NUR 353 Exam 3 Questions with Verified
Correct Answers
Development
The sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive changes that take place over the
human lifespan
Development is a concept interrelated with three processes
Differentiation
Maturation
Growth
Causes of development
Neurological growth
Cognitive growth
Emotional growth
Physiological growth
Childhood development classifications
Infants: 2 days to 12 months
Toddlers: 1yr to 3 yr
Preschoolers: 3yr to 6yr
School agers: 6yr to 12yr
Adolescents: 12yr to 20yr
Adult development classifications
,Young adult: 18 to 35yr
Middle adult: 35 to 65yr
Older adult (young): 65 to 75yr
Older adult (middle): 75 to 85yr
Older adult (old): above 85yr
Development is directional
True
2 directions that development occurs in
Cephalocaudal: from head to toes
Proximodistal: from midline to outside
Development is orderly and sequential
True
Development is the same for every child
False, development is unique to each child
Development becomes increasingly integrated and complex
True
Common developmental theorist and theroies
Erikson: psychosocial development
Piaget: cognitive development
Freud: psychosexual development
, Kohlberg: moral development
Bronfenbrenner: bioecological development
Vygotsky: sociocultural development
Development assessment tool for children from birth to 6yr
Denver Developmental screening test II (DDST)
Screens for developmental delays in four categories: gross motor, language, fine motor
adaptive, and social
Development assessment tools for adolescents
HEADSSS: screening tool used to assess adolescent risk behaviors. Determined from
questions based on home, education, activities, employment, drugs, suicide, sex, safety,
eating
CRAFFT: screening tool for adolescent substance abuse
Developmental assessment tool for adults
Recent life changes questionnaire
Life experiences survey
Stress audit
Developmental assessment tools for older adults
BADLs
IADLs
Interrelated concepts that affect development
Correct Answers
Development
The sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive changes that take place over the
human lifespan
Development is a concept interrelated with three processes
Differentiation
Maturation
Growth
Causes of development
Neurological growth
Cognitive growth
Emotional growth
Physiological growth
Childhood development classifications
Infants: 2 days to 12 months
Toddlers: 1yr to 3 yr
Preschoolers: 3yr to 6yr
School agers: 6yr to 12yr
Adolescents: 12yr to 20yr
Adult development classifications
,Young adult: 18 to 35yr
Middle adult: 35 to 65yr
Older adult (young): 65 to 75yr
Older adult (middle): 75 to 85yr
Older adult (old): above 85yr
Development is directional
True
2 directions that development occurs in
Cephalocaudal: from head to toes
Proximodistal: from midline to outside
Development is orderly and sequential
True
Development is the same for every child
False, development is unique to each child
Development becomes increasingly integrated and complex
True
Common developmental theorist and theroies
Erikson: psychosocial development
Piaget: cognitive development
Freud: psychosexual development
, Kohlberg: moral development
Bronfenbrenner: bioecological development
Vygotsky: sociocultural development
Development assessment tool for children from birth to 6yr
Denver Developmental screening test II (DDST)
Screens for developmental delays in four categories: gross motor, language, fine motor
adaptive, and social
Development assessment tools for adolescents
HEADSSS: screening tool used to assess adolescent risk behaviors. Determined from
questions based on home, education, activities, employment, drugs, suicide, sex, safety,
eating
CRAFFT: screening tool for adolescent substance abuse
Developmental assessment tool for adults
Recent life changes questionnaire
Life experiences survey
Stress audit
Developmental assessment tools for older adults
BADLs
IADLs
Interrelated concepts that affect development
