DCF FL Child Care (CGDR) Child Growth and Development
Exam 184 Questions with Verified Answers
Growth - CORRECT ANSWER refers to specific body changes and increases in the
child's size, such as a child's height, weight, head circumference, and body mass
index. These size changes can usually be easily measured.
Development - CORRECT ANSWER typically refers to an increase in complexity, a
change from relatively simple to more complicated. Development usually involves
a progression along a continuous pathway on which the child acquires more
refined knowledge, behaviors, and skills. The sequence is basically the same for all
children, however, the rate varies.
Growth definition - CORRECT ANSWER Growth is defined as specific body changes
and increases in the child's size, proceeding from the head downward and from
the center of the body outward.
During the first year of an infant's life, - CORRECT ANSWER babies can grow ten
inches in length and triple their birth weight.
After the first year, - CORRECT ANSWER a baby's growth in length slows to five
inches a year for the next two years and then continues from age two or three to
puberty at a rate of two to three inches each year.
Similarities in growth: - CORRECT ANSWER Growth proceeds from the head
downward and from the center of the body outward.
Children gain control of the head and neck first, then the arms, and finally, the
legs.
At birth, the brain, heart, and spinal cord are fully functioning to support the
infant.
As children grow, the arm and leg muscles develop, followed by the finger and toe
muscles.
,Differences in growth: - CORRECT ANSWER Some children are taller, some
shorter. Some children are smaller, while others are larger.
These differences are completely typical. Typical growth is supported by good
nutrition, adequate sleep, and regular exercise.
Children do not grow at perfectly steady rates throughout childhood.
Children will experience weeks or months of slightly slower growth, followed by
growth spurts.
Differences in the amount of growth can be a source of self-consciousness for
some children.
Because each child is different and special, it is important to help them
understand this concept in order to develop a sense of self-acceptance. -
CORRECT ANSWER It is important to help the children in your care understand
that differences in growth patterns are typical.
Development definition - CORRECT ANSWER Development refers to an increase in
complexity; a change from relatively simple to more complicated.
Progress - CORRECT ANSWER Development usually involves a progression along a
continuous sequential pathway on which the child acquires more refined
knowledge, behaviors, and skills.
Rate varies - CORRECT ANSWER The developmental sequence is basically the
same for all children; however, the rate of development varies from child to child
Principles of Child Development - CORRECT ANSWER There are five principles
related to the progression of general development that children will typically
experience.
1 - Developmental Sequence is Similar for All - CORRECT ANSWER Children
develop in relatively the same ways.
There is a typical sequence of development that occurs as a child grows.
While the sequence is similar, and the behaviors or skills emerge in the same
order, children can take more or less time with each behavior or skill.
They can move forward, regress for a short time, then move forward again.
Some children may skip a behavior or skill as they move forward.
, 2 - Development Proceeds from General to Specific - CORRECT ANSWER
Development progresses from a beginning point moving in a forward direction.
Just as growth of an infant proceeds from the top down and from the center of
the body to the limbs, development of behaviors and skills moves from general to
specific.
As children mature, their bodily changes occur in a sequential order and give
children new abilities.
As the brain and nervous system develop, a child's thinking (cognitive) skills and
motor skills improve.
In the Physical Development Domain, an infant's large muscles develop first and
result in the ability to wave the arms and kick the legs.
Development continues in the smaller muscles in the fingers and toes, and results
in the ability of the fingers to grasp objects and the toes to help with balance
when standing and walking.
3 - Development is Continuous - CORRECT ANSWER In children who develop
typically, behaviors and skills they have already acquired become the basis for
new behaviors and skills.
There is continuity from one phase of development to the next.
Children continue to add new behaviors and skills as they perfect their abilities to
walk, to write or draw, and to speak. For example, speech development proceeds
from gurgles and coos to chattering, then to words, then phrases, and finally,
sentences. Sentences become paragraphs and stories, both oral and written.
In order for children to write or draw, they must have developed the control of
their hands and fingers to hold a crayon and pencil. Holding a pencil develops into
writing and drawing.
The continuation of development can easily be seen in children as they mature
from age two to age twelve.
4 - Development Proceeds at Different Rates - CORRECT ANSWER Each child is
different and the rates at which individual children develop are different.
Although the sequences for development are usually the same for all children, the
rates at which individual children reach each stage will be different.
Some children will walk at ten months of age, while others walk at eighteen
months of age.
Development is never uniform, but it is constant.
