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Growth and Development

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Many improvements have contributed to longer life and better health.   better sanitation,medication,immunizations,exercise,&improved nutrition  
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Factors of longevity   health, happiness, avoidance of tabacco, job satisfaction  
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Life expectancy   how many years a person will live  
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Based similar characteristics   life expectancy is averaged  
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What was life expectancy in the early 20th century?   47.3 years  
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What is life expectancy today?   77 years  
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Females out live males by   6 years  
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African Am females   outlive white males  
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Household income greater than 25,000   live 3-7 years longer depending on sex and race  
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Those with incomes less than 10,000   live less than people with higher incomes  
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Infant mortality rate   # of deaths before 1 year of age.  
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Infancy   birth to 1 yr  
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toddler   1-3 years  
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Preschool   3-5 years  
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School age   6-12 years  
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Adolescence   13-19 years  
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Early Adulthood   20-40 years  
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Middle Adulthood   40-65 years  
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Late Adulthood   65 years and over  
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tabacco use   causes HTN,hyperlipidemia, DM 2, heart disease, stroke, low self esteem, gallbladder, arthritus, cancer, sleep problems, lung disease, prematurity, spontateous abortion, SIDS, Injuries by fire  
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substance abuse   spouse/child abuse, STDs,  
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Mental Illness   depression(suiside), inability to maintain relationships w/partner, parent, coworker  
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Injury and violence   money spent on medical care, rehab, loss of productivity, wages  
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poor environmental quality   premature births, resp. illness, cancer  
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immunization   disease control, prevention of illness and death  
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Growth   increase in size of the whole or in parts  
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Development   refers to function - gradual process of change from simple to complex  
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Growth occurs   Cephalocaudal  
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Growth and development   cephalocaudal; infant's head is lger than body which will catch up in growth  
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Proximodistal   growth that originates in the center - moves to the outside  
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Infant gains control of the shoulders before control of the hands and fingers   proximodistal  
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growth that occurs from head to toe   cephalocaudal  
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not all organs grow at the same rate and at the same time   EX. ovaries and testees do not grow until puberty  
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Karyotype   same genetic info such as in identical twins  
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Blueprint for traits   Zygote  
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Zygote becomes blastocyst   developing ovum form the time it is fertilizeed until it is implanted in the uterus  
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How many chromosomes does the zygote cntain?   23 pairs or 46; one from each parent  
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Sex chromosomes   determine whether it is a girl or a boy  
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A Y chromosomes means   it's a boy  
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birth admiralities of chromosomes   Tay-Sachs, sickle-cell, phenylketonuria, spina bifada  
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Teratogen   environmental agent interferring with normal growth and develpment of a fetus  
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EX of teratogens   alcohol, drugs, cigerette smoke  
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Smoking during pregnancy   5 - 25% of unfavorable outcomes are due to smoking. causes low birth weight  
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Family   Basic unit of society  
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Families consist of   2 or more untited by marriage, blood, adoption, emotional bonds, social roles  
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Basic family func in the family   protection, nurtuance, education, sustenance, socialization  
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What does the family attempt to do?   meet needs for growth and development/suppport personal fulfillment/building self esteem  
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What is the family to children?   1st socializing agent for teaching society's expectations and limitations  
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What is the family responsible for?   Formal educaiton, morals, values and ideals  
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Are these roles and functions of families stable?   No, and may not be constant  
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Types of families?   Nuclear,extended,single-parent,blended, cohabitating, homo, apoptive, foster  
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What is a nuclear family?   traditional - mother, father, children  
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single faimily   more than 40% is due to divorce  
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blended/ reconstituted family   step family  
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Blended families   potentially bring stress - adults and children don't trust love  
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Childless and infertile couples are often   lonely and lack fulfillment  
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Family patterns   autocratic, patriarchal, matriarchal, democratic  
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What family pattern is least open to outside influence?   autocratic  
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Autocratic patterns   unequal, one controling with strict rules and high expectations. Abuse highly likely  
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Patriarchal pattern   Male dominated. Func. in work role, decision maker for finance and most other dicisions  
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Matriarchal also called   matrifocal-Female, makes decisions. Common for older adult female in the family to watch children for mother to work  
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What kind of family pattern respects the children recognizes them as equals?   Democratic- and adults share func. of decision making, favors negotiation, compromise, growth  
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When is oppistion or support evident from family or friends?   Engagement stage when a couple are CONSIDERING marriage  
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when is the Establishment stage?   extends from the wedding upto the birth of the first child  
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What is important during the establishment stage?   learning from the single to married-interdependent  
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Success at marriage   satifies Ericson's task of intimacy  
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what stage fills need of love and belonging?   marriage - establishment  
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Expectant stage   conception - pregnancy  
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Surrogacy   when a women bears a child for a fee and gives up parental rights  
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Parenthood stage   begins at birth/adoption-brings about anxiety  
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Disengagement stage   grown child leaves the house for good. Empty nest  
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Senescence Stage   last stage of life.have to cope with alot of chg.  
