OTD 435 Exam 2 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Developmental delay - CORRECT ANSWER - When a child's progression through
predictable developmental phases slows, stops, or reverses.
Atypical development - CORRECT ANSWER - development that deviates from the typical
developmental pathway
Global developmental delay - CORRECT ANSWER - Fails to meet expected developmental
milestones in several areas of functioning. Under the age of 5 when clinical severity cannot be
assessed during early childhood.
Focal developmental delay - CORRECT ANSWER - delay in one milestone
Age range of Middle Childhood - CORRECT ANSWER - 6-10 years old, 1st-5th grade
What is considered the "Golden Age of Childhood"? - CORRECT ANSWER - Middle
childhood
What is new at middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - begin to spend more time with
peers instead of only family
What happens by age 6 in terms of body? - CORRECT ANSWER - body build and height to
weight relationship is predictive of adult proportions
Rate of growth for 6-11 year olds - CORRECT ANSWER - 2-3 inches/ year
What improves overall posture in middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - limbs grow
and COG lowers
,When do differences in genders begin to become noticeable? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Middle childhood
T/F: Girls typically develop 1 year BEHIND boys - CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE! Girls
tend to develop 1 year AHEAD of boys
When do bimanual tasks and bilateral coordination mature? - CORRECT ANSWER - Middle
childhood
What age is hand dominance preference established? - CORRECT ANSWER -4
What age is hand dominance established and consistent? - CORRECT ANSWER -5
How is spatial awareness matured in middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Age 6:
body schema
-Understand near and far
-Age 10: increase in dynamic manner
How is temporal awareness matured in middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - -planning
and sequencing
-improvement in reaction times
How is kinesthetic mature in middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - body awareness
matures by age 10
What characterized drawing development by age 6 - CORRECT ANSWER - *Schemic stage
an understanding in a way to portray an object, generalizations are made
, What characterized drawing development by age 8-10? - CORRECT ANSWER - *The gang
stage: Dawning realism
schemic generalizations are no longer sufficient to express reality, more imagination and
understanding in differences
What is important in teaching handwriting? - CORRECT ANSWER - CONSISTENCY
Developmental writing progression - CORRECT ANSWER - controlled scribble, vertical line,
horizontal line, circle, cross, right oblique, square, left oblique, X, triangle, square, upper case
letters, lower case letters, numbers, words.
Figure ground - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to locate and focus an object embedded in a
distracting background
What age does figure ground mature by? - CORRECT ANSWER -8
Auditory ground - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to single out a voice in a busy environment
What age is auditory ground matured by? - CORRECT ANSWER -8
Movement perception/ tracking - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to detect and track moving
objects with eyes
What age is movement perception/ tracking matured by? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10
Size consistency - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to recognize that objects maintain a
constant size even if distance from observed varies
What age is size consistency matured by? - CORRECT ANSWER - 11
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Developmental delay - CORRECT ANSWER - When a child's progression through
predictable developmental phases slows, stops, or reverses.
Atypical development - CORRECT ANSWER - development that deviates from the typical
developmental pathway
Global developmental delay - CORRECT ANSWER - Fails to meet expected developmental
milestones in several areas of functioning. Under the age of 5 when clinical severity cannot be
assessed during early childhood.
Focal developmental delay - CORRECT ANSWER - delay in one milestone
Age range of Middle Childhood - CORRECT ANSWER - 6-10 years old, 1st-5th grade
What is considered the "Golden Age of Childhood"? - CORRECT ANSWER - Middle
childhood
What is new at middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - begin to spend more time with
peers instead of only family
What happens by age 6 in terms of body? - CORRECT ANSWER - body build and height to
weight relationship is predictive of adult proportions
Rate of growth for 6-11 year olds - CORRECT ANSWER - 2-3 inches/ year
What improves overall posture in middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - limbs grow
and COG lowers
,When do differences in genders begin to become noticeable? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Middle childhood
T/F: Girls typically develop 1 year BEHIND boys - CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE! Girls
tend to develop 1 year AHEAD of boys
When do bimanual tasks and bilateral coordination mature? - CORRECT ANSWER - Middle
childhood
What age is hand dominance preference established? - CORRECT ANSWER -4
What age is hand dominance established and consistent? - CORRECT ANSWER -5
How is spatial awareness matured in middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - -Age 6:
body schema
-Understand near and far
-Age 10: increase in dynamic manner
How is temporal awareness matured in middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - -planning
and sequencing
-improvement in reaction times
How is kinesthetic mature in middle childhood? - CORRECT ANSWER - body awareness
matures by age 10
What characterized drawing development by age 6 - CORRECT ANSWER - *Schemic stage
an understanding in a way to portray an object, generalizations are made
, What characterized drawing development by age 8-10? - CORRECT ANSWER - *The gang
stage: Dawning realism
schemic generalizations are no longer sufficient to express reality, more imagination and
understanding in differences
What is important in teaching handwriting? - CORRECT ANSWER - CONSISTENCY
Developmental writing progression - CORRECT ANSWER - controlled scribble, vertical line,
horizontal line, circle, cross, right oblique, square, left oblique, X, triangle, square, upper case
letters, lower case letters, numbers, words.
Figure ground - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to locate and focus an object embedded in a
distracting background
What age does figure ground mature by? - CORRECT ANSWER -8
Auditory ground - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to single out a voice in a busy environment
What age is auditory ground matured by? - CORRECT ANSWER -8
Movement perception/ tracking - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to detect and track moving
objects with eyes
What age is movement perception/ tracking matured by? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10
Size consistency - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to recognize that objects maintain a
constant size even if distance from observed varies
What age is size consistency matured by? - CORRECT ANSWER - 11
