principles of growth and Development
Maternal Child Exam Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
Growth - correct answer ✅✅physical increase in the body size and
appearance caused by increasing numbers of new cells.
Development - correct answer ✅✅progressive change in the child toward
maturity and maturation.
Maturation - correct answer ✅✅completed growth and development.
Cephalocaudal - correct answer ✅✅Growth pattern starting with the head
and moving downward.
Proximodistal - correct answer ✅✅Growth starts in the center and
progresses toward the periphery or outside.
Developmental task - correct answer ✅✅basic achievements associated
with each stage of development
Latchkey child - correct answer ✅✅Child who comes home to an empty
house after school each day b/c family caregivers are at work.
Archetypes - correct answer ✅✅Predetermined patterns of human
development, which replace instinctive behavior of other animals.
Cognitive Development - correct answer ✅✅Progressive change on the
intellectual process, including perception, memory and judgement.
, principles of growth and Development
Maternal Child Exam Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
Ego - correct answer ✅✅Psychoanalytic theory the conscious self that
controls the pleasure principle of the id by delaying the instincts until
appropriate time.
Egocentric - correct answer ✅✅Concerned only c one's own activities or
needs; unable to put oneself in another place or to see another point of view.
ID - correct answer ✅✅psychoanalytic theory part of the personality that
controls physical needs and instincts of the body; dominated by the pleasure
principle.
Libido - correct answer ✅✅Sexual drive
Sublimation - correct answer ✅✅process of directing a desire or impulse
into more acceptable behaviors
Superego - correct answer ✅✅psychoanalytical theory the conscience or
parental value system; acts primarily as a monitor over the ego.
Temperament - correct answer ✅✅Combination of all of an individuals
characteristics the way the person thinks, behaves, and reacts.
Bottle or Nursing bottle caries - correct answer ✅✅condition caused by
the erosion of enamel on the infants deciduous teeth from sugar in formula
or sweetened juice that coats the teeth for long periods.
Deciduous teeth - correct answer ✅✅Primary teeth that usually erupt
between 6-8 mths of age.
Maternal Child Exam Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
Growth - correct answer ✅✅physical increase in the body size and
appearance caused by increasing numbers of new cells.
Development - correct answer ✅✅progressive change in the child toward
maturity and maturation.
Maturation - correct answer ✅✅completed growth and development.
Cephalocaudal - correct answer ✅✅Growth pattern starting with the head
and moving downward.
Proximodistal - correct answer ✅✅Growth starts in the center and
progresses toward the periphery or outside.
Developmental task - correct answer ✅✅basic achievements associated
with each stage of development
Latchkey child - correct answer ✅✅Child who comes home to an empty
house after school each day b/c family caregivers are at work.
Archetypes - correct answer ✅✅Predetermined patterns of human
development, which replace instinctive behavior of other animals.
Cognitive Development - correct answer ✅✅Progressive change on the
intellectual process, including perception, memory and judgement.
, principles of growth and Development
Maternal Child Exam Questions and
Answers A+ Guide
Ego - correct answer ✅✅Psychoanalytic theory the conscious self that
controls the pleasure principle of the id by delaying the instincts until
appropriate time.
Egocentric - correct answer ✅✅Concerned only c one's own activities or
needs; unable to put oneself in another place or to see another point of view.
ID - correct answer ✅✅psychoanalytic theory part of the personality that
controls physical needs and instincts of the body; dominated by the pleasure
principle.
Libido - correct answer ✅✅Sexual drive
Sublimation - correct answer ✅✅process of directing a desire or impulse
into more acceptable behaviors
Superego - correct answer ✅✅psychoanalytical theory the conscience or
parental value system; acts primarily as a monitor over the ego.
Temperament - correct answer ✅✅Combination of all of an individuals
characteristics the way the person thinks, behaves, and reacts.
Bottle or Nursing bottle caries - correct answer ✅✅condition caused by
the erosion of enamel on the infants deciduous teeth from sugar in formula
or sweetened juice that coats the teeth for long periods.
Deciduous teeth - correct answer ✅✅Primary teeth that usually erupt
between 6-8 mths of age.
