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Principles of Growth and Development Flashcards

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When does the posterior fontanel close?

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6-8 weeks

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2
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When does the anterior fontanel close?

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12-18 months

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3
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What is hypotonia?

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Having bad tone, little muscle, not rigid or stiff

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4
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What is microcephaly?

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HC <32 cm

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What is macrocephaly?

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HC >38 cm

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6
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What can cause microcephaly?

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Zika, cytomegalovirus, malnourishment during pregnancy

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7
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How much should a baby weigh by 6 months?

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2x their birth weight

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8
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How much should a baby weigh by 12 months?

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3x their birth weight

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How much should a baby weigh by 24 months?

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4x their birth weight

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10
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What is the average weight gain per year?

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5 lb

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11
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How tall should one be by 4 years?

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2x birth length

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12
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How tall should one be by 13 years?

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3x birth length

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13
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How can you estimate adult height?

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Double height of child at 2 years

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14
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When does a growth spurt begin for boys?

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After first evidence of puberty
Lasts ~4 years
Average age of onset is 12.5

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15
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When does a growth spurt begin for girls?

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After first evidence of puberty
Lasts ~4 years
Breast development happens around 10 years

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16
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What are the corresponding Erikson, Piaget, and Freud stages for the infant?

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Trust vs. mistrust
Sensorimotor
Oral stage

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17
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What gross motor skills occur from 0-2 months?

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Primitive reflexes

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18
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What gross motor skills occur from 2-4 months?

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Hand to mouth
Some head lag when pulled to sitting position
Supports weight on forearms

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What gross motor skills occur from 4-6 months?

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Head and trunk control
Sits with support
Rolls back to front
Bears weight on feet when assisted.

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20
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What gross motor skills occur from 6-8 months?

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Sits alone with steady head

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21
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What gross motor skills occur from 8-10 months?

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Moves prone to sitting to standing
Stands alone without support
Crawls to creeps to cruise
Attempts to walk

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22
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What gross motor skills occur from 10-12 months?

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Stands alone
Walks holding onto furniture
Sits down from standing

23
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What fine motor skills occur from 8-10 months?

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Grasps a spoon, can’t use it

24
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What fine motor skills occur from 10-12 months?

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Neat pincer grasp

25
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What language development occurs from 0-2 months?

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Cry, coos, vocalizes to the familiar

26
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What language development occurs from 3-6 months?

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Vocalizes during play, squeals, laughs aloud

27
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What language development occurs from 7-9 months?

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Increased vowel and consonant sounds

2 syllable sounds (baba, dada)

28
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What language development occurs from 10-12 months?

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Says mama, dada to identify, repeat sounds heard by others, 3-5 words

29
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When are stranger anxiety and separation anxiety seen?

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Infancy

30
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What are the corresponding Erikson, Piaget, and Freud stages for the toddler?

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Autonomy vs. shame and doubt
Sensorimotor and preoperational
Anal stage

31
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What gross motor skills occur from 13-18 months?

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Walks up stairs
Creeps down
Removes shoes and socks
Uses all senses to explore

32
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What fine motor skills occur from 13-18 months?

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Turns pages of a book
Unzips
Stacks up to 4 cubes
Drinks from a cup
Good grasp of a spoon
33
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What is language development like at 12-15 months?

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Speaks 3-4 understandable words

Has own language not understood by others

34
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What is language development like at 18 months?

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Peaks 10 or more words

Uses jargon learned in the home

35
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What is language development like at 24 months?

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Refers to self by name
Uses pronouns
2-3 word sentences

36
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What is language development like at 36 months?

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Names body parts
Gives full name
900 different words
3-5 word sentences

37
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What is echolalia?

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When words are repeated over and over

38
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What is telegraphic speech?

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When a child will speak in compressed sentences - “give ball”

39
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When are focus, individuation, and egocentrism development?

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Toddlerhood

40
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When is parallel play seen?

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Toddlerhood

41
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What are the corresponding Erikson, Piaget, and Freud stages for the toddler?

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Initiative vs guilt (3-6)
Preoperational substage
- Preconceptual (2-4)
- Intuitive (4-7)
Phallic stage (3-7)
42
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What gross motor skills occur from 3-5?

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Walking/running/jumping
Balances on one foot
Alternates feet going up stairs
Rides tricycle
Skips/hops on one foot, alternates feet up and down stairs, walks heel to toe, catches ball with 2 hands
Skips on alternating feet, can begin to swim, rides bike, walks backward, good climber

43
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What fine motor skills occur from 3-5?

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Builds tower of 9-10 cubes, makes a circle with facial features,
Uses dull scissors, draws a stick figure with 3 parts, can lace shoes but may not be able to tie, copies a square, shows hand preference
Begins to tie shoes, uses a pencil very well, copies a triangle, draws a person with at least 6 parts

44
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When do you see magical thinking, transduction, animism, and imaginary friends?

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Preschool age

45
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How do communication skills develop from age 3-5?

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3:
Speaks in complete sentences
Follows instructions with two or three steps
Can name most familiar things
Vocabulary of ~200 words
5:
Can explain how to use something
Talks about past, future, and imaginary events
Can answer questions that use “why” and “when”
Vocabulary of ~2,100 words

46
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What are the corresponding Erikson, Piaget, Kohlberg and Freud stages for the toddler?

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Industry vs. inferiority
Concrete operational
Conventional
Latency

47
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What fine motor skills occur from 6-7?

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Rides a 2 wheeler
Throws over hand
Legible prints
Uses knife and fork
Cuts pastes and folds paper
Copies a diamond
Walks a straight line
48
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What fine motor skills occur from 8-9?

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Fluid movement
Team sports
Increased flexibility
Write cursive
Dresses self completely
49
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What fine motor skills occur from 10-12?

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Good eye hand coordination
Fine motor well developed
Some awkwardness in gross motor due to growth spurt

50
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What are the corresponding Erikson, Piaget, and Kohlberg stages for the adolescent?

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Identity vs role confusion or diffusion
Formal operation
Postconventional level III

51
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What are signs that an infant is ready for solids?

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Double BW and weighs at least 13 lbs
Baby seems hungry despite nursing more than 8-10 times/day or drinking more than 32 oz (1 quart) of formula/day
Sits with support and has control of head movements
When placed on stomach can hold head up and support weight with straight elbows

52
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What is a food jag?

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Child asking for the same meal over and over again

53
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What is physiologic anorexia?

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When growth slows down around age 2

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