Child Development

Exam Review 2011

Pregnant teens have higher nutritional needs that other women.

How is the cost of total prenatal care determined?

It is a set amount regardless of the number of visits.

What is crowning?

The top of the head appears at the opening of the birth canal.

What types of development does Down’s Syndrome affect?

Physical and mental

Why are multiple births increasing?

Fertility drugs

What is prepared childbirth?

Is the method which pain is reduced through the elimination of fear and use of special exercises.

The outer layer of the cerebrum is called the cortex.

Linking the movements of the hand and fingers in relation to what is seen is called eye-hand-coordination.

When does a baby’s sense of hearing develop?

Before birth

On average, when do babies start walking?

11 to 12 months

Burping helps the baby expel air.

What stage of Piaget’s intellectual development is a high schooler.

Formal

What do hospitals start the process of bonding immediately?

Practice care before leaving hospital

Baby can be fed when ever hungry

Get to know the baby

The tiny units that make up chromosomes are genes.

What is the name of the prenatal test that checks the fluid surrounding the baby?

Amniocenteses.

In what stage of labor is the baby actually delivered?

Second stage

What source of nutrition is the best for a newborn?

Breast milk

In the 3rd state of labor, the woman delivers the placenta.

The rooting reflex occurs when you touch a baby’s check and they being to suck.

Fever is a major complication of pregnancy.

What are way to stretch you budget during pregnancy?

Comparison shopping

Borrow maternity clothes

Purchase used equipment

Children, on average begin to crawl between the 9 and 10 months.

Babies are in the sensorimotor period of Piaget’s development theory.

A baby who is high in energy is constantly active and needs activities to explore.

Reaching for and grasping an object is an example of hand-eye-coordination.

Babies begin taking solid foods like cereal between 4 to 6 months as well as formula or breast milk.

What is the correct way to hold a newborn?

Support the head and neck

Babies develop stranger anxiety around 8 months when approached by a stranger.

Persistence, mood and adaptability are components of temperament.

Know that a work or number stands for something else is symbolic thinking.

Frustration might develop into a temper tantrum because the child can’t speak or assert independence.

Vary the texture of foods by having grainy bread, crunchy carrots and cheese.

If children hear and are show by others that they are well behaved, they develop a positive self concept.

Caregivers can promote sharing by having kids take turns in an activity.

Why don’t explanations work to guide behavior of toddlers 1 to 2?

Too young to understand

When you read to a child and point to the pictures and say the names of the objects you are demonstrating directive learning.

Name 3 factors to look for when buying toddler clothes

Simple

Comfy

Non-irritating fabric

List 5 examples of small motors skills

Building towers with blocksScribblingCuts with scissorsPulls down zipper Picks up small objects with thumb and forefingers

Children under should not take a bath alone.

Can 1 year old kick balls

No 2 ½ or 3 year olds

Are imaginary friends bad for a young child?

No – helps solve emotional issues

Name 3 limitations of intelligence tests

Only measure one kind of mental ability

Test results are not consistent

Don’t show much about specific abilities

Children 4 to 6 years old still need lots of help with hygiene care.

No – they can keep themselves clean, dress themselves and begin caring for their clothes.

Additional challenges are good for gifted children.

Dyslexia difficulty in reading due to misinterpretation of symbols.

Confusing fantasy with reality, fearing punishment for wrongdoing and exaggerations details are all common reasons who 4-6 year old lie.

Pituitary gland – secretes hormones that regulate growth, metabolism and sexual development.

Memory – remembering experience in the past

Stuttering – repeating the beginning sound of a word.

Jealously – wanting something someone else has

Self-confidence – finding success at a accomplishing new skills and facing unfamiliar situations.

Stress – emotional pressure or worry that sometimes causes physical problems