Mixed Bag
Milestones
Theorist
Development
Pedi Assessment
100
At this age infants can sit without support
What is 6 months
100
Infants turn towards sounds at this age
What is 4 months
100

According to Erikson, teenagers are in this psychosocial stage

What is Identity vs. Role Confusion

100
The term used to predict upcoming developmental tasks or needs of a child
What is anticipatory guidance
100

In children over age 12 months the presence of this reflex can indicate neurologic disease

What is the Babinski reflex

200

Common for children to have an imaginary playmate at this age.

What is 3-4 (preschool years)

200
Toddlers engage in this type of play
What is parallel play
200

Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development includes this milestone which is the knowledge that a person or object continues to exist even when out of sight.

What is object permanence.

200
This is a common childhood defense mechanism
What is regression
200

Gross Motor development occurs in this manner reflecting mylination and maturation of the nervous system.

What is cephalocaudal direction.

300

Length of spoken phrase expected at each age.

What is one word per year of life.

300
At this age infants develop stranger & separation anxiety
What is 8-9 months
300

According to Piaget Theory, infants learn about their world by this.

What is sensorimotor exploration.

300

Myelination of the brain and spinal cord enables increase coordination, equilibrium, and sphincter control is completed around this age.

What is age 2 years old.

300

Fine motor skills development follows this classic pattern.

What is proximodistal ( center to periphery.

400
The 4-year old who thinks an IV pump is alive because it beeps is engaging in this characteristic of preoperational thought
What is animism
400
A child may have an imaginary friend at this age
What is 3-4
400

According to Piaget, children begin to use symbolic thought to represent objects during this phase of development.

What is the preoperational Stage   ( 2 - 7 years of age)

400

In this characteristic of preoperational thought a child is only able to see things from his or her own point of view

What is egocentrism

400
It is normal for toddlers to have this kind of spinal curvature
What is lumbar lordosis (with protruding abdomen)
500

What age do most infants transition from primitive reflexes (inborne reflexes) to protective reflexes          (acquired postural responses).

What is 4 months of age. Majority primitive reflexes disappear by 4 mos and are replace shortly by protective reflexes by 6 months of age.

500
At this age children can feed themselves
What is 18 months
500

Age during which able to see things from another point of view, anticipate actions and consequences.

What is school age ( 7 -11 years old)

500

What age is it most common for a child to believe their thoughts are powerful and may cause things to happen.

Preschool age ( 3 - 5 years) Magical Thinking

500
A 6-month old infant with a anterior fontanelle sunken below the margin of the skull is indicative of this condition
What is dehydration