(Physical, Cogn, Social Development)
2025/2026 Exam Questions and Correct
Answers | New Update
Body growth and changes: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-middle childhood slow growth
(+2inches, 6.5lb/yr)
-improve gross motor skills
-girl peak growth1yr after puberty
-boys peak 2 yrs after puberty
-growth in cephalocaudal direction
-amount body fat stays same
,-most flexible due to less ligament attachment
-growth pains lasting to age 8-12yo
*growth in 24 episodes followed by haitus
Prepubescence: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-increase androgens both genders
(pubic/armpit hair)
-boys grow muscles>tests>scrotum darkening
-girls get more fat>leptin>periods>breast buds
-precocious puberty=early around 6-7yrs girls, 9-10yrs boys
Sexual abuse and consequences: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-any interaction btn
child/adult which child is used for sexual stimulation
-grooming (slowly luring children into plaything)
-victims more likely to engage in high risk sexual behavior in adulthood
-have gastriointestinal/GYN symptoms
-higher rates od psych disorder
-display age inappropriate knowledge
, *no change in ADHD risk
Brain development: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-reach 95% of peak size @6yrs
-reach peak volume @10girls, 14yr boys
-myelination frontal lobe (executive function)
-adrenarche=hormonal changes (DHEA>synaptogenesis)
-ADHD=persistent pattern of inattention(smaller brain, Ritalin)
-specific learning disorders =set of conditions ex. (dyslexia)
-dyslexia=pattern of learning difficulties with accurate word recognition (too
much glutamate, choline, right hemi)
healthy eating middlehood: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-most children adequate
amount but lack greens (fiber)
-eats at fast foods as they age
-high obesity in adolescence leads to DM2 (6-10yr)
-baby teeths lost after 6yo
-adult teeth in after 12yrs
-kids appreciate food more if they help garden/cook
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