Peds Development Flashcards
Piagets Theory of Cognitive Development
- Sensorimotor (infants 0-2) develop patients schema/pattern for dealing with the environment.
- Preoperational (2-7) learn to think with the use of symbols and mental images.
- Concrete operations (7-11) able to coordinate two concrete perspectives in social and scientific thinking
- Formal operations (11+) prevalence of egocentrism leads to demonstrations of feelings and behaviors characterized by self-consciousness
Neonate age
28 days
Children’s patterns of play
- Solitary (infant)
- Parallel (toddler)
- Associative (preschool) - loose group play
- Cooperative (school age) - organized play i.e. sports
Kohlbergs Theory of Moral development
A. Preconventional (0-9)
Punishment & obedience -
Instrumental- Relativist: An individual recognizes that there is more than one correct point of view Right and wrong determined by reward and others desires. Concern for others motivated by selfishness
B. Conventional (most adolescents and adults)
Interpersonal concordance – being good is whatever pleases others
Law and order Dash being good now means doing your duty to society
C. Post conventional (0 to 15% of the over 20s)
Social contract Dash right and wrong now determined by personal values. When laws infringe on old self justice we can choose to ignore them.
Universal ethical principle – we now live in accordance with deeply held moral principles which are seen as more important than the laws of the land.

Piaget states which pediatric developmental stage is egocentric?
Early childhood (toddler) and preschool
The fine motor skills the nurse would Assess in an infant
Holding a rattle, picking up objects, holding a baby bottle.
Infants Can be expected to begin to crawl at
9 months
Latency stage- Freud’s Psycho analytic model of personality development
During this stage, sexual urges are repressed and channeled into productive activities. During the phallic stage, the genital organs are the focus of pleasure. During the oral stage, infants begin to think that the parent is some thing separate from them self. During the genital stage, sexual urges real weekend and are directed to an individual outside the family circle.
How do adolescence establish group identity during psychosocial development?
By building close peer relationships to achieve acceptance in society. This behavior establishes their group identity.
According to Ericksons stages of life, which is the stage of development want to child begins walking, feeding, and using the toilet?
Autonomy versus sense of shame and doubt. From birth to one year is the stage when the infant develops trust toward the parent or caregiver a.k.a. trust versus mistrust stage. The initiative versus guilt stage is marked by the child’s fantasies and imaginations motivating the child to explore their environment. The identity versus role confusion stage begins after adolescence. During this stage the adolescent aims to find their identity.
Infants anterior fontanelle closes
12 to 18 months. Premature closure may restrict brain growth and lead to abnormal head shape. We closure may indicate an underlying condition, such as congenital hypothyroidism
During which the age of Piaget’s theory with a child demonstrate animism?
Preoperational
Pediatric clients diagnosed with cystic fibrosis experience poor growth due to
Delayed bone growth, increased oxygen demand, and a decreased ability to absorb nutrients despite a healthy appetite and diet
Which stage is a part of postconventional reasoning?
Social contract orientation. This is a part of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development. 
Which developmental skills should a preschooler exhibit?
Specific reasoning, Increased curiosity, magical thinking
Preschoolers begin to engage in specific and become curious. Preschoolers thinking is often described as magical thinking.
