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How does everyone use language?
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Everyone uses language to describe, explain, and inquire about the world around us.
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What are some of the principles evident in developmental patterns?
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development is predictable, children go though developmental phases, developmental
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What is cephalocaudal progression?
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Cephalocaudal progression is a developmental, predictable, pattern that has an orderly sequence to it
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What is considered to be a developmental milestone?
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Developmental milestones are phases during development when children attain certain skills at predictable times or at predictable ages.
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How is involuntary play important to development?
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Play allows the child to practice, using endless repetition, until a skill is perfected.
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What is asynchronous growth?
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Asynchronous growth is seen within physical growth
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What factors are dependent upon individual development?
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Individual development factors include genetic inheritance, nutrition, gender, intelligence, overall emotional and physical health, socioeconomic level, ethnicity, and prenatal conditions.
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What are the primary four developmental areas?
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They are physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and communicative growth.
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What types of development are included within physical development?
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Physical development refers to physical growth and motor control and their related hierarchies
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What does proximodistal mean?
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Proximodistal is development that is from the center out.
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What is the gross-fine hierarchy?
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This hierarchy states that gross motor development occurs first and fine motor development follows.
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What is gross-motor control?
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Large-muscle movement
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What is cognitive development?
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Cognitive development associates itself with intellectual growth
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What is socioemotional development?
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Socioemotional development closely relates to the other three areas of physical, intellectual, and communication development
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What is communicative development?
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linguistic symbols depends on attaining cognitive, social, and motor skills.
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What is a neonate?
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A neonate is another term used to describe a newborn.
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What is vernix?
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Vernix is the white, waxy material that covers a newborn's skin. This waxy covering helps the newborn slip through the birth canal.
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What is lanugo?
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Lanugo is a fine matte of hair that may cover the newborn's entire body.
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What could be considered a reflex?
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Reflexes are automatic, involuntary motor patterns
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What is myelination?
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Myelination is the development of a protective myelin sheath around the cranial nerves
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