NURS 280 Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What happens during sexual development from birth to age 2? - CORRECT ANSWER --
spontaneous, reflexive sexual response (also happens before birth (i.e., vaginal lubrication, or erection in
utero))
- require healthy touch
- do not initially distinguish between genital and nongenital body parts, nudity, self-exploration
What are kids from birth to age 2 learning? - CORRECT ANSWER - - names for body parts and
how people feel about them (good for saftey from predators)
- rules/beliefs about gender
What are kids from birth to age 2 developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - - attachment to
family/caregivers (emotional attachment)
- their gender identity
- basic social skills
What happens during sexual development from age 2 to 5? - CORRECT ANSWER - - keen interst
in their own body, and how other people's bodies look
What are kids from age 2 to 5 learning? - CORRECT ANSWER - - how they joined their family
(born, adopted, etc)
- the difference between genders
- their body belongs to them
- types of touch
What are kids from age 2 to 5 developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - - certainty about their gender
identity
- an understanding of private & public and how that relates to their body
,What happens during sexual development from age 5 to 8? - CORRECT ANSWER - - physical
exploration of bodies is common at this age
- self pleasuring can become more intentional
- peer bonding can become more intense
What are kids from age 5 to 8 learning? - CORRECT ANSWER - - how babies are made
- there are different types of families/couples
- their bodies are changing as they get older
What are kids from age 5 to 8 developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - - an understanding of
attraction/romantic relationships
What happens during sexual development from age 9 to 12? - CORRECT ANSWER --
masturbationi becomes more about pleasure and sex than a soothing behaviour
- less grossed out by sexuallity and more interested/curious
- attraction to others shifts from friendshiip to crushes
What are kids from age 9 to 12 learning? - CORRECT ANSWER - - their bodies are changing and
its normal
- their beliefs and values are their own (could differ from parents)
- how and why people are sexual
- complex skills to understand and decode the meanings behind behaviours
What are kids from age 9 to 12 developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - - skills needed to
start/maintain/end relationships
- a sense of justice/understanding of their rights
What are some puberty changes in ALL bodies? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Big feet
- Growth spurts (can have positive/negative effects on how child is treated)
- Skin changes (oil glands start to produce oil and bacteria which can grow in clogged areas)
- Perspiration and odour
, - Body hair (secondary sex characteristic)
- Voice changes (vocal chords get longer)
- Moodiness
- Crushes
What are some areas of conflict with body changes? - CORRECT ANSWER - - body changes ->
different positive/negative treatment (socially, interactions)
- fluctuating hormones -> moodiness
- lack of sleep -> irritability
- fluctuating hormones-> poor emotion regulation
- increased interest in sex
Humans grow ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER - From the bottom up
(starts with feet and ends with the development of the brain - particularly the prefrontal cortex which
helps with decision-making)
What is a growth spurt? - CORRECT ANSWER - The year you grow more than 3cm.
if occured earlier, get set higher expectations of maturity (and sexualization, mainly of girls).
What is the age range puberty typically starts? - CORRECT ANSWER - Age 9-12
But it is also normal from 7 - 14.
How many hours of sleep should kids be getting during the stage of puberty? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 11-12 hours a night
What are some puberty changes that occur in SOME bodies due to testosterone? - CORRECT
ANSWER - broader shoulders
frequent erections
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What happens during sexual development from birth to age 2? - CORRECT ANSWER --
spontaneous, reflexive sexual response (also happens before birth (i.e., vaginal lubrication, or erection in
utero))
- require healthy touch
- do not initially distinguish between genital and nongenital body parts, nudity, self-exploration
What are kids from birth to age 2 learning? - CORRECT ANSWER - - names for body parts and
how people feel about them (good for saftey from predators)
- rules/beliefs about gender
What are kids from birth to age 2 developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - - attachment to
family/caregivers (emotional attachment)
- their gender identity
- basic social skills
What happens during sexual development from age 2 to 5? - CORRECT ANSWER - - keen interst
in their own body, and how other people's bodies look
What are kids from age 2 to 5 learning? - CORRECT ANSWER - - how they joined their family
(born, adopted, etc)
- the difference between genders
- their body belongs to them
- types of touch
What are kids from age 2 to 5 developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - - certainty about their gender
identity
- an understanding of private & public and how that relates to their body
,What happens during sexual development from age 5 to 8? - CORRECT ANSWER - - physical
exploration of bodies is common at this age
- self pleasuring can become more intentional
- peer bonding can become more intense
What are kids from age 5 to 8 learning? - CORRECT ANSWER - - how babies are made
- there are different types of families/couples
- their bodies are changing as they get older
What are kids from age 5 to 8 developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - - an understanding of
attraction/romantic relationships
What happens during sexual development from age 9 to 12? - CORRECT ANSWER --
masturbationi becomes more about pleasure and sex than a soothing behaviour
- less grossed out by sexuallity and more interested/curious
- attraction to others shifts from friendshiip to crushes
What are kids from age 9 to 12 learning? - CORRECT ANSWER - - their bodies are changing and
its normal
- their beliefs and values are their own (could differ from parents)
- how and why people are sexual
- complex skills to understand and decode the meanings behind behaviours
What are kids from age 9 to 12 developing? - CORRECT ANSWER - - skills needed to
start/maintain/end relationships
- a sense of justice/understanding of their rights
What are some puberty changes in ALL bodies? - CORRECT ANSWER - - Big feet
- Growth spurts (can have positive/negative effects on how child is treated)
- Skin changes (oil glands start to produce oil and bacteria which can grow in clogged areas)
- Perspiration and odour
, - Body hair (secondary sex characteristic)
- Voice changes (vocal chords get longer)
- Moodiness
- Crushes
What are some areas of conflict with body changes? - CORRECT ANSWER - - body changes ->
different positive/negative treatment (socially, interactions)
- fluctuating hormones -> moodiness
- lack of sleep -> irritability
- fluctuating hormones-> poor emotion regulation
- increased interest in sex
Humans grow ____________ - CORRECT ANSWER - From the bottom up
(starts with feet and ends with the development of the brain - particularly the prefrontal cortex which
helps with decision-making)
What is a growth spurt? - CORRECT ANSWER - The year you grow more than 3cm.
if occured earlier, get set higher expectations of maturity (and sexualization, mainly of girls).
What is the age range puberty typically starts? - CORRECT ANSWER - Age 9-12
But it is also normal from 7 - 14.
How many hours of sleep should kids be getting during the stage of puberty? - CORRECT
ANSWER - 11-12 hours a night
What are some puberty changes that occur in SOME bodies due to testosterone? - CORRECT
ANSWER - broader shoulders
frequent erections
