Ch. 6 Vocabulary

Physical changes in size, such as height and weight

• development

• growth

• physical development

• gross-motor skills

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

• growth

• development

• cognition

• physical development

Involves advances in physical abilities

• growth

• development

• physical development

• gross motor skills

Skills that depend on development of the large muscles, including those in the arm, legs, back, and shoulders

• cognition

• fine motor skills

• constructivism

• gross motor skills

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

• gross motor skills

• cognizant

• fine motor skills

• physical development

Processes involving thought and knowledge

• cognition

• cognizant

• cognitive development

• behaviorism

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

• cognition

• growth

• cognitive development

• cognizant

Development that includes the areas of relationships and feelings. Individuals must learn social skills and how to care about others

• behaviorism

• cognitive development

• socratic learning

• social emotional development

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

• classical conditioning

• behaviorism

• operant conditioning

• constructivism

The theory that behaviors can be associated with responses

• behaviorism

• classical conditioning

• experimental learning

• operant conditioning