DCF - Child Growth and Development (CGDR)
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Specific body changes and increases in the child's size
such as a child's height, weight, head circumference
and BMI Correct Answer: Growth
An increase in complexity, a change from relatively
simple to more complicated and involves progression
where child gains refined knowledge, behaviors and
skills. Correct Answer: Development
The following are _________ between children in growth:
1. growth proceeds from head down
2. control of head and neck first, then arms, then legs
3. brain, heart and spinal cord are fully functional at
birth
4. arm and leg muscles first then fingers and toes Correct
Answer: Similarities between children in growth
The following are _____________:
, 1. Developmental sequence is similar for all
2. Development proceeds from general to specific
3. Development is continuous
4. Development proceeds at different rates
5. All areas of development are interrelated Correct
Answer: 5 basic principles of child growth and
development
Principle ____: children develop in relatively the same
ways, there is a typical sequence of development that
occurs as the child grows, behaviors and skills emerge in
the same order Correct Answer: Principle 1
Principle _____: body changes in a sequence and gives
new abilities; as brain develops, cognitive skills improve
Correct Answer: Principle 2
Principle _____: there is continuity from one phase of
development to the next, children continue to add
behaviors as they perfect others (ex: language; cooing -
-> words) Correct Answer: Principle 3
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
Specific body changes and increases in the child's size
such as a child's height, weight, head circumference
and BMI Correct Answer: Growth
An increase in complexity, a change from relatively
simple to more complicated and involves progression
where child gains refined knowledge, behaviors and
skills. Correct Answer: Development
The following are _________ between children in growth:
1. growth proceeds from head down
2. control of head and neck first, then arms, then legs
3. brain, heart and spinal cord are fully functional at
birth
4. arm and leg muscles first then fingers and toes Correct
Answer: Similarities between children in growth
The following are _____________:
, 1. Developmental sequence is similar for all
2. Development proceeds from general to specific
3. Development is continuous
4. Development proceeds at different rates
5. All areas of development are interrelated Correct
Answer: 5 basic principles of child growth and
development
Principle ____: children develop in relatively the same
ways, there is a typical sequence of development that
occurs as the child grows, behaviors and skills emerge in
the same order Correct Answer: Principle 1
Principle _____: body changes in a sequence and gives
new abilities; as brain develops, cognitive skills improve
Correct Answer: Principle 2
Principle _____: there is continuity from one phase of
development to the next, children continue to add
behaviors as they perfect others (ex: language; cooing -
-> words) Correct Answer: Principle 3
