Types of growth
Related to the ability to express feelings
Emotional growth
Kids learn through interactions with adults and peers
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory
All the conditions and situations that surround and affect an individual
Environment
What age do infants begin to walk
One years old
The first month of life
Newborn
Includes the ability to reason
Intellectual growth
Asserts that behaviors can be associated with responses
Skinner's theory of operant conditioning
The change that occurs between childhood and adulthood
Maturation
What age to infants begin to cry less frequently
Is the sudden death of an apparently healthy baby during sleep
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Influenced by heredity, health habits, and the way a person cares for his or her body.
Physical Growth
Asserts that behaviors can be associated with responses
Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning
Growth and development occur in a series of patterns
Sequential steps
What age do infants begin to crawl
Pediatrician
Often used for legal purposes
Chronological growth
Peoples own thoughts and motivations for reactions to stimuli
Bandura's social cognitive theory
The process involving thought and knowledge
Cognition
What age do infants make vowel sounds
Three months old
Shows outstanding ability in either a general sense or in a specific ability
Gifted and talented
Closely intertwined with social development
Emotional growth
A level at which a child is capable of learning
Zone of proximal development
Is a theory based on the belief that behavior is the response to stimuli from the enviornment
Behaviorism
What age do infants begin to repeat the words they hear
Eleven months old
When toddlers like to play beside other children rather than with them.
Parallel Play