3 Flashcards
1
Q
What are some of the types of patterns of growth and development?
A
- directional trends: cephalocaudal or heat to tail and proximodistal
- sequential trends: Ex: crawl, stand, creep
- developmental pace: periods of fast and slow groeth
- sensitive periods: times when the child is more sensitive to positive or negative influences
- individual differences: each child grows at own rate
2
Q
What are the directional trends?
A
cephalocaudal (head to tail)
proximodistal (near to far) midline to periphery
3
Q
External proportions:
During infancy the growth of what predominates?
A
the trunk
4
Q
External proportions:
What grows most rapidly during childhood?
A
the legs
5
Q
What is biological determinants of growth and development?
A
various tissues in the body undergo changes in growth, composition, and structure
6
Q
What are the different parts of biological growth and physical development?
A
- external proportions
- biological determinants of growth and development
- skeletal growth and development
- neurological maturation
- lymphoid tissue
- deveopment of organ systems
7
Q
basal metabolic rate
A
metabolism
8
Q
thermoregulation
A
temperature
9
Q
protective function
A
sleep and rest
10
Q
Who has the fastest metabolism?
A
infants
11
Q
When does the nervous system grow the fastest?
A
up to 1 year of age
