NSG 1400 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Growth - answer a quantitative change in which an increase in cell number and size results
in an
increase in overall size and weight of the body or any of its parts
Development - answer the sequence of physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development
changes that
take place over the human lifespan
Three aspects of change - answer growth, development, maturation
Normal human development - answer organized, progressive, follows a predictable
sequence across life stages
Development milestone - answer skills that provide reference for the rate/pace of how a
child is developing
Development delay - answer a child that has not attained predictable movement patterns
or behavior associated with children of a similar chronologic age
Development regression - answer occurs when a child is hospitalized, where they revert
back to an earlier development stage (a toilet-trained child begins to wet the bed again)
Development arrest - answer occurs when a child stops physical, emotional, or cognitive
development before reaching adulthood
Pervasive developmental disorders - answer group of childhood disorders characterized
by delays in socialization and communication skills; autism and Asperger syndrome are
examples
Erikson's stages of psychosocial development - answer infancy, toddlerhood, preschool,
elementary school, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, late adulthood
Infancy stage (0-1 yr) - answer Trust vs. Mistrust: baby relies on parents for needs to be
met
