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What is the basis of pediatrics?
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Growth and development
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How is growth developed in a child up to 2 years of age?
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In length
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What is the proper age of a child to start measuring their growth in height?
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2 and over
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When does the most rapid neurological growth occur?
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in utereo
and then the first 2-5 years |
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What portions of the brain are not developed even in a 21 year old?
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Prefrontal lobe and amygala
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What is development?
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increase in capacity or function
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How is growth in children described?
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cephalcaudal and proximodistal
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What development takes precedence in toddlers?
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locomotion
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What is said about the variation and sequences of development?
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There are variations in age, but the sequence is predictable!
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LIst the influences to development.
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-nutrition (both mother's and child's)
-stability in the home -exposure -chronic illness -genetics -media -culture -socioeconomic |
