NURS 334 Study Guide - Final Guide: Gross Motor Skill, Toilet Training, Egocentrism
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Hockenberry: wong"s nursing care of infants and children, 10th edition. Chapter 12: health promotion of the toddler and family. In general, adult height is about twice the child"s height at 2 years of age. By 12 to 13 months of age, most toddlers walk alone. Achievement of toilet training is a major developmental milestone for toddlers: according to erikson, the major developmental task of toddlerhood is acquiring a sense of autonomy while overcoming a sense of doubt and shame. Several characteristics, especially negativism and ritualism, are typical of toddlers in their quest for autonomy. In piaget"s sensorimotor and preoperational phases of development, a toddler experiments by incorporating the old learning of secondary circular reactions with new skills and applies this knowledge to new situations. There are the beginnings of rational judgment, an understanding of causal relationships, and discovery of objects as objects.
