CHILD AND ADOLESCENT Flashcards
(44 cards)
Physical Change
GROWTH
QUANTITATIVE
GROWTH
Changes that takes place in PARTICULAR ASPECTS of the body & behavior
GROWTH
Observable
GROWTH
QUALITATIVE
DEVELOPMENT
Changes in the QUALITY
DEVELOPMENT
cannot be measured
DEVELOPMENT
describes the changes in the organism as a WHOLE possible even without growth
DEVELOPMENT
continuous process
DEVELOPMENT
from womb to tomb
DEVELOPMENT
improvement in the level of functioning
DEVELOPMENT
2 factors influencing growth and development
MATURATION / NATURE
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES/NURTURE
natural growth resulting from HEREDITY
MATURATION / NATURE
IN and THROUGH which growing takes place
ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES/NURTURE
internal ripening
MATURATION
nature-nurture
INTERACTION
How many Principles of Development
7
- development follows an ORDERLY sequence which is __________
PREDICTABLE
Patterns of Physical Development
during infancy, the greatest growth always occurs at the TOP
CEPHALOCAUDAL
CEPHALOCAUDAL
head-
TOE
TAIL
LOWER
cephalo
HEAD
caudal
TAIL
muscular control of the trunk and arms comes earlier as compared to the HANDS AND FINGER
PROXIMODISTAL
PROXIMO
NEAR