Complete Solutions
Physical Growth Patterns: Infant 0-6 months correct answer:
Weight increases 6-8 oz/week
Length increases 1"/month
HC increases 0.5"/month
Posterior fontanel closes at 2 months
Double birth weight by 6 months
Tripling of birth weight by age 1 year
Growth in "spurts" rather than gradual pattern
Physical Growth Patterns: Infant 6-12 months correct answer:
Weight increases by 3-4 oz/week
Length increases by 0.5"/month
HC increases by 0.25"/month
Teething begins 6-8 months
Triple birth weight by 12 months
Height increased by 50% by 12 months
Milestones: 6-12 year old correct answer: Increasingly
coordinated
Rides bike
Organized sports & activities
Collections, hobbies
Same sex friends
Develops conscience
,Chronological Age (CH) correct answer: = Starts with Birth
(post natal)
Corrected Age (CA ) correct answer: = CH - Weeks gestation
At birth
Ongoing
Erikson's Psychosocial Development
Infant correct answer: trust vs mistrust
Erickson's Psychosocial Development
Toddler (1-3y) correct answer: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
Erickson's Psychosocial Development
Preschooler (3-6y) correct answer: Initiative vs. Guilt
Erickson's Psychosocial Development
School Aged Child (6-12y) correct answer: Industry vs.
Inferiority
Erikson's Psychosocial Development
Adolescence (12-18y) correct answer: Identity vs. Role
Confusion
sensorimotor stage correct answer: in Piaget's theory, the stage
from birth to about 2 years of age)during which infants know the
world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor
activities
Characteristics of Infants (B--2y) in Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage
correct answer: reflex activity
, cause & effect
trial & error
curiosity experimentation novelty object permanence stranger
anxiety intense attachment to PCG
Characteristics of Young Children (2-7y) in Piaget's
Preoperational Stage correct answer: geocentrism
transductive reasoning
centration
animism
irreversibility
magical thinking
literal
Egocentrism correct answer: only own perspective
avoid "why" answers
give rules
transductive reasoning correct answer: not logical from
particular to particular
accept child's reason
avoid complex answers
centration correct answer: focuses on 1 aspect of situation &
ignores other alternatives
give 1 direction @ a time
animism correct answer: gives lifelike attributes to inanimate
objects
recognize potentially scary objects