Physical Growth | Motor Development | Senses | Theorists |
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What is the hardening of bones throughout physical development?
Ossification
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What are Gross Motor Skills?
Sitting, crawling, walking, running, throwing
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Sensory learning overlaps with which theorists theory?
Piaget
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What is the Dynamic Systems theory?
An approach to development that views a child as part of a changing, integrated system consisting of mind, body, physical world and social environment.
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What is special growth centres in the bones.
Epiphysis
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What are Fine Motor Skills?
Holding, pinching, flexing fingers and toes
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What is another name for sensory learning?
Kinesthetic
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Who is the leading theorist of Dynamic Systems Theory?
Esther Thelen
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What is soft, pliable tissue?
Cartilage
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What aspects influence Motor development:
The factors that influence _____________ are:
-Environment -Social development -Child’s Interest in exploration |
What is a fundamental means of interaction of babies and parents?
Touch
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What are some environmental factors that affect children’s development?
Language barriers, housing, education, income, employment
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How does Body Fat development in people?
Girls gain more than boys
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What is Coordination?
The use of body parts all together.
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What is the least developed sense of a newborn?
Sight
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What does Esther Thelen strongly believe?
That children aren’t preset programs (they’re changeable and dynamic)
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What describes the growth pattern of Head to tail: growth develops mostly in the head and chest?
Cephalocaudual trend
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What does the large muscle group do?
This muscle group controls gross motor skills.
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What week do babies begin to respond to sound in the uterus?
12 weeks
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Where are movements operated from?
Operated from the central nervous system and biochemical and energetic properties and specific demands of a task.
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