Maternal and Child Health Nursing:
Growth and Development Exam
Question With Complete Answers
Child's developmental stage - ANSWER-The primary focus of a well-child health
interview and examination
Parenting style and competence - ANSWER-The major influences on the behavior and
mental health of children
new born - ANSWER-Birth-1 month
Infant - ANSWER-1 month-12 months
toddler - ANSWER-12 months-3 years old
preschooler - ANSWER-3-6 years old
School age - ANSWER-6-12 years old
Adolescent - ANSWER-12-13 years old until the beginning of adulthood
Abstract thought - ANSWER-Capable of thinking in terms of possibility rather than
limited to thinking about what already is
Accommodation - ANSWER-Taking in information and changing it to fix their existing
ideas
Centering - ANSWER-The ability to see only one of the object's characteristics
Development - ANSWER-Indicates an increase in skill or the ability to function
, Growth - ANSWER-Increase in the number and size of cells; measured in terms of
quantity; orderly predictable but not even
Developmental task - ANSWER-A skill or a growth responsibility arising at a particular
time in an individual's life, the achievement of which will provide a foundation for the
accomplishment of future tasks
Egocentrism - ANSWER-When they are able to see only one of the object's
characteristics
Reversibility - ANSWER-Ability to retrace steps
theory - ANSWER-A systematic statement of principles that provides a framework for
explaining some phenomenon
Maturation - ANSWER-Development of cells until they are ready to function
Schemas - ANSWER-The finer units of each stage of the cognitive development
Role fantasy - ANSWER-how preschoolers would like something to turn out
Permanence - ANSWER-Infants learn objects in the environment are permanent and
continue to exist even though they are out of sight
Physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual - ANSWER-What are the 5 main areas
of development
Cephalocaudal, Proximo-distal, and General to specific - ANSWER-What is the orderly
pattern of growth and development?
Growth and Development Exam
Question With Complete Answers
Child's developmental stage - ANSWER-The primary focus of a well-child health
interview and examination
Parenting style and competence - ANSWER-The major influences on the behavior and
mental health of children
new born - ANSWER-Birth-1 month
Infant - ANSWER-1 month-12 months
toddler - ANSWER-12 months-3 years old
preschooler - ANSWER-3-6 years old
School age - ANSWER-6-12 years old
Adolescent - ANSWER-12-13 years old until the beginning of adulthood
Abstract thought - ANSWER-Capable of thinking in terms of possibility rather than
limited to thinking about what already is
Accommodation - ANSWER-Taking in information and changing it to fix their existing
ideas
Centering - ANSWER-The ability to see only one of the object's characteristics
Development - ANSWER-Indicates an increase in skill or the ability to function
, Growth - ANSWER-Increase in the number and size of cells; measured in terms of
quantity; orderly predictable but not even
Developmental task - ANSWER-A skill or a growth responsibility arising at a particular
time in an individual's life, the achievement of which will provide a foundation for the
accomplishment of future tasks
Egocentrism - ANSWER-When they are able to see only one of the object's
characteristics
Reversibility - ANSWER-Ability to retrace steps
theory - ANSWER-A systematic statement of principles that provides a framework for
explaining some phenomenon
Maturation - ANSWER-Development of cells until they are ready to function
Schemas - ANSWER-The finer units of each stage of the cognitive development
Role fantasy - ANSWER-how preschoolers would like something to turn out
Permanence - ANSWER-Infants learn objects in the environment are permanent and
continue to exist even though they are out of sight
Physical, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual - ANSWER-What are the 5 main areas
of development
Cephalocaudal, Proximo-distal, and General to specific - ANSWER-What is the orderly
pattern of growth and development?
