Chapter 3 Understanding Human Development

All the actions or processes that involve thought and knowledge

• Cognition

• Cognitive Development

• Developmental Theories

• Behaviorism

The way people change and improve in their ability to think and learn throughout life.

• Growth

• Cognition

• Cognitive Development

• Sequence

The gradual increase in skills and abilities that occurs over a lifetime.

• Sequence

• Fine Motor Skills

• Development

• Gross Motor Skills

Comprehensive explanations, based on research, about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time.

• Behaviorism

• Fine Motor Skills

• Development

• Developmental Theories

Physical skills involving smaller muscles in in the body, such as the hands and wrists. Examples include picking up objects, writing, and keyboarding.

• Gross Motor Skills

• Fine Motor Sills

• Growth

• Physical Development

Physical skills involving larger muscles of the body, such as the legs, hips, back, and arms. Examples include jumping, hitting a baseball, balancing on a balance beam, and carrying a heavy object.

• Gross Motor Skills

• Physical Development

• Social Emotional Development

• Cognition

Refers to physical changes in size, such as gains in height and weight.

• Growth

• Development

• Sequence

• Cognition

Advances in physical abilities.

• Development

• Gross Motor Skills

• Fine Motor Skills

• Physical Development

A consistent step-by step pattern that consistently follows one after another, as in development.

• Growth

• Behaviorism

• Sequence

• Development

Development that includes the areas of relationships and feelings.

• Social-Emotional Development

• Physical Development

• Cognitive Development

• Devlopment