Chapter 10-12 Vocabulary

3. how your child uses words to express himself/herself
7. ability to understand the different elements of spoken or written language
10. a tendency to refuse to do, to do the opposite of, or to do something at variance with what is asked
11. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another
14. your eyes move around rapidly in a range of directions, but don't send any visual information to your brain
16. Children from age 3 to 5, starting school
17. an angry outburst by someone who has lost their temper in reaction to something they didn't want to happen
19. type of competition or animosity among siblings, whether blood-related or not.
22. the right or condition of self-government
23. the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills
24. preoccupied with oneself and one's affairs
26. One- or two-year-old child
27. a person falls asleep and then moves from a light sleep into a deep sleep
28. skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands

1. Recurrent and excessive distress about anticipating or being away from home or loved ones
2. conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness
4. a teacher or child caregiver nurtures a child's social/emotional, physical, and cognitive development
5. the characteristic of a material that does not continue to burn after the heat source is removed
6. the ability to control one's feelings and overcome one's weaknesses
8. the activity of mixing socially with others
9. feelings of great fear experienced on suddenly waking in the night
12. processes in the brain that allow us to take information we receive from our 5 senses
13. an overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal
15. produced by joining chemical monomers into polymers using a chemical reaction called polymerisation
18. any of the ringlike muscles surrounding and able to contract or close a bodily passage or opening
20. an idea of the self constructed from the beliefs one holds about oneself and the responses of others
21. a state caused by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep
25. self-centered