Question 1

The term for the change or growth that occurs in children

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Development

Question 2

The term for the idea that growth tends to occur from the center of the body outward

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Proximodistal Principle

Question 3

The term for the specific span of time for a skill to develop normally in children

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Window of Opportunity

Question 4

The area between the hardest thing a child can do alone and what they can do with help

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Zone of Proximal Development

Question 5

Howard Gardner's theory that each person is smart in a different way

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Multiple Intelligences

Question 6

The term Vygotsky used for your concept of something/ a mental representation of something

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Schemata

Question 7

When a child believes that everyone thinks as they do/ has had the same experiences they have

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Egocentric

Question 8

The process of taking in new information and ADDING it to what the child already knows

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Assimilation

Question 9

When the senses are overwhelmed by what is happening in the environment

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Overstimulation

Question 10

The term for the passing of biological traits from one generation to another

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Heredity

Question 11

The ability to be changed

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Plasticity

Question 12

The term for children between the ages of 3 and 6

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Preschoolers

Question 13

The growth and change in mental processes (thought, reasoning, imagination)

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Cognitive Development

Question 14

A basic pattern that is followed

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Principle

Question 15

Connections between the nerve cells

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Synapses

Question 16

An idea that is proposed, tested, and generally accepted

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Theory

Question 17

The period between age 2 and 7 in which Piaget said children learn symbols/classifying objects

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Preoperational Stage

Question 18

The sequence of biological changes in children that gives them new abilities

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Maturation

Question 19

The growth in the ability to coordinate the small muscles in the arms, hands, and fingers

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Fine Motor Development

Question 20

The idea that development tends to proceed from the head downward

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Cephalocaudal Principle

Question 21

The improvement in skills involving the large muscles (trunk, legs, arms)

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Gross-Motor Skills

Question 22

Learning from the impressions received from the five senses

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Sensory Stimulation

Question 23

Adjusting what you already know to fit new information

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Accommodation

Question 24

The use of logical thinking based on what has been experienced (Piaget)

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Concrete Operations

Question 25

The surrounding conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives and operates

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Environment

Question 26

The term for a child between 1 and 3 years old is

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Toddler

Question 27

Another term for cognitive development

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Intellectual Development

Question 28

The term for a child between birth and 1 year old

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Infant

Question 29

Mentally organizing the information we take in (Piaget)

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Adaptation

Question 30

Assistance from a knowledgeable peer or adult to complete a task (Vygotsky)

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Scaffolding

Question 31

Self talk

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Private Speech

Question 32

Specialized nerve cells in the brain

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Neurons

Question 33

Growth in the ability to interact with others and to identify and manage feelings

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Social-Emotional

Question 34

The period between birth and 2 years when infants use their senses to explore the world -Piaget

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Sensorimotor Stage

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