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Stressors of the family unit   chronic illness, abuse, divorce  
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what affects the families ability to cope with a chronic illness?   financial, family stability, adequacy of the support system  
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Alternative family patterns   are common  
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White infant mortality   twice as low as Af Am infant.  
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Aside from the financial gain   many feel that working mothers create a wider range of valid role models for young children  
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Risk factors for abuse   fin. strain,social isolation, low self-esteem, previous history  
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Common characteristics of abusers   abused themselves, loners, harsh, strict, punitive, unreasonable, immature, lack self control, lack self esteem  
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abuse is   pervasive - spreads throughout  
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How do younger children of divorce feel?   abandoned - no longer loved by both parents  
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Erik Erikson   psychosocial development-Am psychoanalyst  
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Jean Paiget   Swiss-cognitive development  
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Infancy - Birth to 1 yr   Basic trust vs mistrust  
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Toddler - 1 to 3 yr   Autonomy vs shame and doubt  
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Preschool - 4 to 6   Initiative vs guilt  
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School Age - 7 to 11 yr   Industry vs inferiority  
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Adolescence 12 to 19   Indentity vs role confusion  
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Young Adult 20 to 44   Intimacy vs isolation  
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Middle Adult 45 to 65   Generativity vs Stagnation  
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Late Adult 65+   Ego integrity vs despair  
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Learn to trust or not that will be provided basic needs, nourishment, sucking, warmth, love   Infancy - basic trust vs mistrust  
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self sufficient in many activities-toileting,feeding,walking,talking,or doubt their abilities   Toddler - Autonomy vs shame/doubt  
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want to do adultlike activities, beyond thier limits/feel guilty about it   Preschool - Initiative vs guilt  
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Children learn to be competent/productive, or feel inferior, & unable to do task well   Schoolage - Industry vs inferiority  
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try to figure out "who am I?" est. sexual, ethnic, career identies, or confused about future   Adolescence - Identity vs role confusion  
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Young adults seek companionship and love or become isolated   Young Adults - Intimacy vs isolation  
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Productive, meaningful work, raising a family or become stagnant and inactive   Middle Adults - Grenerativity vs stagnation  
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Trying to make sense of their lives, life as meaningful or despairing at goals never reached   Late Adult - Ego integrity vs despair  
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The most physical vibrant   20 - 40  
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Accidents are the leading cause of death   in all age groups  
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Humans have innate capacity   to learn a langauage  
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Infants will not   speak spontaneously  
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Speech requires   Intact physiologic functioning  
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What are some physical sytems to work for speech   resp., speech control in cerebral cortex, articulation and renosance structures mouth and nasal cavities.  
