NSG 1400 Exam 1 with 100% complete
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Growth - correct answer ✔✔a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size
results in an
increase in overall size and weight of the body or any of its parts
Development - correct answer ✔✔the sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive
development changes that
take place over the human lifespan
Three aspects of change - correct answer ✔✔growth, development, maturation
Normal human development - correct answer ✔✔organized, progressive, follows a predictable
sequence across life stages
Development milestone - correct answer ✔✔skills that provide reference for the rate/pace of
how a child is developing
Development delay - correct answer ✔✔a child that has not attained predictable movement
patterns or behavior associated with children of a similar chronologic age
Development regression - correct answer ✔✔occurs when a child is hospitalized, where they
revert back to an earlier development stage (a toilet-trained child begins to wet the bed again)
Development arrest - correct answer ✔✔occurs when a child stops physical, emotional, or
cognitive development before reaching adulthood
, Pervasive developmental disorders - correct answer ✔✔group of childhood disorders
characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills; autism and Asperger
syndrome are examples
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - correct answer ✔✔infancy, toddlerhood,
preschool, elementary school, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
Infancy stage (0-1 yr) - correct answer ✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust: baby relies on parents for needs to
be met
Toddler stage (1-3 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔autonomy vs. shame and doubt: toddler is
beginning to assert authority over own actions
Pre-school (3-6 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔initiative vs. guilt: pre-schooler takes on independence
and is eager to try new things, focus is on energetic learning
School age (6-12 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔Industry vs.inferiority- eager to develop skills;
motivated to complete tasks
Adolescence (12-18 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔identity vs role confusion: focuses on who the
adolescent is and who they want to become
Young adulthood (18-35) - correct answer ✔✔intimacy vs isolation: focus is finding love
Middle adulthood (35-65) - correct answer ✔✔generativity vs stagnation: a concern for
establishing and guiding the next generation
solutions A+ rated
Growth - correct answer ✔✔a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size
results in an
increase in overall size and weight of the body or any of its parts
Development - correct answer ✔✔the sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive
development changes that
take place over the human lifespan
Three aspects of change - correct answer ✔✔growth, development, maturation
Normal human development - correct answer ✔✔organized, progressive, follows a predictable
sequence across life stages
Development milestone - correct answer ✔✔skills that provide reference for the rate/pace of
how a child is developing
Development delay - correct answer ✔✔a child that has not attained predictable movement
patterns or behavior associated with children of a similar chronologic age
Development regression - correct answer ✔✔occurs when a child is hospitalized, where they
revert back to an earlier development stage (a toilet-trained child begins to wet the bed again)
Development arrest - correct answer ✔✔occurs when a child stops physical, emotional, or
cognitive development before reaching adulthood
, Pervasive developmental disorders - correct answer ✔✔group of childhood disorders
characterized by delays in socialization and communication skills; autism and Asperger
syndrome are examples
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - correct answer ✔✔infancy, toddlerhood,
preschool, elementary school, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
Infancy stage (0-1 yr) - correct answer ✔✔Trust vs. Mistrust: baby relies on parents for needs to
be met
Toddler stage (1-3 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔autonomy vs. shame and doubt: toddler is
beginning to assert authority over own actions
Pre-school (3-6 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔initiative vs. guilt: pre-schooler takes on independence
and is eager to try new things, focus is on energetic learning
School age (6-12 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔Industry vs.inferiority- eager to develop skills;
motivated to complete tasks
Adolescence (12-18 yrs) - correct answer ✔✔identity vs role confusion: focuses on who the
adolescent is and who they want to become
Young adulthood (18-35) - correct answer ✔✔intimacy vs isolation: focus is finding love
Middle adulthood (35-65) - correct answer ✔✔generativity vs stagnation: a concern for
establishing and guiding the next generation
