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Chapter 8. Growth and Development. Growth. Physical changes in body Height Weight Motor sensory adaptation Development of sex organs. Development. Increase in mental, emotional, and social capabilities Intellectual (cognitive) ability Variety in expression of emotions
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Chapter 8 Growth and Development
Growth • Physical changes in body • Height • Weight • Motor sensory adaptation • Development of sex organs
Development • Increase in mental, emotional, and social capabilities • Intellectual (cognitive) ability • Variety in expression of emotions • Ability to cope with complex situations • Social and interpersonal skills
Key Terms • Physical • Growth of body • Psychosocial • Psychological and social development • Cognitive • Intellectual processes
Key Concepts • Human needs vary throughout lifespan • Generalizations helpful • But not absolute • Consider each patient unique
Question • If a patient is anxious, which concept of growth and development is being demonstrated? • Physical • Psychosocial • Cognitive
Answer • B. Psychosocial • Psychosocial includes both psychological and social • Psychological • Emotions • E.g., love, hate, fear, anxiety
Answer • B. Psychosocial • Physical • Growth of body • Cognitive • Intellectual processes
Life Stages • Time frames for studying growth and development • Start at conception and end with death • Certain changes and needs characterize each stage
Life Stages • 1950: Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development • Do not include physical aspects • Conflicts encountered in each stage • Resolving these conflicts advances person to next stage
Life Stages • Psychosocial development can be delayed if conflict not resolved • Process continuous over lifespan • Stress can cause regression to earlier stage • Baby boomers
Prenatal • Conception to birth • Zygote • Embryo stage • Fetus • Rapid physical growth • No psychosocial stage
Infancy • Birth to 1 year • Neonate • Infant • Physical growth • Cognitive skills • Trust versus mistrust
Toddler • 1 to 3 years • Physical changes • Motor sensory ability • Cognitive skills • Autonomy versus shame and doubt
Preschooler • 3 to 6 years • Physical changes • Motor sensory ability • Cognitive skills • Initiative versus guilt
School-Age Child • 6 to 12 years • Physical changes • Motor sensory ability • Cognitive skills • Industry versus inferiority
Adolescence • 12 to 20 years • Physical changes • Motor sensory ability • Cognitive skills • Identity versus role confusion
Question • Which of the following stages does a toddler fall within according to Erik Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development? • Autonomy versus shame or doubt • Trust versus mistrust • Initiative versus guilt
Answer • A. Autonomy versus shame or doubt • Toddler • Autonomy versus shame or doubt • Infancy • Trust versus mistrust • Preschooler • Initiative versus guilt
Young Adulthood • 20s and 30s • Physical changes • Motor sensory ability • Cognitive skills • Intimacy versus isolation
Middle Adulthood • 40 to 65 years • Physical changes • Motor sensory ability • Cognitive skills • Generativity versus stagnation • Chronic illness more likely to appear
Later Adulthood • Young-old • 65 to 74 years • Middle-old • 75 to 84 years • Old-old (frail elderly) • 85 years to death
Later Adulthood • Physical changes • Motor sensory ability • Cognitive skills • Ego integrity versus despair
Care Considerations • Do not assume • Do not stereotype • Each stage has different care needs • All need respect, compassion, and empathy
Question • Which of the following age groups would include the care consideration of giving explanations along with the rationale? • Toddler • Preschooler • Adolescent
Answer • C. Adolescent • Adolescent would benefit most by giving rationales • Toddler and preschooler not as cognitively developed
Other Theories • Piaget’s Cognitive Stages • Kohlberg’s Moral Stages • Gilligan’s Stages of the Ethic of Care
Piaget’s Cognitive Stages • Focus on children only • Sensorimotor • Preoperational • Concrete operational • Formal operational
Kohlberg’s Moral Stages • Focus on moral development of humans • Pre-conventional • Conventional • Postconventional
Gilligan’s Stages of the Ethic of Care • Included females in her study • Preconventional • Conventional • Postconventional
Question • Which of the theorists focused on moral development in males?A. KohlbergB. GilliganC. Piaget
Answer • A. Kohlberg’s theory focused on moral development in males. • Gilligan – ethics of care focused on development in females • Piaget – focus on children’s cognition
Future Trends • Change in viewing and caring for later adulthood patients • Older people healthier, more active, and more verbal
William H. Thomas • Does not assign specific ages • Cyclic nature of aging • Infant • Adolescent • Adult • Senescence • Elderhood
Question • True or False: • Dr. William Thomas breaks the life span into five groupings with a specific assigned age range for each.
Answer • False • Dr. William Thomas has five groupings • But does not assign specific age ranges
Death and Dying • Terminal illness • Natural process • Last stage of human development • Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • Need for open communications • Life review
Stages of Dying • Denial • Anger • Bargaining • Depression • Acceptance
Question • True or False: • Moving away from the family home to go to school can result in a process similar to the death and dying stages identified by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
Answer • True • When there is a perceived loss, the suffering and grieving process can be initiated