NSG 1400 Exam 1 Answered Questions
(Latest 2026)
Growth - Correct Answers ✅a quantitative change in which
an increase in cell number and size results in an
increase in overall size and weight of the body or any of its
parts
Development - Correct Answers ✅the sequence of
physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development changes
that
take place over the human lifespan
Three aspects of change - Correct Answers ✅growth,
development, maturation
Normal human development - Correct Answers
✅organized, progressive, follows a predictable sequence
across life stages
Development milestone - Correct Answers ✅skills that
provide reference for the rate/pace of how a child is
developing
Development delay - Correct Answers ✅a child that has
not attained predictable movement patterns or behavior
associated with children of a similar chronologic age
, NSG 1400 Exam 1 Answered Questions
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Development regression - Correct Answers ✅occurs when
a child is hospitalized, where they revert back to an earlier
development stage (a toilet-trained child begins to wet the
bed again)
Development arrest - Correct Answers ✅occurs when a
child stops physical, emotional, or cognitive development
before reaching adulthood
Pervasive developmental disorders - Correct Answers
✅group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in
socialization and communication skills; autism and Asperger
syndrome are examples
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - Correct
Answers ✅infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, elementary
school, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late
adulthood
Infancy stage (0-1 yr) - Correct Answers ✅Trust vs.
Mistrust: baby relies on parents for needs to be met
Toddler stage (1-3 yrs) - Correct Answers ✅autonomy vs.
shame and doubt: toddler is beginning to assert authority
over own actions
(Latest 2026)
Growth - Correct Answers ✅a quantitative change in which
an increase in cell number and size results in an
increase in overall size and weight of the body or any of its
parts
Development - Correct Answers ✅the sequence of
physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development changes
that
take place over the human lifespan
Three aspects of change - Correct Answers ✅growth,
development, maturation
Normal human development - Correct Answers
✅organized, progressive, follows a predictable sequence
across life stages
Development milestone - Correct Answers ✅skills that
provide reference for the rate/pace of how a child is
developing
Development delay - Correct Answers ✅a child that has
not attained predictable movement patterns or behavior
associated with children of a similar chronologic age
, NSG 1400 Exam 1 Answered Questions
(Latest 2026)
Development regression - Correct Answers ✅occurs when
a child is hospitalized, where they revert back to an earlier
development stage (a toilet-trained child begins to wet the
bed again)
Development arrest - Correct Answers ✅occurs when a
child stops physical, emotional, or cognitive development
before reaching adulthood
Pervasive developmental disorders - Correct Answers
✅group of childhood disorders characterized by delays in
socialization and communication skills; autism and Asperger
syndrome are examples
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - Correct
Answers ✅infancy, toddlerhood, preschool, elementary
school, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late
adulthood
Infancy stage (0-1 yr) - Correct Answers ✅Trust vs.
Mistrust: baby relies on parents for needs to be met
Toddler stage (1-3 yrs) - Correct Answers ✅autonomy vs.
shame and doubt: toddler is beginning to assert authority
over own actions