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speech will require   auditory apparatus, intelligence, need to communicate, stimulation  
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Rate of speech for a child   depends on neurologic competence and intelligence  
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All children   go thru same stages in language and speech development  
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3 months- language stage   babbling  
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1 year language stage   recognizes words  
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Holo phrases   acquired gen. by 1 year; one word sentences that have a complete message "UP"  
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Early speech   telegraphic speech; omits pronouns, prepositions, conjuntions  
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Early childhood is   crucial for learning laguage  
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Evolution of early speech   # of words in an average response usually corresponds to the chronologic age of the child  
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Girls language develops   more rapidly than boys  
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First born develops   more rapidly than later born  
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Multiple births; twins, etc   develop slower than single births  
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By the time the baby has reached 1 yr of age   birth weight has tripled  
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to prevent bottle mouth   avoid putting milk in the night bottle  
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2 months   able to hold head up in the prone position  
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4 months   can hold head up 90 degrees in prone position  
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by the end of the 7th month   can sit up unattended  
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crawling   infants abd. touching the floor 7 months  
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creeping   resting the wt on the hands and knees 9 months  
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Infants needs not met   form mistrust and dissatisfaction  
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Infants learn by   senses or sensorimoter  
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Infants also learn   by exploration and interaction  
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Behavior in the sensorimotor stage   completely reflective  
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schema   an innate knowledge structure that allows a child to mentally organize ways to behave in the immediate environment  
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1-4 months   follow objects with eyes and ears  
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by 4 months   better at using both eyes together recog. familiar voices;smiling/responding  
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4-8 months   recognize and immitate; advanced-reach and grab  
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3 months   respond differently to parents than strangers  
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8 months   show signs of stress when seperated from the primary care giver  
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9 months   alarm at the presence of a stranger  
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synchrony   parents/child react together at the same time  
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infants that develop secure early relationship with parents   will have confidence to seek out future relationships  
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15 - 30 months   feel seperation anxiety when seperated from primary  
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Ultimate health food for babies   breast milk  
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no solide food is needed   before 4-6 months  
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Weighing before and after   feeding, will indicate whether feeding is sucessful  
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S/S of underfeeding   lack of satisfaction,cranky,fussy,little wt gain,persistent wrinkling of skin  
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S/S of overfeeding   vomiting after meals, frequent watery stools  
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Full term babies have enough   stored iron until they start eating solid food.  
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Do not feed for the 1st 6 months   citrus foods, eggs or wheat, peanuts or nuts  
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Potentail choking foods   hotdogs, popcorn, grapes, raisins, chic nuggets  
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infants do not require any   water or juice during the 1st 4 months  
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hot climate, febrile, vomiting, diarrhea   must give infants adequate breast/formula  
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Too much water for an infant   water intoxication, failure to thrive, hyponatremia  
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9 months   introduce training cup, explore weaning  
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finger foods   allow exploration  
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Newborns/Infants sleep   18 hours out of 24  
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Normal for newborns/infants   to be restless and make noises during sleep  
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Sleeping @ 3 months   sleep patterns emerge  
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1 year sleeping   sleep 12 hours @ nite & 1 nap  
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When should sleeping be reported to healthcare?   persistant crying during usual sleep times  
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SIDS Sudden infants death syndrome or Crib death   children die for no apparent reason  
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When does SIDs peak?   2-3 months  
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How to reduce SIDS   On infants back to sleep, no smoking, no pillows/bedding in bed, rm well ventilated,breastfed if poss.,reg medical ckups  
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Play style/Infancy   Solitary  
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Toddler 1 to 3 years   upright appearance, more proportionate size  
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exaggerated lumbar lorsosis   concave lumbar curve - potbelly appearance  
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2.5 years   all 20 deciduous teeth are present  
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toddler   T:98/99, B/P:80/100over64, HR:90-120bpm, Resp:20-30 pmin  
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When are children physiologically/psychologically mature enough to potty train?   18 - 24 months  
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Bowel control   occurs before bladder control which takes longer  
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daytime control for potty training   occurs before nighttime control  
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A child left in diapers too long   will have feelings of self doubt  
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Toddler tries to be independent   but often runs to the caregiver for security/approval  
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Characteristic's of the Erikson's theory of toddler autonomy   use of the word "NO" which gives a sense of self control  
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Toddler's struggle with independency   brings about possessiveness  
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toddler ritulistic/repititive behavior   self consoling behaviors  
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Why would a toddler want to have the same meal at the same time in the same way   rituals decrease anxiety;they like knowing what comes next  
