Growth vs. Development
Is growth qualitative or quantitative?
what is quantitative
This domain is the focus when a child is running towards a ball that was just kicked.
What is physical.
At about what age does a child say first words.
What is 2 months.
Infants are this age.
What is birth to 1 year.
A baby can control arm movements before finger movements.
What is proximodistal.
Is development quantitative or qualitative?
What is qualitative.
Speaking and singing are part of this domain.
What is Language.
What are typically the first words a child says.
What are basic sounds that make up ba ba ba or ma ma ma or dada.
A 4 yr old draws a picture of his family and names each person.
What is a pre-schooler.
A child can control the head and neck before the legs.
What is Cephalocaudal.
Growth is
What is a quantitative measurable increase in physical size.
A child pats a friends back when they see the friend is upset in this domain.
What is the social emotional domain.
A child needs to be able to do THIS before learning to run.
What is walking and or balancing on 2 feet.
Typically how old are children when they are ready for cooperative play.
What is 3 years old.
A baby can roll in both directions.
What is Cephalocaudal?
Provide an example of growth rather than development.
What is (provide an answer that reflects quantitative value)
Children should be counting to 100 by the end of kindergarten, in this domain.
What is cognitive.
A parent tells the pediatrician that her 15 month old is not yet walking. The Dr. mentions that this will need further investigation.
What is a red flag.
A baby turns its head to a mother's voice.
What is infancy.
A child can ride a bike with training wheels.
What is proximodistal.
Define Development
What is a qualitative change in skills, abilities or the complexity of a child's functioning.
A child separates items into colors and shapes in this domain.
What is cognitive.
A child is talking in complete sentences and can have a conversation at this age.
What is 2 1/2 to 3 years old.
Typically, a child is this old when starting kindegarten.
What is 5 1/2 or 6 years old.
A child can do a headstand.
What is cephalocaudal.