Unit 1 Lifespan Development Vocabulary

the period of great growth and change between childhood and adulthood

• toddler

• adolescence

• infant

• school age

period of childhood from one to three years of age

• school age

• adolescence

• toddler

• infant

the mental picture and opinion people have of themselves

• physical development

• moral development

• self-concept

• individual life cycle

the study of how children grow and change physically, intellectually, emotionally, socially, and morally

• self-concept

• nurturing

• child development

• responsibility

a belief that can guide behavior

• right

• child development

• theory

• observation

a developmental process that refers to the ability to experience, express, and control emotions

• social development

• physical development

• moral development

• emotional development

a child old enough to attend school; ages five to twelve

• toddler

• school age

• infant

• preschooler

conditions or situations to which one is entitled

• responsibility

• rights

• theory

• child development

a person’s surroundings and everything in them, including both human and non-human factors

• child development

• heredity

• right

• environment

the sum of all the qualities a person inherits from his or her parents at birth

• physical development

• heredity

• environment

• observation