Growth - ANSWER - quantitative (an increase in cell quantity and size leads to
a rise in the overall size or weight of the body and its parts).
- indications include height, weight, teeth, bone structure, and sexual features.
Development - ANSWER - qualitative (hard to measure)
- comprises growth, maturation, and differentiation.
- a progressive and continual process of development leading to enhanced skill
and capacity to function (the outcome of interactions between biological and
environmental factors)
The scope of growth and development - Answer - anticipated
- Delayed
- Advanced
Risk of harmful effects during stages of fast growth and change: embryonic,
baby, toddler, preschool, school-age, and adolescent.
Risk factors for growth and development. - ANSWER: Prenatal influences
- birth-related factors
- Individual considerations
- Family considerations.
- Situational factors
, determinants of health
- Toxic Stress
- Health Status
Characteristics of Developmental Change - ANSWER: Continuous and orderly.
- head to foot (cephalocaudal, as in a baby's head)
- trunk to extremities (proximo-distal)
From simple to complicated, generic to specific (for example, larger muscles
come before smaller muscles).
Factors that impact growth and development - ANSWER: The environment in
which the person lives.
- Genetics
- how these two interact
Erikson's 8 stages of life - ANSWER: A psychosocial paradigm that spans the
full lifespan.
- Each person passes through eight stages of development.
- they must complete a specific task before proceeding to the next level (each
stage builds on the successful resolution of the preceding developmental
conflict).
- The fundamental developmental mechanisms are maturation and ego activity.
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