The scientific study of children form conception to adolescence.
What is Child Development
100
Begins at 1 month and continues to 12 months. The infant develops the foundation for motor, thinking, language, and social skills.
What is Infancy
100
Moderate and short-lived stress
What is Positive Stress
100
During this stage children are very egocentric, they cannot put themselves in other people's shoes.
What is Pre-operational Stage
100
A description of the stages of change people experience throughout life (birth through old age)
What is Individual Life Cycle
200
Traits that are passed to a child from blood relatives.
What is Heredity
200
Begins at 3 years and ends at 6 years. During this stage, the child becomes more self-sufficient, spends many hours in play exploring the physical and social world, and begins to develop knowledge of self.
What is Preschool
200
Not as long-lasting as toxic stress
What is Tolerable Stress
200
This theorists theory of cognitive development focuses on predictable cognitive (thinking) stages.
What is Jean Piaget
200
How children's bodies grow and mature, how children's large and small muscles develop and aid movement, how children's motor skills aid perception and vice versa
What is Physical growth and development
300
Situations that cause worry and anxiety
What is Stressors
300
Birth to 1 month. During this period, the baby physically adapts to life outside the mothers body.
What is Neonatal
300
Strong and prolonged activation of the body's stress system
What is Toxic Stress
300
This is the stage that children are using their senses to explore and learn. This is also the stage of object permanence, where children learn that things still exist even when they are out of sight.
What is Sensorimotor Stage
300
How children learn, what children learn, how language skills develop
What is Intellectual Development
400
The conditions and situations that surround and affect a child
What is Enviornment
400
Conception - Birth. The rate of growth at this stage is the fastest it will be in life. In this stage, a child grows from a single cell to a complete organism. Even before birth, babies can move, recognize the mother's voice patterns, and react to some strong stimuli.
What is Prenatal
400
Kendra has recently experienced the death of her grandfather. Her and her grandfather were extremely close.
What is Tolerable Stress
400
People develop the capacity to think in purely abstract ways. Problem solving and reasoning are key skills in this stage.
What is Formal Operations
400
How children develop and sustain relationships with others, how children develop a sense of self, how children become dependable, how children develop morals and character
What is Social Development
500
Sections of the DNA molecule found in a person's cells that determine his or her individual traits
What is Genes
500
12-36 months. The child makes great strides in motor, thinking, and language skills and begins to test his or her dependence on adults.
What is Toddler
500
Jennifer's dad has to relocate for his job, resulting in her changing high school. She is nervous for this because she will be leaving all of her friends behind and she will not know anyone at her new school.
What is Positive Stress
500
Children develop the capacity to think systematically, but only when they can refer to actual objects and use hands-on activities. Ex: 3+1 is the same as 1+3
What is Concrete Operations
500
How children identify and understand their feelings, how accurately children can read the emotional states of others, how children manage strong emotions and express their feelings in constructive ways