Chapter 8 Vocabulary: Understanding Human Development

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Physical changes in size, such as gains in height and weight.

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Growth

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What is the gradual increase in skills and abilities that occurs over a lifetime?

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Development

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Involves advances in your physical abilities

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Physical Development

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Skills that depend on development of the large muscles, including those in the arms, legs, back, and shoulders are called:

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Gross Motor Skills

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Skills that depend on development of the small muscles such as those in the hands and wrists.

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Fine Motor Skills

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Processes involving thought and knowledge are known as:

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Cognition

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The way people change and improve in their abilities to think and learn throughout life is their:

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Cognitive Development

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Development that includes the areas of relationships and feelings is their:

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Social-Emotional Development

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Explanations formulated by researchers about why people act and behave the way they do and how they change over time are:

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Developmental Theories

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A theory based on the belief that individuals' behavior is determined by forces in the environment that are beyond their control is:

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Behaviorism