Physical Growth Motor Development Senses Theorists
100
What is the hardening of bones throughout physical development?
Ossification
100
What are Gross Motor Skills?
Sitting, crawling, walking, running, throwing
100
Sensory learning overlaps with which theorists theory?
Piaget
100
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.
200
What is special growth centres in the bones.
Epiphysis
200
What are Fine Motor Skills?
Holding, pinching, flexing fingers and toes
200
What is another name for sensory learning?
Kinesthetic
200
Who is the leading theorist of Dynamic Systems Theory?
Esther Thelen
300
What is soft, pliable tissue?
Cartilage
300
What aspects influence Motor development:
The factors that influence _____________ are:
-Environment
-Social development
-Child’s Interest in exploration
300
What is a fundamental means of interaction of babies and parents?
Touch
300
What are some environmental factors that affect children’s development?
Language barriers, housing, education, income, employment
400
How does Body Fat development in people?
Girls gain more than boys
400
What is Coordination?
The use of body parts all together.
400
What is the least developed sense of a newborn?
Sight
400
What does Esther Thelen strongly believe?

That children aren’t preset programs (they’re changeable and dynamic)
500
What describes the growth pattern of Head to tail: growth develops mostly in the head and chest?
Cephalocaudual trend
500
What does the large muscle group do?
This muscle group controls gross motor skills.
500
What week do babies begin to respond to sound in the uterus?
12 weeks
500
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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