Growth and Development Flashcards
Growth or Development:
Quantitative changes in size, weight number, height, etc.
Growth
Growth or Development:
Qualitative changes in quality
Development
Growth or Development:
Observable
Growth
Growth or Development:
Cannot be measurable
Development
Growth or Development:
Changes that take place in particular aspects of the body and behavior; one of the parts of development.
Growth
Growth or Development:
Describes the changes in the organism as a whole; possible even without growth
Development
Growth or Development:
Continues throughout life but stops with the attainment of maturity
Growth
Growth or Development:
Continuous process - from womb to tomb
Development
Factors influencing growth and development
Maturation/ Nature
Environmental Influences/ Nurture
The natural growth resulting from heredity; genes and traits
Maturation/ Nature
In and through which the growing takes place
Environmental Influences/ Nurture
In the principles of development, development follows a/an ___ sequence which is ___.
Orderly; predictable
Note: Predictable means pattern
In the principles of development, there are patterns of physical development. What are these?
Cephalocaudal Pattern
Proximodistal Pattern
During infancy, the greatest growth always occurs at the top. (Upper to lower; head to tail; head to toe)
Cephalocaudal Pattern
Muscular control of the trunk and arms come earlier as compared to the hands and finger. (Center to extremities; center to outward)
Proximodistal Pattern
In the principles of development, the rate of development is ___ in each individual.
Unique
In the principles of development, development involves what?
Change (physical, emotional, and mental)
In the principles of development, ___ development is more critical than later development.
Early
In the principles of development, development is the product of ____ and ____.
Maturation and learning
In the principles of development, it is a principle of ____ development.
Inter-related
In the principles of development, there are social expectations for every developmental period which are often referred to as ___.
Developmental Tasks
Other term for domains of development
Areas of Development
What are the domains of development?
Physical Development
Social/ Emotional Development
Language Development
Cognitive (Intellectual) Development
The large muscles in the body such as legs, arms, and the chest.
Gross motor development
The small muscles such as those in the hand, fingers, lips and tongue.
Fine motor development
Refers to the development of self-concept and self-esteem as well as the ability to express feelings and form relationships with other people.
Social/ Emotional development
Understanding or comprehending and being able to communicate using language
Language development
Under language development, it is the understanding or comprehending
Receptive Language
Under the language development, it is being able to communicate using language
Expressive Language
Thinking processes such as concentrating, imagining, problem-solving, using logic, organizing information, and using symbols.
Language development
