Theories
Moral, Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, and Social
What are the 5 main areas of development?
Development proceeds from the center of the body outward
What is the Proximodistal principle?
genetics
What is another word for nature?
Abraham Maslow
Who developed the Hierarchy of human needs?
Development that involves acquiring information and problem solving
What is Intellectual development?
a child from birth to 12 months
What is an infant?
Environment
What is another word for nurture?
He believed that children develop in 4 stages of thinking
Who was Jean Piaget?
learning to relate to others
What is social development?
One factor that causes harmful stress to infants
What is overstimulation?
Hair color, skin tone, and physical features
What are examples of nature?
An intelligence type that displays excellent communication and social skills
What is interpersonal intelligence?
Involves coordination, height weight, and motor skills
What is physical development?
Key window of opportunity for vision development
What is the first 6 months?
weight, hair length, freckles
What are examples of nurture?
Developed the operant conditioning theory
Who was B.F. Skinner?
learning to understand express your feelings while also learning to understand and respond to others' feelings
What is emotional development?
Development is interrelated
Development is similar for everyone
Development proceeds at an individual rate
Development builds on earlier learning
Development is continuous throughout life
What are the 5 characteristics of development?
Disease carrier
What is someone who carries the genes for a disease and can pass it to the children but does not have the disease themselves?