Postnatal development

Question 1

9 developmental stages

Answer 1

prenatal development
infancy
early childhood
middle childhood
adolescence
late adulthood
death and dying

Question 2

prenatal stage

Answer 2

embryonic stage (0to 8 weeks)
fetal stage(8 weeks to birth)

Question 3

infancy stage

Answer 3

neonatal (birth to 22 days)
birth to onset of walking (about 1 yo)

Question 4

toddler stage

Answer 4

1-4 y

Question 5

early childhood

Answer 5

infancy to 7 yo

Question 6

developmental direction

Answer 6

cephalocaudally
proximodistal

Question 7

differentiation

Answer 7

from the relatively simple gross motor tasks to more complex and refined motor ones

Question 8

grasping

Answer 8

isolated involvement of muscle groups to perform a rudimentary motor task

Question 9

integration

Answer 9

the involvement of various systems in a coordinated fashion to perform complex tasks

Question 10

motor development

Answer 10

in a predictable sequence
at a variable rate
as a continuous process
from simple to complex
from general to specific

Question 11

scammon’s growth curve

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not all tissues grow at the same rate
start to grow at puberty and plateau at 20

Question 12

by age 1 most childdren

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like to put things in their mouth (mouthing)
pull up to standing position by holding on to something
cruise
master grasping objects

Question 13

by age 1 physical development

Answer 13

grown taller
gotten heavy
big heads
baby look
few teeth

Question 14

motor aspects

Answer 14

gross skills
fine skills

Question 15

temporal aspects

Answer 15

discreet
serial
continuous

Question 16

environmental aspects

Answer 16

open KC
closed KC

Question 17

functional aspects

Answer 17

stability
locomotor
manipulative

Question 18

stability

Answer 18

emphasis en static and dynamic body balance

Question 19

locomotion

Answer 19

emphasis en body transportation

Question 20

manipulation

Answer 20

imparting force on receiving force from an object

Question 21

phases of movement

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reflexive
rudimentary
fundamental

Question 22

reflexive phase of movement

Answer 22

involuntary subcortically controlled movement in utero and early infancy

Question 23

rudimentary phase of movement

Answer 23

the movements of infancy influenced by maturation

Question 24

fundamental phase of movement

Answer 24

the basic skills of childhood

Question 25

see ppt for examples

Question 26

readiness depends on

Answer 26

maturation
learning

Question 27

convergence of biological factors within the individual

Answer 27

environmental conditions and tasks requirements facilitate learning

Question 28

readiness applies to

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both cognitive and motor domains

Question 29

plasticity

Answer 29

degree to which a developing structure or behaviour is modifiable due to experience

Question 30

piaget’s theory

Answer 30

Question 31

see by age 1 in ppt

Question 32

information processing

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how children take in, use and store information
development is dependent on memory

Question 33

three aspect of memory

Answer 33

encoding
storage
retrieval

Question 34

encoding

Answer 34

information is recorded into a form usable for memories

Question 35

storage

Answer 35

placement of information into memory

Question 36

retrieval

Answer 36

how inforrmation is retrieved from memories

Question 37

infantile amnesia

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lack of memories prior to 3yo

Question 38

intelligence

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measurable differences in cognitive development

Question 39

bayleys 3 scales

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mental scale
motor scale
behavioural scale
can detect sensory and neurological issues

Question 40

bayley scale of infant development

Answer 40

Question 41

erikson

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Question 42

havighurst 3 sources of developmental tasks

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physical maturation
personal values
pressure of society