Human Development Flashcards
The jargon of human development and its stages (25 cards)
The scientific study of how people grow, change, and develop
Human development
The size increase of body parts which can be measured quantitatively
Growth
The pattern of progressive, orderly, and predictable changes that begins at conception
Development
It involves the growth and changes in the body and brain, senses, motor skills, and health and wellness
Physical Development
Involves learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity
Cognitive Development
It involves emotions, personality, and social relationships
Psychosocial Development
Stage where the body is formed in the womb
Pre-Natal stage
Is the baby’s health related to the mother’s health?
Yes/True
The stage where mothers and caretakers are most protective
Infancy to Toddlerhood
The stage where the child learns how to interact with people
Pre-school stage
A group of people who are born in the same period in society
Cohort
Development is a vast topic
Development is multidisciplinary
The ability to change and many of our characteristics are malleable
Plasticity
Development occurs in many contexts
Multicontextual
It is a way to identify families and households based on their shared levels of education, income, and occupation
Socioeconomic Status
It teaches us how to live in a society. It is also learned from parents, churches, schools, media, etc.
Culture
Refers to
the length of time a species can exist under the most optimal conditions.
Life span
The predicted number of years a person born in a particular period can reasonably expect to live
Life expectancy
The number of years
since your birth
Chronological age
Starts at birth and continues to two years of age
Infancy and Toddlerhood
This idea would argue that heredity plays the most important role in
bringing about that feature.
Nature
This idea would argue that one’s environment is
most significant in shaping the way we are.
Nurture
This assume that
developmental change often occurs in distinct stages that are qualitatively different from each other, and in a set, universal sequence.
Stage theories/ Discontinuous development
Development is a more slow and gradual
process
Continuous development
