Change or growth in a human being. Development is usually measured in terms of physical, intellectual, social and emotional
What is development?
100
Term used to refer to a child from birth through the first year of life.
What is infant?
100
An understanding of language. Sometimes referred to as receptive or inner language.
What is language comprehension?
100
The ability to speak in clearly pronounced sounds.
What is articulation?
100
The span of years between ages six and twelve.
What is middle childhood?
200
Term used to refer to a child from the first year until the third birthday. The term is used because of the awkward walking style of children used in this age group
What is toddler?
200
The ability to coordinate the small muscles in the arms, fingers, and wrists to complete tasks such as grasping, holding, cutting, drawing, and writing.
What is fine motor development?
200
The ability to produce language forms; used to express a person’s thoughts to others.
What is expressive language?
200
A major health problem caused by overeating. A condition in which the body weight is 20 percent above the normal weight for a given height.
What is obesity?
300
Physical body changes in a growing individual, such as changes in bone thickness, size, weight, vision, and coordination
What is physical development?
300
Growth in the two related areas of social and emotional skills. Social development involved learning to relate to others. Emotional development involved refining feeling and expressions of feelings.
What is social-emotional development?
300
Quality of people believing everyone thinks as they do.
What is egocentric?
300
Speech disorder that is often characterized by repetition, hesitation, and prolongation.
What is stuttering?
300
Concept that change in position or shape of substances does not change is quantity.
What is conservation?
400
Improvement of the skills involving arms, legs, and whole body movements. Examples include running, jumping, throwing, and climbing.
What is gross motor development?
400
Sequence of biological changes in a child giving the child new abilities.
What is maturation?
400
Behaviors expected of girls or boys.
What are gender roles?
400
The ability to understand the feelings of others.
What is empathy?
500
Growth in the mental processes used to gain knowledge, such as throught, reasoning, and imagination.
What is cognitive development?
500
Quality and intensity of children’s emotional reactions to their environment, such as passivity, irritability, and activity patterns.
What is temperament?
500
Qualities a child believes he or she possesses. A result of beliefs, feelings, and perceptions a child has of himself or herself as part of the world.
What is self-concept?
500
Reciting numbers in their proper order.
What is rote counting?
500
Understanding and using accepted rules of conduct when interacting with others.