HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
EXAM 3 KENT STATE EXAM
School age - Correct Answers -Ages 6 to 11
Children can be divided into juvenile period at what age? - Correct Answers -6 to 8
Children can be divided into prepubescent/preadolescent at what age? - Correct
Answers -9 to 11
Who do changes related to puberty appear in first? - Correct Answers -Girls
A school age child gains how many pounds a year? - Correct Answers -5
How many inches does a school age child grow in a year? - Correct Answers -2-3
Girls are shorter than boys at what age? - Correct Answers -6 to 8
At what age do girls have a growth spurt and are taller than boys - Correct Answers -9
to 11
Increased coordination (around age 11 school nurses check for scoliosis) - Correct
Answers -Musculoskeletal Growth
More keen vision or need for corrective lenses due to myopia (25% of kids develop
Myopia), and less ear infections - Correct Answers -Neurologic growth
When are food preferences established - Correct Answers -Around school age
Child should be eating what sized meals by the end of school age? - Correct Answers -
Adult sized
What should be decreased by the end of school age? - Correct Answers -Caloric intake
should be decreased
What is diet influenced by? - Correct Answers -Activity
Causes of obesity? - Correct Answers -Hereditary, decreased activity, increased fast
foods.
, Consequences of obesity? - Correct Answers -Hypertension, diabetes, risk of heart
disease quicker
Treatment of obesity? - Correct Answers -Dietary counseling/family based
What does it mean when a child is under nutrition? - Correct Answers -They have an
increase in lower SES
Common health problems? - Correct Answers -asthma, upper respiratory infections,
allergies, growing pains
How many hours of sleep should a child at ages 6 to 8 get? - Correct Answers -12
hours
How many hours of sleep should a child at ages 9 to 11 get? - Correct Answers -10
hours
How long should a child exercise a day? - Correct Answers -60 minutes
The American Academy of Pediatricians Recommendation says no more than how
many hours of TV/video games? - Correct Answers -2 hours
Piagets Concrete Operational:
Conservation - Correct Answers -Things remain constant despite appearance that
something has changed (transformation) and reversibility.
Piagets Concrete Operational:
Classification - Correct Answers -Sorting objects into groups
Piagets Concrete Operational:
Seriation - Correct Answers -Ability to order items along a quantitative dimension
(example: length)
Piagets Concrete Operational:
Spatial Reasoning - Correct Answers -Understanding of scale or proportional
differences
What happens at ages 11-12? - Correct Answers -They learn to draw conclusions, and
have a loyalty to their friends
Achievement Testing - Correct Answers -Asses the child's knowledge and skills of what
they have learned (SAT, ACT)
IQ Testing - Correct Answers -Asses cognitive ability, knowledge acquired over time
and measures potential and educational attainment (predicts school performance and
EXAM 3 KENT STATE EXAM
School age - Correct Answers -Ages 6 to 11
Children can be divided into juvenile period at what age? - Correct Answers -6 to 8
Children can be divided into prepubescent/preadolescent at what age? - Correct
Answers -9 to 11
Who do changes related to puberty appear in first? - Correct Answers -Girls
A school age child gains how many pounds a year? - Correct Answers -5
How many inches does a school age child grow in a year? - Correct Answers -2-3
Girls are shorter than boys at what age? - Correct Answers -6 to 8
At what age do girls have a growth spurt and are taller than boys - Correct Answers -9
to 11
Increased coordination (around age 11 school nurses check for scoliosis) - Correct
Answers -Musculoskeletal Growth
More keen vision or need for corrective lenses due to myopia (25% of kids develop
Myopia), and less ear infections - Correct Answers -Neurologic growth
When are food preferences established - Correct Answers -Around school age
Child should be eating what sized meals by the end of school age? - Correct Answers -
Adult sized
What should be decreased by the end of school age? - Correct Answers -Caloric intake
should be decreased
What is diet influenced by? - Correct Answers -Activity
Causes of obesity? - Correct Answers -Hereditary, decreased activity, increased fast
foods.
, Consequences of obesity? - Correct Answers -Hypertension, diabetes, risk of heart
disease quicker
Treatment of obesity? - Correct Answers -Dietary counseling/family based
What does it mean when a child is under nutrition? - Correct Answers -They have an
increase in lower SES
Common health problems? - Correct Answers -asthma, upper respiratory infections,
allergies, growing pains
How many hours of sleep should a child at ages 6 to 8 get? - Correct Answers -12
hours
How many hours of sleep should a child at ages 9 to 11 get? - Correct Answers -10
hours
How long should a child exercise a day? - Correct Answers -60 minutes
The American Academy of Pediatricians Recommendation says no more than how
many hours of TV/video games? - Correct Answers -2 hours
Piagets Concrete Operational:
Conservation - Correct Answers -Things remain constant despite appearance that
something has changed (transformation) and reversibility.
Piagets Concrete Operational:
Classification - Correct Answers -Sorting objects into groups
Piagets Concrete Operational:
Seriation - Correct Answers -Ability to order items along a quantitative dimension
(example: length)
Piagets Concrete Operational:
Spatial Reasoning - Correct Answers -Understanding of scale or proportional
differences
What happens at ages 11-12? - Correct Answers -They learn to draw conclusions, and
have a loyalty to their friends
Achievement Testing - Correct Answers -Asses the child's knowledge and skills of what
they have learned (SAT, ACT)
IQ Testing - Correct Answers -Asses cognitive ability, knowledge acquired over time
and measures potential and educational attainment (predicts school performance and
