Why Study Children?
Factors That Influence Growth and Development
Brain Development
Principles of Growth and Develpment
Vocabulary
100
Studying how children grow and develop helps to understand yourself
What is a reason to study children?
100
heredity
What is the sum of all the traits that are passed to a child from blood relatives.
100
command center of the body
What is the brain?
100
Unchanging aspects of a person's growth and development.
What is a constancy?
100
A description of the stages of change people experience throughout life.
What is individual life cycle?
200
Identity, Family, Express themselves and have access to information, A safe and healthy life, Special protection in times of war, An education, Special care for the disabled, protection from discrimination, Protection from abuse, protection from harmful work, Special treatment if arrested.
What is children's rights?
200
environment
What is the sum of all the conditions and situations that affect a child's growth and development?
200
Neurons
What is Brain cells?
200
Steps in growth and development that follow one another in a set order.
What is sequenced steps?
200
Development
What is the gradual process of growth through many stages?
300
Meeting the childs physical, intellectual, social, trust,love/guidance needs
What is a responsible parent?
300
sections of DNA molecule found in a person's cells that determine the individual traits the person will have. the study of the factors involved in the passing of traits from one generation of living beings to the next.
What is genes and genetics?
300
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how many cables does a neuron develop?
300
creeping on all fours, pull themselves onto their feet, standing without support, and trying to stand on one foot.
What are some motor skills?
300
an inward force that guides a person's conduct.
What is character?
400
school cook, teacher
What is working with children?
400
Body features
What do genes affect?
400
Tiny gap between a dendrite of one neuron and the axon of another across which electrical impulses can be transmitted.
What is synapse?
400
A time when a person learns a new task.
What is teachable moment?
400
skills that should be mastered at a certain stage in life.
What is developmental task?
500
A society that sees children as important and works for their good.
What is a child-centered society?
500
Traits
What do genes determine?
500
A prime period in a child's life for developing a particular skill if given a chance to do so.
What is Window of opportunity?
500
Environment
Children need a good ______ to grow at the best rate.
500
Watching children in their natural environment.
What is direct observation?
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