Chapter 4: Child Development Principles and Theories
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Cephalocaudal Principle - correct answer✔ ✔
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Principle that development proceeds from the head
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downward; to the arms and legs.
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Proximodistal Principle - correct answer✔ ✔
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Principle that development proceeds from the center of the b
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ody outwards; from the spinal cord to the arms and legs.
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Maturation - correct answer✔ ✔
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The sequence of biological changes in children.
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Development - correct answer✔ ✔sd sd sd
Refers to change or growth that occurs in children.
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Infants - correct answer✔ ✔
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Children are called this from birth through 1 year old.
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Physical Development - correct answer✔ ✔
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Refers to physical body changes in terms of development.
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, Gross-Motor Development - correct answer✔ ✔ sd sd sd sd
Involves improvement of skills using the large muscles in th
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e arms and legs; involves activities such as running, skipping,
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and bike riding.
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Preschooler - correct answer✔ ✔ sd sd sd
Category/name for children ages 3- sd sd sd sd
6 years old, usually at the age before starting school/kindergar
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Toddler - correct answer✔ ✔ Children ages 1-
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3 are called/categorized as this.
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Fine Motor Development - correct answer✔ ✔
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Involves the small muscles of the hands and fingers in terms
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of development; activities such as grasping objects, holding o
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bjects, cutting with scissors, buttoning a shirt, drawing on pap
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Cognitive Development - correct answer✔ ✔
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Area of development that refers to the processes people use
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Cephalocaudal Principle - correct answer✔ ✔
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Principle that development proceeds from the head
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downward; to the arms and legs.
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Proximodistal Principle - correct answer✔ ✔
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Principle that development proceeds from the center of the b
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ody outwards; from the spinal cord to the arms and legs.
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Maturation - correct answer✔ ✔
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The sequence of biological changes in children.
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Development - correct answer✔ ✔sd sd sd
Refers to change or growth that occurs in children.
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Infants - correct answer✔ ✔
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Children are called this from birth through 1 year old.
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Physical Development - correct answer✔ ✔
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Refers to physical body changes in terms of development.
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, Gross-Motor Development - correct answer✔ ✔ sd sd sd sd
Involves improvement of skills using the large muscles in th
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e arms and legs; involves activities such as running, skipping,
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and bike riding.
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Preschooler - correct answer✔ ✔ sd sd sd
Category/name for children ages 3- sd sd sd sd
6 years old, usually at the age before starting school/kindergar
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Toddler - correct answer✔ ✔ Children ages 1-
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3 are called/categorized as this.
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Fine Motor Development - correct answer✔ ✔
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Involves the small muscles of the hands and fingers in terms
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of development; activities such as grasping objects, holding o
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bjects, cutting with scissors, buttoning a shirt, drawing on pap
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er.
Cognitive Development - correct answer✔ ✔
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Area of development that refers to the processes people use
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