Understanding Human Development Flashcards
Development
The gradual increase in skills and abilities that occurs over a lifetime
Growth
Refers to physical changes in size, such as gains in height and weight.
Physical development
Advances in physical abilities
Gross-motor skills
Physical skills involving larger muscles of the body, such as legs,hips, back ect… Examples include jumping, balance and carrying heavy objects
Fine-motor skills
Physical skills involving smaller muscles in body like hands, wrists and examples like picking up objects, writing and keyboarding
Cognition
All of the actions or processes involving thought and knowledge
Cognitive development
The way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life
Social emotional development
Development that includes the areas of relationships and feelings
Sequence
A consistent step by step pattern that consistently follows one after another, as an development
Developmental theorists
Comprehensive explanations, based on research, about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time
Behaviorism
A theory based on he belief that individuals behavior is determined by forces in the environment that are beyond their control
Classical conditioning
The theory that behaviors can be associated with responses
Operant conditioning
The theory that states that people tend to repeat behaviors that have a positive result or are reinforced.
