NUR 353 EXAM 1 DEV SPRING 2026/2027 WOOD ASU
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NUR 353 EXAM 1 DEV STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST
Concept of development - ANS✔✔ the sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive
developmental changes that take place over the human lifespan
Development occurs as a simultaneous ongoing interrelationship with three processes: -
ANS✔✔ growth, differentiation, maturation
What are the four causes of development? - ANS✔✔ -Neurological growth (ex. picking up
object→fine motor skills)
-Cognitive growth (ex. problem solving)
-Emotional growth (ex. differentiating emotions)
-Physical/psychological growth (ex. puberty)
What are the principles of development? - ANS✔✔ -Patterns of growth
-Development is directional: cephalocaudal & proximodistal
-Development is orderly and sequential
-Development is unique to each child
-Development becomes increasingly integrated and complex (simple to complex)
cephalocaudal development - ANS✔✔ head to toe (ex. toddlers have large heads, cephalic is
large and more complex while trunk and lower is more simple; holds up head)
proximodistal development - ANS✔✔ inside out/midline out; controls movements closest to
out; CNS develops faster than PNS
,Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - ANS✔✔ 1. trust vs. mistrust (infant: birth-1yr)
2. autonomy vs. shame and doubt
(toddler: 1-3yrs)
3. initiative vs. guilt
preschool (3-5yrs)
4. industry vs. inferiority
school age (5-12yrs)
5. identity vs. role confusion
adolescence (12-18yrs)
6. intimacy vs. isolation
young adult (18-35yrs)
7. generativity vs. stagnation
middle adult (35-65yrs)
8. integrity vs. despair
old adult (65+)
Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST II) - ANS✔✔ -Designed for use with
children from 1 month to 6 years of age and has been standardized for minority populations.
-Assesses gross motor, fine motor, language, and personal-social skills and milestones
HEADSSS (risk profile) - ANS✔✔ -Assesses adolescents for risky behavior
-Home, education (school), activities/employment, drugs, suicidality, sex, safety-eating
Interrelated concepts of development - ANS✔✔ -Safety
-Nutrition
, -Patient Education
-Health Promotion
-Functional Ability
Plotting points for growth indicators on a line graph - ANS✔✔ Pink-girls; blue-boys
1. draw vertical line down age
2. draw horizontal line for wt./ht.
3. Make a dot at intersection
4. Match to closest percentile
Interpretating plotted points for growth indicators on line graphs - ANS✔✔ -underweight→
below 5%
-healthy→ 5%-85%
-overweight→ 85%-95%
-obese→ greater than 95%
-ex. What does 75th percentile mean? For that age group and gender, 75% are lower
do not need to know how to calculate BMI
Interrelated concepts for infants (nutrition, safety, patient education, and health promotion) -
ANS✔✔ Nutrition:
do not prop bottles (choking hazard); breast milk/formula up to 1 year; avoid honey (botulism);
new foods 1 at a time for 3-5 days (allergies); iron-fortified after 6 mo and intro of cereals;
introduce veggies (greens, yellow-orange, then fruits); meats and egg yolk at 10 mo
Safety:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NUR 353 EXAM 1 DEV STUDY
GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST
Concept of development - ANS✔✔ the sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive
developmental changes that take place over the human lifespan
Development occurs as a simultaneous ongoing interrelationship with three processes: -
ANS✔✔ growth, differentiation, maturation
What are the four causes of development? - ANS✔✔ -Neurological growth (ex. picking up
object→fine motor skills)
-Cognitive growth (ex. problem solving)
-Emotional growth (ex. differentiating emotions)
-Physical/psychological growth (ex. puberty)
What are the principles of development? - ANS✔✔ -Patterns of growth
-Development is directional: cephalocaudal & proximodistal
-Development is orderly and sequential
-Development is unique to each child
-Development becomes increasingly integrated and complex (simple to complex)
cephalocaudal development - ANS✔✔ head to toe (ex. toddlers have large heads, cephalic is
large and more complex while trunk and lower is more simple; holds up head)
proximodistal development - ANS✔✔ inside out/midline out; controls movements closest to
out; CNS develops faster than PNS
,Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - ANS✔✔ 1. trust vs. mistrust (infant: birth-1yr)
2. autonomy vs. shame and doubt
(toddler: 1-3yrs)
3. initiative vs. guilt
preschool (3-5yrs)
4. industry vs. inferiority
school age (5-12yrs)
5. identity vs. role confusion
adolescence (12-18yrs)
6. intimacy vs. isolation
young adult (18-35yrs)
7. generativity vs. stagnation
middle adult (35-65yrs)
8. integrity vs. despair
old adult (65+)
Denver Developmental Screening Test II (DDST II) - ANS✔✔ -Designed for use with
children from 1 month to 6 years of age and has been standardized for minority populations.
-Assesses gross motor, fine motor, language, and personal-social skills and milestones
HEADSSS (risk profile) - ANS✔✔ -Assesses adolescents for risky behavior
-Home, education (school), activities/employment, drugs, suicidality, sex, safety-eating
Interrelated concepts of development - ANS✔✔ -Safety
-Nutrition
, -Patient Education
-Health Promotion
-Functional Ability
Plotting points for growth indicators on a line graph - ANS✔✔ Pink-girls; blue-boys
1. draw vertical line down age
2. draw horizontal line for wt./ht.
3. Make a dot at intersection
4. Match to closest percentile
Interpretating plotted points for growth indicators on line graphs - ANS✔✔ -underweight→
below 5%
-healthy→ 5%-85%
-overweight→ 85%-95%
-obese→ greater than 95%
-ex. What does 75th percentile mean? For that age group and gender, 75% are lower
do not need to know how to calculate BMI
Interrelated concepts for infants (nutrition, safety, patient education, and health promotion) -
ANS✔✔ Nutrition:
do not prop bottles (choking hazard); breast milk/formula up to 1 year; avoid honey (botulism);
new foods 1 at a time for 3-5 days (allergies); iron-fortified after 6 mo and intro of cereals;
introduce veggies (greens, yellow-orange, then fruits); meats and egg yolk at 10 mo
Safety:
