Unit 1 TRENDS IN GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT

Question 1

What are some examples of Quantitative growth?

Answer 1

Occurs in spurts
1. Height
2. Weight
3. Number of Teeth

Question 2

In what order does qualitative developments normally happen?

Answer 2

Simple to complex

example: Scribble –> Letters –> words

Question 3

What is qualitative development?

Answer 3

Combination of growth, maturation, and learning

Question 4

How is qualitative development measured by?

Answer 4

Observation

Question 5

Birthweight _____ at 6 months?

Answer 5

Doubles

Question 6

Birthweight ____ at 12 months?

Answer 6

Triples

Question 7

Birthweight ____ at 30 months?

Answer 7

Quadrupled

Question 8

Height increases by how much per month?

Answer 8

1/2 - 1 inch per month

Question 9

At what age can you double a child’s height for a prediction of their adult height?

Answer 9

2 years old

typically higher for males and lower for women

Question 10

Directional trends are ______ and ______

Answer 10

Bilateral and symmetrical
Each side develops in the same direction and rate

Question 11

What does cephalocaudal mean in terms of directional trends?

Answer 11

Growth from head to toe
- motor control: head –> head –> trunk –> extremities

Question 12

What does proximodistal mean in terms of directional tredns?

Answer 12

Growth occurs from near to far
- Motor control: over arm before fingers

Question 13

What does sequential trend mean?

Answer 13

Predictable sequence in growth and development

Example: Crawl –> stand –> walk
Example: Babble –> words –> sentence

Question 14

At what age is the grasping reflex present?
Fine Motor

Answer 14

2-3 months but at this age they still cannot hold objects

Question 15

At what age is the palmar grasp present?
Fine Motor

Answer 15

6 months

Question 16

At what age can a child transfer objects between hands?
Fine Motor

Answer 16

7 months

Question 17

At what age is the pincer grasp present?
Fine Motor

Answer 17

10 months

Question 18

At what age can a child put/remove objects from container
Fine Motor

Answer 18

11 months

Question 19

At what age can a child try to build a tower of two blocks?
Fine Motor

Answer 19

12 months

Question 20

At what age is head lag present?
Gross motor

Answer 20

1st 2 months

Question 21

When does a child start to have head control, able to sit if propped up, rolls from back to side at what age?
Gross motor

Answer 21

4 months

Question 22

At what age do children start to roll from abdomen to back?
Gross motor

Answer 22

5-6 months

Question 23

At what age can a child sit unsupported?
Gross motor

Answer 23

8 months

Question 24

At what age can a child move from prone to sitting position?
Gross motor

Answer 24

10 months

Question 25

Increased coordination of extremities occurs at what age?

Answer 25

4 months

Question 26

Crawling usually occurs at what age (usually backward 1st)?

Answer 26

6-7 months

Question 27

At what age does creeping occur?

Answer 27

9 months

Question 28

At what age can a child walk with assistance?

Answer 28

11 months

Question 29

At what age can a child walk alone?

Answer 29

12 months

Question 30

True or False: Each child develops at their own pace but typically males mature faster?

Answer 30

False- While each child does develops at their own pace women mature faster

Question 31

How should we weigh infants?

Answer 31

Nude with a clean diaper

Make sure to never turn your back and always have one hand on child while weighing

Question 32

What is recumbent length?

Answer 32

Laying supine

Question 33

What ages ranges do we do recumbent length for?

Answer 33

Birth- 2 years

Question 34

How should we position a child in order to get a recumbent length?

Answer 34

Head in midline, grasp knees together- push until fully extended and flat and measure between marks

Question 35

At what age do we get a child’s height/stature?

Answer 35

Children over 2

Question 36

How should we position a child in order to get an accurate height?

Answer 36

Shoes off, stand tall and straight, head in midline, line of parallel vision, back to wall stadiometer

Question 37

Characteristics of appearance in infancy
(Weight and height)

Answer 37

1-6 months
- 1 1/2 pounds per month

6 months
- double birth weight

12 months
- Triple birth weight

Question 38

Characteristics of appearance in toddlers ? (height and weight)

Answer 38

4-6 pounds per year

quadruple birth weight by 30 months

Question 39

Characteristics of appearance in preschoolers (height and weight)

Answer 39

4-6 pounds per year

slender, graceful, agile as compared to the toddler

little difference in general physical appearance of boy and girls.

Question 40

Characteristics of appearance in school-age children (height and weight)

Answer 40

4-6 pounds per year

will almost double in weight grow 2”/year

girls usually grow faster than boys during this stage

Question 41

When does the adolescent growth spurt happen in girls? and how much do they typically grow?

Answer 41

9 1/2 - 14 1/2 years
Height: 2-8” over adolescence
Weight: 15-55 lbs over adolescence

Question 42

When does the adolescent growth spurt happen in males and how much do they typically grow?

Answer 42

10 1/2 to 16 Years
Height: 4-12” over adolescence
Weight: 15-66 pounds over adolescence

Question 43

What is prepubescence and when does it begin?

Answer 43

Start of physical changes prior to puberty.
Starts approximately 2 years before puberty

Question 44

When is postpubescence?

Answer 44

1-2 years after 1st period

This is also when skeletal growth is complete

Question 45

What are the 1st sign of puberty in boys and girls?

Answer 45

Girls: Development of breast
Boy: Enlarged testes

Question 46

How does the adolescent brain mature?

Answer 46

From back to front

1. 1st areas controlling vision, hearing, touch, spatial (reason) processing
2. next, areas that coordinate functions
3. last, executive functions
   • planning, setting priorities, organizing thoughts, suppressing impulses, weighing consequences.