Why Study Children

Question 0

The stages that a person goes through at different ages

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Individual life cycle

Question 1

The biological and psychological changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence

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Child Development

Question 2

Brain cells that control tasks and send messages

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Neurons

Question 3

Making connections from one neuron to the next so they can speak to one another

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Wiring

Question 4

Deliver messages (send signals)

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Axons

Question 5

Receive or accept messages

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Dendrites

Question 6

Space between axon and dendrite. The electrical signal “jumps” between the two.

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Synapse

Question 7

The process of weeding out under used connections between neurons

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Pruning

Question 8

Is a prime period in a child’s life to develop a specific skill

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Window of opportunity

Question 9

It is the ability to be shaped and re-shaped

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Brain plasticity

Question 10

When a child acts like an older child

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Development acceleration

Question 11

When a child acts like a younger child

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Developmental delay

Question 12

Although each person is unique, there are still patterns in the way people usually grow and develop

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Principles of growth and development

Question 13

Go in order

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Sequenced steps

Question 14

All the traits that are passed to a child from blood relatives

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Heredity

Question 15

Sections of DNA found in a persons cells that determine the individual traits someone will have

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Genes

Question 16

The study of the factors involved in the passing of traits from one generation to the next

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Genetics

Question 17

All of the conditions and situations that affect a child

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Environment