Psychosocial Development — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: At _____ months, make-believe (symbolic) play centers on the child s own body

Answer: 12

Flashcard 2: The **adolescent growth spurt** occurs in a _____ to proximal direction.

Answer: distal

Extra: General growth and development follow a **cephalocaudal** (head to toe) and **proximodistal** (center to periphery) pattern. In contrast, the **adolescent growth spurt** is **centripetal**, meaning it follows a **distal to proximal** sequence (e.g., feet and hands grow before calves and forearms, which grow before the trunk).

Flashcard 3: Feeding by a spoon is a social milestone appearing typically by _____ months.

Answer: 18

Flashcard 4: Stranger anxiety develops in an infant at _____ months of age

Answer: 6

Flashcard 5: Hand regard in child develops by _____ weeks and disappears by 20 weeks

Answer: 12

Flashcard 6: The milestone of transfer of objects from one hand to another in a child signifies the ability of the child to _____.

Answer: compare objects

Flashcard 7: The _____ stage of cognitive development starts with out of sight, out of mind, type of thinking and ends with object permanence (knowing an object exists even though it cannot be seen)

Answer: sensorimotor

Flashcard 8: The given image shows a boy with _____ ear

Answer: bat

Flashcard 9: f197c79a80244bd7a7c4b112aff4634f-oa-2

Answer: Ponderal index

Extra: indicators of obesity

Flashcard 10: In PSM, the pre-school age is _____ years

Answer: 1-4

Extra: Developmental definitions (Pediatrics/Ghai): - Toddler: 1-3 years - Pre-school: 3-6 years In PSM/Public Health (Park's), the "pre-school child" is specifically defined as the 1-4 year age group.