CGDR DCF EXAM: CHILD GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT CGDR DCF,
2025/2026 WITH CORRECT/ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Growth - CORRECT ANSWERS- refers to specific body changes
and increases in the child's size, such as a child's height, weight,
head circumference, and body mass index. These size changes
can usually be easily measured.
Principle 1 - Developmental Sequence is Similar for All - CORRECT
ANSWERS- >Children develop in relatively the same ways.
>There is a typical sequence of development that occurs as a
child grows.
>While the sequence is similar, and the behaviors or skills
emerge in the same order, children can take more or less time
with each behavior or skill.
>They can move forward, regress for a short time, then move
forward again.
>Some children may skip a behavior or skill as they move
forward.
Principle 2 - Development Proceeds from General to Specific -
CORRECT ANSWERS- >Development progresses from a beginning
point moving in a forward direction.
,>Just as growth of an infant proceeds from the top down and from
the center of the body to the limbs, development of behaviors
and skills moves from general to specific.
>As children mature, their bodily changes occur in a sequential
order and give children new abilities.
>As the brain and nervous system develop, a child's thinking
(cognitive) skills and motor skills improve.
>In the Physical Development Domain, an infant's large muscles
develop first and result in the ability to wave the arms and kick
the legs.
>Development continues in the smaller muscles in the fingers
and toes, and results in the ability of the fingers to grasp objects
and the toes to help with balance when standing and walking.
Principle 3 - Development is Continuous - CORRECT ANSWERS-
>In children who develop typically, behaviors and skills they have
already acquired become the basis for new behaviors and skills.
>There is continuity from one phase of development to the next.
>Children continue to add new behaviors and skills as they
perfect their abilities to walk, to write or draw, and to speak. For
example, speech development proceeds from gurgles and coos to
chattering, then to words, then phrases, and finally, sentences.
Sentences become paragraphs and stories, both oral and written.
>In order for children to write or draw, they must have developed
the control of their hands and fingers to hold a crayon and pencil.
Holding a pencil develops into writing and drawing.
>The continuation of development can easily be seen in children
as they mature from age two to age twelve.
, Principle 4 - Development Proceeds at Different Rates - CORRECT
ANSWERS- >Each child is different and the rates at which
individual children develop are different.
>Although the sequences for development are usually the same
for all children, the rates at which individual children reach each
stage will be different.
>Some children will walk at ten months of age, while others walk
at eighteen months of age.
>Development is never uniform, but it is constant.
Principal 5 - All Areas of Development are Interrelated - CORRECT
ANSWERS- >Development in children is interrelated.
>There are several examples in Principles 1 through 4 that show
how the body has to grow and develop before new behaviors and
skills can occur.
>These examples also demonstrate the first two of five areas of
development, called domains.
>These five domains of development are Physical Development,
Cognitive Development and General Knowledge, Language and
Communication, Social and Emotional Development, and
Approaches to Learning. Each area of development influences
development in other areas.
>Each of these developmental domains can be defined by one or
more characteristics. The characteristics of the Physical
Development Domain involve increased physical growth and
abilities.
AND DEVELOPMENT CGDR DCF,
2025/2026 WITH CORRECT/ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Growth - CORRECT ANSWERS- refers to specific body changes
and increases in the child's size, such as a child's height, weight,
head circumference, and body mass index. These size changes
can usually be easily measured.
Principle 1 - Developmental Sequence is Similar for All - CORRECT
ANSWERS- >Children develop in relatively the same ways.
>There is a typical sequence of development that occurs as a
child grows.
>While the sequence is similar, and the behaviors or skills
emerge in the same order, children can take more or less time
with each behavior or skill.
>They can move forward, regress for a short time, then move
forward again.
>Some children may skip a behavior or skill as they move
forward.
Principle 2 - Development Proceeds from General to Specific -
CORRECT ANSWERS- >Development progresses from a beginning
point moving in a forward direction.
,>Just as growth of an infant proceeds from the top down and from
the center of the body to the limbs, development of behaviors
and skills moves from general to specific.
>As children mature, their bodily changes occur in a sequential
order and give children new abilities.
>As the brain and nervous system develop, a child's thinking
(cognitive) skills and motor skills improve.
>In the Physical Development Domain, an infant's large muscles
develop first and result in the ability to wave the arms and kick
the legs.
>Development continues in the smaller muscles in the fingers
and toes, and results in the ability of the fingers to grasp objects
and the toes to help with balance when standing and walking.
Principle 3 - Development is Continuous - CORRECT ANSWERS-
>In children who develop typically, behaviors and skills they have
already acquired become the basis for new behaviors and skills.
>There is continuity from one phase of development to the next.
>Children continue to add new behaviors and skills as they
perfect their abilities to walk, to write or draw, and to speak. For
example, speech development proceeds from gurgles and coos to
chattering, then to words, then phrases, and finally, sentences.
Sentences become paragraphs and stories, both oral and written.
>In order for children to write or draw, they must have developed
the control of their hands and fingers to hold a crayon and pencil.
Holding a pencil develops into writing and drawing.
>The continuation of development can easily be seen in children
as they mature from age two to age twelve.
, Principle 4 - Development Proceeds at Different Rates - CORRECT
ANSWERS- >Each child is different and the rates at which
individual children develop are different.
>Although the sequences for development are usually the same
for all children, the rates at which individual children reach each
stage will be different.
>Some children will walk at ten months of age, while others walk
at eighteen months of age.
>Development is never uniform, but it is constant.
Principal 5 - All Areas of Development are Interrelated - CORRECT
ANSWERS- >Development in children is interrelated.
>There are several examples in Principles 1 through 4 that show
how the body has to grow and develop before new behaviors and
skills can occur.
>These examples also demonstrate the first two of five areas of
development, called domains.
>These five domains of development are Physical Development,
Cognitive Development and General Knowledge, Language and
Communication, Social and Emotional Development, and
Approaches to Learning. Each area of development influences
development in other areas.
>Each of these developmental domains can be defined by one or
more characteristics. The characteristics of the Physical
Development Domain involve increased physical growth and
abilities.