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When healthcare providers follow a toddler's routine?   toddler feels safer and more secure in the strange environment  
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temper tantrums are the result of   frustration  
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Why does the toddler feel frustrated?   combo of wanting their way, inability to communicate, lack of impulse control -best ignored unless dangerous  
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Ericson stressed that young children   do not have the wisdom to know what behaviors are acceptalbe or unacceptable;healthy or unhealthy  
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Discipline   neccessary means of teaching limit setting and impulse control  
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looking for independence, Toddlers seek:   attention, approval and love  
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Period of early childhood   preoperational thought stage  
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A child focusing on the use of langauge as a tool to meet needs   child has the emerging ability to think mentally  
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What holo phrases are often repeated betwn 2-3 yrs   "NO!" and "ME!" meaning let me do it myself  
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Too few solid foods for toddlers   leads to iron deficiency  
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toddlers idiosyncratic eating patterns   need less food per unit of boly weight than during infancy  
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toddler needs   1 serving of meat, 2 veg, at least 2/3 fruit, grains. 24 onzes MILK  
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Toddler sizes to go by   1 TBSP of solid food for each year  
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Play improves   muscle coodination, balance and muscle strengh, bone growth  
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Toddler play style   Parrellel play-refers to the need that toddlers have to play alongside but not with their peers  
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Parrellel play is because   Toddlers are unable to share and interact  
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How many deaths are caused by accidents to toddlers?   More that 1/2 toddler deaths are due to accidents(usually car)  
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How much of accidents could be prevented in homes?   About 90% of home accidents  
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Preschool or 3-5 years   Most obvious striking changes in size and shape  
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Most important and least obvious chg in preschoolers   maturation of the nervous system/mastery of motor skills  
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Preschool growth   slow and steady-no more potbelly;less top heavy  
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Preschool wt gain Ht gain   average less than 5 pds a yr 2 to 2.5 in. per yr  
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What is signicant about Preschool ht?   By 4, ht doubles birth ht  
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Preschool gross motor skills   developing nicely, while fine moter skills still to be improved  
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What is scribbling as a preschooler compared to?   The babbling of the infant. Both needed for mastery of communication skills  
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vision in the preschooler   farsighted, but improves to 20/30 by 4  
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Ambyolopia   lazy eye, patch good eye to prevent blindness  
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By age 6   child loses deciduous teeth  
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Preschooler learns to   funtion indepently then uses imagination. Erikson's intiative vs guilt  
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Preschoolers   create fantasies, imaginary friends but have guilt that their wishes can come true  
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Recognize gender identification; sterotype roles and to show marked interest in sexual difference   preschooler  
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Preschooler uses symbols   to represent objects;see things as black and white, good or bad  
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During the preschool stage   time is seen as weekly or seasonal events  
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Fear is heightened at the preschool age due to   vivid imagination. Typical to be afaid of thunder, lightning, dark, pain, abandoment  
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If the child is not talking by 3,   tests for hearing or speech problems tested  
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High levels of protein, calcium and phospherous   needed for preschooler  
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Wt gain of 20% in preschooler   considered obese-precursor for obesity in adult  
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Sleep required for a preschool   11 to 12 hours at night  
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Play style for a preschooler   becomes cooperative, share, take turns, interact w/playmates  
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Judgement and awareness is   difficult for the preschooler, safety issues needed.  
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swimming, skating and dancing   activities the preschooler is learning  
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What is important to teach a preschooler   their full names,phone numbers and addresses & how to dile 911.  
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Necessary guidance for the preschooler   alternative ways to express feelings and meet their needs  
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School age growth   gradual and subtle-most obvious is long bones and facial bones  
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What do some school age children complain of because of growth?   growing pains-particully at night  
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School age child 6-12 years   grows 2" and gains 4.5-6.5 pds a year for both boys and girls  
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What is the cause of poor posture in the school ae child?   fatique, emotional states, minor skeletal defects  
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School age children should be reg screened for   scoleosis  
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School age vision and teeth   20/20 and need reg vision testing; permanent teeth develop  
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School age VS   HR 55-90; Resp.22-24; B/P 110/65  
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What are the challenges facing the school age child?   compromise and competing  
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Erikson says Industry vs inferiority means   after the child realizes he must move on from the family, child gets ready to apply himself for tasks and skills  
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Successful mastery of skills during the school age   Strengthens and stabalizes the child's sense of self  
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As skills are obtained or not obtained   School age children view themselves as competent or incompetent/industrious or inferior  
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Input from the outside .   is a key factor in which direction a child's self-concept will take  
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Between 7-11   children understand logical principles as long as they are applied to concrete cases  
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School age vocabulary   includes slang and swear words because they like their effect  
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Childhood obesity is largely due to   inactivity  
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childhood diets high in sat fat   leads to high levels of blood cholesterol and earlier occurance of heart disease  
