Understanding Child Development Flashcards
Human development is a pattern of movement that begins at______and continues through the________of a well human being
Conception and lifespan
Human development is also includes
Growth and decline
Human development can be
Positive or negative
Is the process of becoming fully grown and developed and involves physiological and behavioral aspect of an individual
Maturation
Development refers to behavioral changes and functionabilities and skills does developmental changes are qualitative that is not easily measured
Development
Is the quantitative measurable changes in physical size of the body and its parts
Growth
The development is from head to toe and from top to bottom
Cephalocaud pattern
He lives that individual will show extensive change from birth to adolescently littke or no change in adulthood and decline in the late old age
Traditional approach
The development from inward to upward
Proximodistal pattern
Believes that even in adult food developmental change takes place as it does during childhood
Life-span approach
German psychologist a leading export on lifespan development and aging develop one of the approaches to studying development called the lifespan perspective
Paul baltes
With growth and change beginning at conception and throughout childhood and adolescence and in some respect during adult and old age
The lifespan perspective
Involves the dynamic interaction of factors like physically emotional and psychosocial development
Development is multidimensional
Development of certain traits can be characterized as having the capacity for both an increase and decrease in efficacy over the course of an individual’s life
Development is multi-disciplinary
Individuals are changing beings in a changing world
Development is contextual
Development is possible throughout the lifespan
Development is multidirectional