Chapter 3 - Understanding Human Developing Flashcards
Development
is the gradual increase in skills and abilities that occur over a lifetime.
Growth
Refers to physical changes in size,mush as gains in height and weight.
Physical Developent
Advances in physical abilities.
Gross-Motor Skills
Skills, such as waking and throwing, are dependent on the development of the large muscles.
Fine-motor skills
Skills, such as picking up objects and eating with a spoon, are dependent on the development of the small muscles.
Cognition
Process involving thought and knowledge.
Cognitive Development
The way people change and improve their ability to think and learn throughout life
Social-Emotional Development
Development included the areas of relationships and feelings.
Sequence
A consistent step-by-step pattern that consistently follows one another, as in development.
Behaviorism
The belief that a persons behavior is determined by forces beyond his or her control.
Classical Conditioning
Learned responses to previously neutral stimulus.
Operant Conditioning
People tend to repeat behaviors that have a positive result.
