Child Development

4. The overall process of growth and change throughout life (physical, mental, emotional, social).
6. Physical increase in size (height, weight).
8. How a person sees themselves.
10. Failure to provide basic physical or emotional care.
11. Teaching children appropriate behavior.
16. Automatic response (like a baby gripping your finger).
17. Traits passed down genetically from parents (eye color, height potential).
19. Ability to use body parts together smoothly.
21. How long someone can focus on a task.
25. Natural biological growth that enables development (like puberty or brain development).
26. Styles Ways parents raise children (authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, neglectful).
27. Anything harmful to a developing baby (drugs, alcohol, toxins).
28. Learning social rules and behaviors.
29. Understanding and sharing others’ feelings.

1. How we interpret sensory information.
2. Emotional bond between a child and caregiver.
3. Growth of thinking, learning, and problem-solving.
5. Growth before birth.
7. Understanding that objects still exist even when out of sight.
9. Mental processes like thinking, memory, and reasoning.
12. Rewarding good behavior to encourage it.
13. A specific skill or ability most children reach at a certain age (e.g., walking, talking).
14. Natural personality traits (easygoing, shy, active).
15. Everything external influencing development (family, culture, education).
18. Pregnancy divided into 3 periods (about 3 months each).
20. Learning to communicate (speaking, understanding words).
22. Changes in body size, strength, and motor abilities.
23. Movement abilities.
24. The time period before birth.