General Flashcards
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Growth
increase in size
Development
increase in complexety, learning new skills
name the aspects of development (PILESS)
physical, intellectual (cognitive), language, emotional, social, spiritual and moral
Milestones
general patterns of development that children are expected to follow- statistic norms
What are characteristics of child development?
children develop at individual rates
they all go through a similar sequence of development occasionally there are variations in the sequences
Define holistic
relating to or concerned with complete systems rather than with individual parts
holistic in child development
See the child as a whole person
Aspects are interrelated
Each child is an individual
What does studying child development include?
patterns of growth and development
Milestones
Individual children develop at different rates
Different aspects of development