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NSG 320
NSG 320/ NSG320 | Exam 2 GCU | Qs & As|
Grade A| 100% Correct | Latest Update
(2025/ 2026)
1. First four stages of sensorimotor phase: - Reflexes (Birth-1month):
beginning of associations
- Primary circular reactions (1month-4 months): causality
- Secondary circular reactions (4-8 months): object permanence
- Coordination of secondary schemas (8-12 months): mental
representations, Anticipate events
2. Infant Gross motor skill development: 1. Head control (2 months
improving/well established by 4 months)
2. Roll over (5 months)
3. Sits up (6-8 months)
4. Crawl (8-9 months)
5. Pull to stand (10 months)
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,6. Walk (12 months)
3. Infant fine gross motor skill development: 1. Holds hand in front of
face (3 months)
2. "Bats" with hands (4 months)
3. Gross grasping (5 months)
4. Transfers objects (7 months)
5. "Rakes" objects (8 months)
6. Bangs objects (9 months)
7. Neat pincer grasp (10-11 months)
8. Attempts to build a tower of 2 blocks (12 months)
4. Warning signs of motor development: - Extremities stiff/floppy
- Major head lag at 3 months
- Use only one side of body...reaches with only one hand
- Does not crawl or stand with support by 12 months
- Primitive reflexes persist
5. Infant Sensory development: Sight: Infants LOVE the human face
Hearing: One month recognizes common sounds
,Smell: develops rapidly (newborn can smell difference of breast
milk) Taste: Prefer sweet
Touch: VERY important
6. Warning signs of infant sensory development: - Does not respond to
loud noises
- Does not focus on near object
- Does not make noise by 4 months
- Does not turn to sound by 4 months
- Eyes crossed at 6 months of age
7. Infant communication development: Coos, makes vocalization,
differentiate cries (1-3 months)
First real smile (2 months)
Vowel sounds, laughs, "raspberries," vocalizes in response, responds to
own name (4-5 months)
Squealing/yelling (6 months)
Babbling progresses to "word" without meaning (7-10 months)
Attaches meaning to words (9-12 months)
, Two-three words (12 months)
8. warning signs of Infant communication development: - Does not
make sound by 4 months
- Does not laugh or sequel by 6 months
- Does not babble by 8 months
- Does not use any words with meaning by 12 months
9. When do we introduce solid foods to newborns?: delay until 6
month
10. Solid food considerations: - Introduce foods separately 4-7
days apart
- Usual sequence...Baby cereal, fruit and/or veggies then meats around 10
months
- Juice ONLY in cup and maximum 4 oz/day
- Finger foods around 8 months
- Whole milk starting at 12 months of age
- No honey under age 12 months
21. Infant's sleeping development: - Newborns sleep 20 hours/day
NSG 320
NSG 320/ NSG320 | Exam 2 GCU | Qs & As|
Grade A| 100% Correct | Latest Update
(2025/ 2026)
1. First four stages of sensorimotor phase: - Reflexes (Birth-1month):
beginning of associations
- Primary circular reactions (1month-4 months): causality
- Secondary circular reactions (4-8 months): object permanence
- Coordination of secondary schemas (8-12 months): mental
representations, Anticipate events
2. Infant Gross motor skill development: 1. Head control (2 months
improving/well established by 4 months)
2. Roll over (5 months)
3. Sits up (6-8 months)
4. Crawl (8-9 months)
5. Pull to stand (10 months)
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,6. Walk (12 months)
3. Infant fine gross motor skill development: 1. Holds hand in front of
face (3 months)
2. "Bats" with hands (4 months)
3. Gross grasping (5 months)
4. Transfers objects (7 months)
5. "Rakes" objects (8 months)
6. Bangs objects (9 months)
7. Neat pincer grasp (10-11 months)
8. Attempts to build a tower of 2 blocks (12 months)
4. Warning signs of motor development: - Extremities stiff/floppy
- Major head lag at 3 months
- Use only one side of body...reaches with only one hand
- Does not crawl or stand with support by 12 months
- Primitive reflexes persist
5. Infant Sensory development: Sight: Infants LOVE the human face
Hearing: One month recognizes common sounds
,Smell: develops rapidly (newborn can smell difference of breast
milk) Taste: Prefer sweet
Touch: VERY important
6. Warning signs of infant sensory development: - Does not respond to
loud noises
- Does not focus on near object
- Does not make noise by 4 months
- Does not turn to sound by 4 months
- Eyes crossed at 6 months of age
7. Infant communication development: Coos, makes vocalization,
differentiate cries (1-3 months)
First real smile (2 months)
Vowel sounds, laughs, "raspberries," vocalizes in response, responds to
own name (4-5 months)
Squealing/yelling (6 months)
Babbling progresses to "word" without meaning (7-10 months)
Attaches meaning to words (9-12 months)
, Two-three words (12 months)
8. warning signs of Infant communication development: - Does not
make sound by 4 months
- Does not laugh or sequel by 6 months
- Does not babble by 8 months
- Does not use any words with meaning by 12 months
9. When do we introduce solid foods to newborns?: delay until 6
month
10. Solid food considerations: - Introduce foods separately 4-7
days apart
- Usual sequence...Baby cereal, fruit and/or veggies then meats around 10
months
- Juice ONLY in cup and maximum 4 oz/day
- Finger foods around 8 months
- Whole milk starting at 12 months of age
- No honey under age 12 months
21. Infant's sleeping development: - Newborns sleep 20 hours/day
