Child Care Semester Exam Review #2

_____________ refers to change or growth that occurs in children.

• Health

• Development

• Childhood

• Maturation

From birth through the first year, children are called:

• infants

• toddlers

• preschooler

• middle childhood

Children from age one up to the third birthday:

• infants

• toddlers

• preschooler

• middle childhood

Children ages three to five years of age:

• infant

• toddler

• preschooler

• middle childhood

Children between the ages of six and twelve:

• infants

• toddler

• preschooler

• middle childhood

Characteristics a child inherits genetically from parents:

• heredity

• maturation

• development

• education

All of the interactions, experiences, and events that influence a child's development:

• heredity

• environment

• education

• learning standards

Involves improvement of skills using the large muscles in the legs and arms

• gross-motor development

• fine-motor development

• small-motor development

• maturation

Involves the small muscles of the hands and fingers:

• gross-motor development

• fine-motor development

• maturation

• heredity

Refers to processes people use to gain knowledge:

• physical development

• cognitive development

• emotional development

• social development