Principles of Child Development
In children who develop typically, behaviors and skills they have already acquired become the basis for new behaviors and skills
What is Principle 3?
Growth proceeds from the ____ downward and from the center of the body outward.
What is Head?
The developmental sequence is basically the ____ for all children; however, the rate of development varies from child to child.
What is Same?
Maslow developed a hierarchy of _____ needs.
What is Human?
Maslow’s theory states that an individual must have their lower-level needs ___ before higher-level needs can be accomplished.
What is Met?
Development in children is interrelated.
What is Principle 5?
_______ refers to specific body changes and increases in the child’s size.
What is Growth?
Growth is defined as ________ body changes and increases in the child’s size, proceeding from the head downward and from the center of the body outward.
What is Specific
Maslow’s hierarchy has ____ levels, is pictured as a pyramid and goes from bottom to top.
What is Five?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs includes five levels: Physical, ______________, Social, Self-Esteem, and Self-Actualization.
What is Comfort and Safety?
Children develop in relatively the same ways.
What is Principle 1?
Define growth as specific ____ changes and increases in the child’s size.
What is Body?
Development usually involves a _________ along a continuous sequential pathway on which the child acquires more refined knowledge, behaviors, and skills.
What is Progression?
The fourth level of the Hierarchy of Needs.
What is Esteem Needs?
Successfully meeting the needs at each level in the hierarchy of needs results in fulfilling the ______________ of one’s life.
What is Purpose and Meaning?
Development progresses from a beginning point moving in a forward direction.
What is Principle 2?
__________ typically refers to an increase in complexity, a change from relatively simple to more complicated.
What is Development?
Development refers to an increase in __________; a change from relatively simple to more complicated.
What is Complexity?
Satisfying the needs on the second level depend on the _____ level needs being satisfied and ready to be built upon.
What is First?
Piaget’s ____ stages of cognitive development explain how children interact with their environment to construct knowledge.
What is Four?
Each child is different and the rates at which individual children develop are different.
What is Principle 4?
__________ are completely typical. Typical growth is supported by good nutrition, adequate sleep, and regular exercise.
What is Differences?
All of your interactions with a child have an _____ on the child’s development and learning, which means it is important to be aware of what the child is learning while in your care.
What is Effect?
The fifth level of the Hierarchy of Needs.
What is Self-Actualization?
Erikson’s theory on emotional and personality development describes eight _____ that must be resolved at stages throughout life.
What is Conflicts?