Child Growth and Development Vocabulary

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A _________ is a fact or behavior that can be observed.

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Phenomena

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refers to specific body changes and increases in the child’s size, such as a child’s height, weight, head circumference and body mass index.

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Growth

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is working with someone to produce or create something.

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Collaboration

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means to learn.

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Cognitive

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is the passing down of genetic characteristics from parents to their children.

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Heredity

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is the ability to use familiar materials in new ways; trying out old solutions to solve new problems, experimenting with new solutions.

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Creativity and inventiveness

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is a chronic condition that is diagnosed in childhood and substantially limits major life activities in adulthood.

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Developmental disability

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occurs when a child acquires skills and/or learns at a slower pace than typical children the same age.

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Developmental Delay

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is a strategy in which desired behaviors are rewarded so that the child is encouraged to repeat them.

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Positive Reinforcement

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is a prevailing or dominant quality that characterizes a person.

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Temperament