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Child Development
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The process of human development from conception to 18 years of age, usually seen as involving the domains of physical, cognitive, and social and emotional development.
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Physical Growth and Health
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The developmental domain that includes motor development and physical health and illness.
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Cognitive Development
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The developmental domain that includes thinking and reasoning skills and language development.
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Social and Emotional Development
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The development domain that includes changes in emotion, self-concepts, and interpersonal relationships.
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Nature
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The inherited or genetic characteristics of a person.
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Nurture
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The characteristics of a person's environment that affect development.
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Continuity
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In child development, the idea that changes are gradual and occur little by little, over time.
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Discontinuity
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In child development, the idea that changes are sudden and qualitative rather than gradual and quantitative.
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Tabula Rasa
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Literally, "blank slate", usually associated with Locke's view that the child's mind is a blank slate that will be written upon only by experience.
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Maturation
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A predetermined, natural course of growth that is similar for all members of a species.
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