Child Development Chapter 1 Vocabulary Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Child Development Chapter 1 Vocabulary
Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Child development - CORRECT ANSWER the scientific study of children from conception to
adolescence



Development - CORRECT ANSWER the process through which babies become adults



Environment - CORRECT ANSWER all the conditions or situations that affect a child



Epigenome - CORRECT ANSWER chemicals in the body that can turn genes on and off



Genetics - CORRECT ANSWER the study of factors that are involved in passing on traits in
living beings form one generation to the next



Genes - CORRECT ANSWER DNA molecules found in a person's body that determine
individual traits



Heredity - CORRECT ANSWER the passing of traits from one generation to the next



Intellectual development - CORRECT ANSWER how and what people learn, how people
express what they know through language



Physical development - CORRECT ANSWER refers to the physical growth of a person's body;
the development of both large and small motor skills



Social-emotional development - CORRECT ANSWER interactions with people and social
groups, disposition and emotions



Stressors - CORRECT ANSWER events that cause worry and anxiety