Child Development Overview Chapter 4 Part 1

All of the interactions, experiences, and events that influence a child’s development.

• environment

• stimulus

• physical development

• all of the above

The ability of an infant’s brain to change according to stimulation.

• stimulation

• windows of opportunity

• plasticity

• axons

The sequence of biological changes in children giving the child new abilities, which is based on their genetics.

• physical development

• cognitive development

• socio-emotional development

• maturation

The principle that suggests that development occurs from the head downward is called the

• growth principle

• cephalocaudal principle

• proximodistal principle

• scaffolding

The principle that suggests that growth occurs from the center outward is called

• the growth principle

• proximodistal principle

• cephalocaudal principle

• scaffolding

There is a such thing as " Good Stress".

• true

• false

Which two concepts are areas of physical development?

• fine motor

• gross motor

• social/emotional

• cognitive

As a window of opportunity, children have until 8 years old to master this development?

• vision

• vocab/speech

• motor development

• math/logic

The part of the brain that is responsible for vision, movement and hearing is called?

• cerebrum

• midbrain

• thalamus

• all of the above

The part of the brain responsible for language,planning and thought is called?

• hypothalamus

• thalamus

• cerebellum

• cerebrum