Pediatrics:
Growth & Development
QUIZ
SHOW!
Infants
Toddlers
Preschoolers
School Age
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10
10
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Infants: 10
At this age, the infant:
• Imitates sounds
• Sits up with support
• Gets his first tooth
• Begins to fear
strangers
A
Answer: Infants 10
What is
age 6 months?
Infants: 20
This is the stage of emotional
development for an infant,
which can be met by:
 responding consistently to
an infant’s cues
 building a daily routine
 talking / touching the infant
frequently.
A
Answer: Infants 20
What is:
Trust vs
Mistrust?
Infants: 30
The risk factors for this
syndrome include:
 Age 2-4 mos
 Male gender
 Fall / winter
 Prone position
 Perinatal drug exposure.
A
Answer: Infants 30
What is
Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome
(SIDS)?
Infants: 40
This is
necessary
for language
development.
A
Answer: Infants 40
What is
hearing?
Infants: 50
This fontanelle is used to
assess hydration status
or increased intracranial
pressure in an infant. It
closes between
12 -18 mos.
A
Answer: Infants 50
What is the anterior
fontanelle?
Toddlers: 10
The signs of readiness for
this includes:
 Having a dry diaper
after a nap
 Telling the parent when
diaper is soiled
 Being able to walk /
pull pants on/off well.
A
Answer: Toddlers 10
What is
Toilet
(Potty)
Training?
Performance-Based Learning
Toddlers: 20
This tool:
 Is well standardized
 Is not an IQ test
 Detects developmental
delays
 Identifies growth in social,
fine/gross motor and
language development.
A
Performance-Based Learning
Answer: Toddlers 20
What is the
Denver
Developmental
Screening Test?
Performance-Based Learning
Toddlers: 30
This type of play is
noted in toddlers as they
play beside each other;
not with each other.
A
Performance-Based Learning
Answer: Toddlers 30
What is
Parallel Play?
Performance-Based Learning
Toddlers: 40
This process helps a child
learn that their actions
have consequences. This
process includes:
 Explaining the rules
 Giving one warning
 Using one minute for
each year of age.
A
Performance-Based Learning
Answer: Toddlers 40
What is
a “time
out”?
Performance-Based Learning
Toddlers: 50
This stage of emotional
development for a toddler
includes:
 Exploration
 Trial and Error
 Imitation
 Supporting independence.
A
Performance-Based Learning
Answer: Toddlers 50
What is Autonomy vs
Shame or Doubt?
Preschoolers: 10
This type of play is noted
when preschoolers play
group games such as
“Ring around the rosy”
or “Duck-Duck-Goose.”
A
Answer: Preschoolers 10
What is
Interactive or
Associative
play?
Preschoolers: 20
This type of anxiety
starts at age 8 months
and continues through
the preschool years.
A
Answer: Preschoolers 20
What is
Separation
Anxiety?
Preschoolers: 30
This is the type of thinking
that prompts preschoolers
to:
 Ask lots of questions
 Play dress up / tea party
 Fear monsters, the dark
and getting hurt.
A
Answer: Preschoolers 30
What is
Magical
Thinking?
Preschoolers: 40
This stage of emotional
development is encouraged
in a preschooler by:
 Playing with play dough
 Using finger paints
 Going to the zoo
 Trying something new.
A
Answer: Preschoolers 40
What is
Initiative vs
Guilt?
Preschoolers: 50
This occurs during times
of stress or lots of changes.
It is noted in the preschooler
by:
 Starting to suck her thumb
again
 Wetting the bed again
 Stuttering.
A
Answer: Preschoolers 50
What is
Regression?
School Age: 10
This is the age at which
school age children
understand the
concept of death and
dying.
A
Answer: School Age 10
What is
Age 9-10?
School Age: 20
This group of people
have a big influence
on:
 How kids dress
 How they act
 What they say.
A
Answer: School Age 20
What are
Peers?
School Age: 30
This is the age at
which school age
children are screened
for scoliosis (esp.
girls).
A
Answer: School Age 30
What is
Age 8?
School Age: 40
School age children
demonstrate their stage
of emotional
development by needing:
 Short projects
 Immediate rewards
 Much reassurance
 Rules and fair play.
A
Answer: School Age 40
What is
Industry vs
Inferiority?
School Age: 50
This is
noted by the
development of
secondary sex
characteristics and
a dramatic growth
spurt.
A
Answer: School Age 50
What is
Puberty?