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Child Development: a field of study devoted to understanding all aspects of human constancy and change from conception through adolescence.
Prenatal period: from conception to birth
Infancy and toddler hood: from birth to 2 years
Early childhood: from 2 to 6 years
Middle childhood : from 6 to 11 years
Adolescence: from 11 to 20 years
Physical development: changes in body size, proportions, appearance, ad the functioning of various body systems; brain development; perceptual and motor capacities; and physical health
Cognitive development: development of a wide variety of thought processes and intellectual abilities, including attention, memory, academic and everyday knowledge, problem solving, imagination, creativity, and the uniquely human capacity to represent the world through language
Emotional and social development: development of emotional communication, self understanding, ability to manage one’s own feelings, knowledge about other people, interpersonal skills, friendships, intimate relationships, and moral reasoning and behavior.
Theory: an orderly, integrated set of statements that describes, explains, and predicts behavior
Continuous development: a cumulative process that consists of gradually adding more of the same types of skills that were there to begin with
Discontinuous development: new ways of understanding and responding to the world emerge at specific times
Stages: qualitative changes in thinking, feeling, and behaving that characterize specific periods of development
Contexts: each child experiences unique combinations of genetic and environmental circumstances
Nature vs.
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