Examination should include
- characteristics of specific life stages
- cephalocaudal
- proximodistal
- directional
- continuous
- maturation
- readiness
- development tasks
- the development of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor patterns.
Process/Skill Questions:
- What specific milestones does a person achieve at specific times of life?
- What are developmental stages, and how do they apply to growth and development?
- What are the different domains of development (e.g., cognitive, affective, psychomotor)?
- How are general patterns of growth and development explained (e.g., average life expectancy, average age of marriage, midlife crisis)?