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Physical Development |
Changes in body size, proportions, appearance, functioning of body systems, perceptual and motor capacities, and physical health |
reaching, sitting, crawling, and walking (physical) |
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Cognitive Development |
Changes in intellectual abilities, including attention, memory, academic and everyday knowledge, problem solving, imagination, creativity, and language |
IQ |
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Emotional and Social Development |
Changes in emotional communication, self-understanding, knowledge about other people, interpersonal skills, friendships, intimate relationships, and moral reasoning and behavior |
response to outside stimulants |
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Prenatal Period |
Conception to birth |
9 - month period |
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Infancy & Toddlerhood |
Birth to 2 years - rapid changes in body and brain |
beginning of language first intimate ties to others |
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Early Childhood |
2 to 6 years - thought and language expand, sense of morality , establish ties with peers |
Refined motor skills more self-controlled & self-sufficient |
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Middle childhood |
6 - 11 years - improved athleticism, organized games with rules, logical thought process mastery of core academic content, advanced self understanding, morality, and friendship |
master new responsibilities resembling adulthood |
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Adolescence |
11 to 18 years -- complex, abstract, and idealistic thought processes. Establish autonomy from family and define personal values and goals |
adult-sized boy sexual maturity |
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Theory |
orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and predicts behavior |
organized framework for observations verifiable through research |
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stage |
a qualitative change in thinking, feeling, and behaving that characterizes a specific period of development |
discontinuous |
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discontinuous |
a process in which new ways of understanding and responding to the world emerge at specific times |
in stages |
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continuous |
a process of gradually adding more of the same types of skills that were there to begin with |
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context |
unique combinations of personal and environmental circumstances that can result in different paths of change. |
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plasticity |
Openness of human development to change in response to influential experiences |
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resilience |
the ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development |
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