Child Growth
This term refers to specific body changes and increases in child's size.
Growth
Developmental skills start as simple and progress to what?
Complex
Coordination, perception, and attention are what developmental domain skills?
Cognitive
Weather and monsters
What comparable household object did we pass around that is the size of a 5 week old baby?
Apple seed
By the age of 5, the brain is what percent developed?
90%
What 3 factors play into differences of mental development?
Home environment, quality of child care, television
This theorist is known for his theory of cognitive development.
This term means to control emotions and behaviors.
Self-regulation
The 2nd trimester are what months?
4 to 6
Growth begins where?
Head
This thing you need to do everyday contributes to body growth and cognitive performance.
Sleep
Egocentrism, mental representations, and make believe play are examples of what stage of Piaget's?
Pre-operational
Name two social behaviors of infants and toddlers.
Crying and imitation
How many weeks is a woman pregnant?
40
Growth begins from the center of the body to where?
Outward
This theory shows the importance of emotional development based on how we bond with people early in life.
During this stage of Piaget's, children birth to age 2 use their senses to explore the world.
Eagerness to try new tasks, join activities with peers, and trying new skills during play describes the success side of what Erik Erikson stage?
Initiative
How many weeks are in the 1st trimester?
12
What is the passing of traits from parents to offspring?
Heredity
Name the two levels of basic needs from Maslow's Hierarchy.
Physiological and Safety
Middle Childhood ages have what kind of thinking?
Logical
Name 3 things that influence self-concept.
Cognitive development, social influence, culture
This term means anything a person is exposed to or ingests during pregnancy that's known to cause fetal abnormalities
Teratogen