Preschool
Visual acuity improves to 20/20 by this age
What is 3 years of age
This vital sign increases in school age children
What is blood pressure?
This is another name for puberty
What is preadolescence?
What, according to Erikson, is referred to as the task of initiative
What is exploration?
In this stage, deciduous teeth are lost and permanent teeth appear
What is school age?
Catching a ball becomes a new skill at this age
What is 4 years of age?
This refers to the willful use of the internet, cell phone, or other technology to harass or haunt a person.
What is cyberbullying?
This gland influences the maturation of the gonads for girls and boys
What is the adenohypophysis (anterior lobe of the pituitary gland)?
What does Piaget describe as the child focusing or centering attention on only one clue?
What is centration?
By this age (years), visual maturity is achieved and depth perception and peripheral vision improve.
When is 6 to 7 years?
This is a common activity in both sexes and usually makes parents uncomfortable.
What is masturbation?
This is important to school age children as it teaches them boundaries and sets limits on their behavior.
What is discipline?
This is termed as the onset of menstrual flow in females
What is menarche?
According to Erikson, the task for school age children to develop is this
What is industry?
Any reading over what percentile is considered obese in preschoolers?
What is the 85th percentile?
These are more extreme forms of nightmares that are common in preschoolers
What are night terrors?
Freud's term for sexual energies during this stage being dormant
What is latency?
This is the normal pulse range for adolescence
What is 60 to 90 beats per minute?
Erikson's primary psychosocial task for adolescents is this
What is identity?
This term has Latin roots and means "to grow and mature".
What is adolescence?
In addition to symbolic play, preschoolers use this which involves dressing up in different clothes, exploring roles, and imitating adults.
What is dramatic play?
This marks the end of the school age stage.
What is puberty?
This vaccine is recommended for boys and girls at age 11 to 12 before becoming sexually active
What is the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine?
This describes having two opposing feelings about the same person or object and is very common in adolescents
What is ambivalence?
These begin to grow larger and produce an odorous secretion
What are the apocrine glands?