Physical Growth Patterns
This term describes growth that proceeds from head to toe.
What is cephalocaudal development?
The rapid formation of connections between neurons is called this.
What is synaptogenesis?
Large muscle movements like crawling and walking are called this.
What are gross motor skills?
This sense is the least developed at birth.
What is vision?
Detecting sensory input is called this.
What is sensation?
This pattern of growth moves from the center of the body outward.
What is proximodistal development?
This process removes unused neural connections to improve efficiency.
What is synaptic pruning?
Small, precise movements such as grasping objects are called this.
What are fine motor skills?
This sense is relatively well developed at birth and supports language learning.
What is hearing?
Organizing and interpreting sensory input is called this.
What is perception?
Infants typically triple their birth weight by this age.
What is about one to two years old?
This process speeds up neural communication by insulating axons.
What is myelination?
Infants learn motor skills through the interaction of maturation and this.
What is practice or experience?
This sense is especially important for bonding and emotional regulation.
What is touch?
The ability to perceive distance and space is called this.
What is depth perception?
This key idea is emphasized when discussing infant growth rates.
What are individual differences?
This term is used to describe brains that expect typical experiences.
What is experience-expectant development?
This is true about the sequence of motor development.
What is it is predictable?
Infants may recognize caregivers partly through this sense.
What is smell?
This type of perception combines information from multiple senses.
What is intermodal perception?
This principle explains why infants gain head control before walking.
What is cephalocaudal development?
This concept explains why early deprivation can have long-term effects.
What is experience-dependent or experience-expectant brain development?
This is true about the timing of motor milestones.
What is it varies widely among infants?
This sensory taste preference often appears early in infancy.
What is preference for sweet tastes?
Perception in infancy is this.
What is active?