Growth and Development Nursing
What is Growth? -CORRECT ANSWER Quantitative changes in physical sizes of the
body and its parts. (measurable)
What is Development? -CORRECT ANSWER Behavioral changes and functional
abilities and skills. (not easily measured)
What is Maturation? -CORRECT ANSWER Process of becoming fully grown,
developed and involves physiological and behavioral aspects of individual
Development occurs in -CORRECT ANSWER Cephalocaudal direction, proximodistal
manner, simple to complex
Cephalocaudal -CORRECT ANSWER Head to toe Ex Raise head before sitting up
Proximodistal -CORRECT ANSWER Center out Ex baby moves arm before use of
hand and fingers
Pattern of G & D is ______ , ____ and ____ but does not proceed at a consistent rate. -
CORRECT ANSWER continuous, orderly, predictable
T or F Everyone goes through the same developmental process but through the stages
of G&D at individual rate. -CORRECT ANSWER True
Which stage of development is most critical? -CORRECT ANSWER Prenatal stage
Psychosocial -CORRECT ANSWER consist of subject feelings and interpersonal
relationships
Cognitive -CORRECT ANSWER characterized by intellectual process of knowing.
Perception, memory, judgment.
Develops as person grows up
Moral -CORRECT ANSWER Value system, helps differentiating right and wrong
Spiritual -CORRECT ANSWER Sense of personal meaning Ex. relationship with higher
power, God
Holistic -CORRECT ANSWER Caring for the whole person
T or F Lack of progress doesn't affect other aspects. -CORRECT ANSWER False
What influences growth and development -CORRECT ANSWER Genetics,
Environment, Nutrition, Heredity, Cultural
, Maslows hierarchy of needs -CORRECT ANSWER Cant go to next level without
achieving level before
Freud -CORRECT ANSWER
Erikson -CORRECT ANSWER
Havighurst and his 6 stages -CORRECT ANSWER Psycosocial, learned for life
Infancy & early childhood
Middle childhood
Adolescence
Early Adulthood
Middle adulthood
Later maturity
Piaget -CORRECT ANSWER
Kohlberg -CORRECT ANSWER
Fowler -CORRECT ANSWER Influenced by Erikson, Piaget and Kohlberg
Looks at sense of meaning the person goes through with G&D
Major differences between Freud and Erikson? -CORRECT ANSWER Freud is
psychosexual, Erikson is psychical and goes more in-depth
According to Erikson what major conflict is faced by adolescents? -CORRECT
ANSWER Integrate childhood experiences into personal identity, Identity vs. role
diffusion
What are the 4 major stages of Piaget's theory of cognitive development? -CORRECT
ANSWER Sensory motor, Pre operational, Concrete opperations and Formal
opperations
Infancy -CORRECT ANSWER 1 month to 1 year
Infancy G&D has rapid physiological growth which is -CORRECT 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 -CORRECT ANSWER Freud- Oral stage/
Erickson- Trust vs Mistrust
Sense of self develops
Infancy Motor G&D -CORRECT ANSWER Motor skills develop
What is Growth? -CORRECT ANSWER Quantitative changes in physical sizes of the
body and its parts. (measurable)
What is Development? -CORRECT ANSWER Behavioral changes and functional
abilities and skills. (not easily measured)
What is Maturation? -CORRECT ANSWER Process of becoming fully grown,
developed and involves physiological and behavioral aspects of individual
Development occurs in -CORRECT ANSWER Cephalocaudal direction, proximodistal
manner, simple to complex
Cephalocaudal -CORRECT ANSWER Head to toe Ex Raise head before sitting up
Proximodistal -CORRECT ANSWER Center out Ex baby moves arm before use of
hand and fingers
Pattern of G & D is ______ , ____ and ____ but does not proceed at a consistent rate. -
CORRECT ANSWER continuous, orderly, predictable
T or F Everyone goes through the same developmental process but through the stages
of G&D at individual rate. -CORRECT ANSWER True
Which stage of development is most critical? -CORRECT ANSWER Prenatal stage
Psychosocial -CORRECT ANSWER consist of subject feelings and interpersonal
relationships
Cognitive -CORRECT ANSWER characterized by intellectual process of knowing.
Perception, memory, judgment.
Develops as person grows up
Moral -CORRECT ANSWER Value system, helps differentiating right and wrong
Spiritual -CORRECT ANSWER Sense of personal meaning Ex. relationship with higher
power, God
Holistic -CORRECT ANSWER Caring for the whole person
T or F Lack of progress doesn't affect other aspects. -CORRECT ANSWER False
What influences growth and development -CORRECT ANSWER Genetics,
Environment, Nutrition, Heredity, Cultural
, Maslows hierarchy of needs -CORRECT ANSWER Cant go to next level without
achieving level before
Freud -CORRECT ANSWER
Erikson -CORRECT ANSWER
Havighurst and his 6 stages -CORRECT ANSWER Psycosocial, learned for life
Infancy & early childhood
Middle childhood
Adolescence
Early Adulthood
Middle adulthood
Later maturity
Piaget -CORRECT ANSWER
Kohlberg -CORRECT ANSWER
Fowler -CORRECT ANSWER Influenced by Erikson, Piaget and Kohlberg
Looks at sense of meaning the person goes through with G&D
Major differences between Freud and Erikson? -CORRECT ANSWER Freud is
psychosexual, Erikson is psychical and goes more in-depth
According to Erikson what major conflict is faced by adolescents? -CORRECT
ANSWER Integrate childhood experiences into personal identity, Identity vs. role
diffusion
What are the 4 major stages of Piaget's theory of cognitive development? -CORRECT
ANSWER Sensory motor, Pre operational, Concrete opperations and Formal
opperations
Infancy -CORRECT ANSWER 1 month to 1 year
Infancy G&D has rapid physiological growth which is -CORRECT 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 -CORRECT ANSWER Freud- Oral stage/
Erickson- Trust vs Mistrust
Sense of self develops
Infancy Motor G&D -CORRECT ANSWER Motor skills develop
