Physical Development-Changes in size, body composition, chemical make-up,and height that occur as humans develop from birth to adulthood.
Gross-Motor Skills-Large muscle movements such as crawling, walking, and jumping.
Fine-motor Skills-small movements such as cutting with scissors, typing on a keyboard, and writing with a pen or pencil.
Cognition-actions or processes involving thinking and knowing.
Cognitive Development-the way people change and grow in how they think over the stages of life.
Heredity-traits people are born with.
Environment-All of a persons surroundings and people in them.
Nature vs Nurture Debate-Debate between genetic versus environmental influences on development.
Continuity-process of development
Discontinuity-process of development spurred by abrupt changes
Pedagogy-parent directed method of learning.
Andragogy- development is self-directed from the earliest stages of infancy
Click here to watch a video about fine motor skills
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