Module 5: Physical Development in Early Childhood

Question 1

fine motor skills

Answer 1

precise movements of the wrists, hands, fingers, feet, or toes, such as the ability to reach and grasp an object

Question 2

gross motor skills

Answer 2

voluntary movements including the use of large muscle groups such as the arms and legs

Question 3

myelination

Answer 3

an aspect of brain maturation in which more myelin is formed around the axons of neurons, thereby increase neural transmission

Question 4

synaptic pruning

Answer 4

the selective elimination of non-essential synapses and the strengthening of important neural connections