GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT COMPLETE
QUESTION BANK AND ANSWER KEY 2026
◉ Major differences between Freud and Erikson? Answer: Freud is
psychosexual, Erikson is psychical and goes more in-depth
◉ According to Erikson what major conflict is faced by adolescents?
Answer: Integrate childhood experiences into personal identity,
Identity vs. role diffusion
◉ What are the 4 major stages of Piaget's theory of cognitive
development? Answer: Sensory motor, Pre operational, Concrete
opperations and Formal opperations
◉ Infancy Answer: 1 month to 1 year
◉ Infancy G&D has rapid physiological growth which is Answer:
Birth weight triples by first year, height increases by 50%, body
temp stabalizes, heart rate slows, 4-6 months teething begins
◉ Infancy G&D psychoscial development Answer: Freud- Oral stage/
Erickson- Trust vs Mistrust
Sense of self develops
,◉ Infancy Motor G&D Answer: Motor skills develop
◉ Infancy Cognitive G&D Answer: Piaget-sensory motor stage
Infant learn by interacting with environment
babbling and repeating
◉ Immunization for ages 0 to 6 Answer: Hep B, RV (rotavirus), DTaP
(Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis), Flu-yearly, MMR (measles, mumps,
rubella), Varcicella, HepA, MCV (meningococcal).
◉ Immunization for 7-18 Answer: Catch up on any not yet receive,
Flu shot yearly, Tdap, HPV
◉ How to help promote healthy sleep for infants? Answer: Schedules
and routines
◉ Teach parents about baby gates, removing small objects and
covering outlets is for the _____ of the baby. Answer: Safety
◉ T or F Parents should leave the baby in the nursery while family
or guest are over? Answer: False, they should incorporate the
baby/child into the family
, ◉ Safety concerns of a baby? Answer: MVA, Burns, Falls, Drowning,
Electrocution, Chocking, Aspiration
◉ For the first 6 to 12 months baby get most of their nutrition from?
Answer: Breast milk
◉ Its important to keeps germs away from the baby because?
Answer: They have a week immune system
◉ Protein is important for and infant because it promotes? Answer:
Tissue growth and growth, need less as they age
◉ Iron is important in? Answer: Hemoglobin formation
◉ Infants need 1.52 grams per kilogram until 6 months and 0.8 from
6 months to adult of what? Answer: Protein
◉ Vitamin K at birth is important because? Answer: the baby has a
sterile stomach so it doesn't produce the bacteria needed to prevent
bleeding
◉ Vitamin D is need until when? Answer: they can take in from milk
QUESTION BANK AND ANSWER KEY 2026
◉ Major differences between Freud and Erikson? Answer: Freud is
psychosexual, Erikson is psychical and goes more in-depth
◉ According to Erikson what major conflict is faced by adolescents?
Answer: Integrate childhood experiences into personal identity,
Identity vs. role diffusion
◉ What are the 4 major stages of Piaget's theory of cognitive
development? Answer: Sensory motor, Pre operational, Concrete
opperations and Formal opperations
◉ Infancy Answer: 1 month to 1 year
◉ Infancy G&D has rapid physiological growth which is Answer:
Birth weight triples by first year, height increases by 50%, body
temp stabalizes, heart rate slows, 4-6 months teething begins
◉ Infancy G&D psychoscial development Answer: Freud- Oral stage/
Erickson- Trust vs Mistrust
Sense of self develops
,◉ Infancy Motor G&D Answer: Motor skills develop
◉ Infancy Cognitive G&D Answer: Piaget-sensory motor stage
Infant learn by interacting with environment
babbling and repeating
◉ Immunization for ages 0 to 6 Answer: Hep B, RV (rotavirus), DTaP
(Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis), Flu-yearly, MMR (measles, mumps,
rubella), Varcicella, HepA, MCV (meningococcal).
◉ Immunization for 7-18 Answer: Catch up on any not yet receive,
Flu shot yearly, Tdap, HPV
◉ How to help promote healthy sleep for infants? Answer: Schedules
and routines
◉ Teach parents about baby gates, removing small objects and
covering outlets is for the _____ of the baby. Answer: Safety
◉ T or F Parents should leave the baby in the nursery while family
or guest are over? Answer: False, they should incorporate the
baby/child into the family
, ◉ Safety concerns of a baby? Answer: MVA, Burns, Falls, Drowning,
Electrocution, Chocking, Aspiration
◉ For the first 6 to 12 months baby get most of their nutrition from?
Answer: Breast milk
◉ Its important to keeps germs away from the baby because?
Answer: They have a week immune system
◉ Protein is important for and infant because it promotes? Answer:
Tissue growth and growth, need less as they age
◉ Iron is important in? Answer: Hemoglobin formation
◉ Infants need 1.52 grams per kilogram until 6 months and 0.8 from
6 months to adult of what? Answer: Protein
◉ Vitamin K at birth is important because? Answer: the baby has a
sterile stomach so it doesn't produce the bacteria needed to prevent
bleeding
◉ Vitamin D is need until when? Answer: they can take in from milk