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Inadaquate sleep can cause   fatique, irritability, inattention and poor learning  
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6 yr old 12 yr old   12 hrs of sleep 10 hrs of sleep  
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nightmares disrupt sleep   may be due to violence on television, stress amd overtiredness  
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School age chilren like to   collect objects, even hoard and have privacy and a sense of their own space  
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Accidents are the leading cause of death in school age children   but may be causes by impulsivenss, poor judgment, curiosity, incomplete control over muscle coordination  
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what has a powerful influence over a school age child   television  
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What are some ways to reduce aggressiveness caused by TV   a)limit time watching b)screen content c)watch with children and discuss content  
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School violence   anything that physically or psychologically injures schoolchildren or damages property  
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Why has violence increased?   a)increased availability of weapons b) breakdown in communication  
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children need resources   to help them deal with daily stressors  
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Encourage parents to   ask question's about their child's feelings and their school activities on a daily basis  
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When should parents seek professional help?   when children have difficulty talking to parents or answering questions  
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What is a key responsibilty of parents   to be involved and active participants in their child's daily affairs  
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Why do children need to be taught constructive ways to hangle their impulses?   otherwise they are more likely to resort to unacceptable ways of channeling feelings  
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Why would children resort to revenge?   Makes them feel in control and powerful  
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What is the first step to preventing tragedy?   Recognizing the behavioral tendencies that have the potential to lead to violence or other problem behavior  
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Knowing how to hanle a gun is...   not sufficient to protecting the owner's family and others from injury  
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Most important for safety guidelines with children and guns   teach children what to do if they incounter a gun-DON'T TOUCH;REAL OR PLAY- LEAVE THE AREA-REPORT THE GUN  
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Adolescence 12 to 19   Begins at puberty and includes physical and personality changes-when one can reproduce  
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Primary changes for adolescence include   organ changes in the ovaries, breasts, uterus, testes and penis  
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Secondary changes for adolescence include   pubic and facial hair, voice change, fat deposits  
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Adolescence literally means   to grow into maturity with changes in psychological, social and maturational  
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Growth in adolescence   regarded as the 2nd major growth period  
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Females adolescence grow Male adolescence grow   2 to 8" & gain 15 to 55 pds 4 to 12" & gain 15 to 65 pds  
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S/S that puberty/adolescence began   females menarch males sperm production  
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Erikson says adolescence is   identity vs role confusion because of the stormy conflicts to find oneself amidst all the pressures one faces  
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When is the search for oneself at crisis proportions, according to Erikson?   adolescence  
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The period of adolescence to   requires major reorganization of personality, resolution of childhood insecurties and adult responsibility  
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In adolescence what is the peer group?   a milieu to learn and test developing interpersonal skills  
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Many adolescence use   comforming behavior to win proais and acceptance by peers  
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Moral levels achieve or   approach adult level in adolescence  
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During adolescence females need Males need   2600 calories 3600 calories  
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Why must the adolescent diet be alot of protein?   Because of all the growth 12 to 16%  
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What nutrients are most likely to be at risk during the rapid growth of adolescence?   Calcium, iron and zinc. Boys gain more muscle and girls lose during menstral, so they need about the same  
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Why is there frequent sports related accidents in puberty?   growth spurts cause bones to grow quicker than muscles/tendons which are short/tight-not good protection to the bones  
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What would help the pubecent reduce physical injury?   stretching muscles and warming up prior to excersizing  
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Accidents are heightened during the adolescent period   need for driver's ed, water safety, safe sex, drug ed,  
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Mood swings are   common is adolescence  
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Mood swing must be distinquished   as normal or depressive  
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A sign of suicide   extreme sadness to manic state; indicates one's decision to carry out suicide plan  
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untreated depression leads to   suicide  
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what is crucial in dealing with depression?   early detection which leads to higher success rates  
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Early adult 20 40   taking on finicial responsibility, making career choices, beginning social relationships, entering marriage, becoming a parent  
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Early adulthood is said   the optimal physical condition and function in life;peak performance  
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At age 50   physicality declines but a such a gradual response, one hardly notices  
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Physical appearance is always effected by   heredity, environment, gen. well being  
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Maximum height reached   females 16-17 yr males 18-20 yr  
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Height is stable   at ages 30-45, then declines because of spinal disks  
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The senses are   at their sharpest during early adulthood esp around age 20  
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Physical S/S 20-40   Increase in fatty tissue, decrease in muscle strength and stabalization in reaction time  
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Vision and hearing start to   decline around age 40  
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In middle adulthood   cardiac output, VS, organ reserves decline  
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What is some cause of heart deteriozation and cancer   increased cholesterol deposits and decrease in exercise  
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What is recommended for reduction of breast, stomach, and intestine cancers   diet high in fiber, low-cholesterol, and low fat  
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By adulthood men and women   have reached sexual maturity  
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