Child Growth and Development Vocabulary

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

• Development

• Theory

• Personality

• Phenomena

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. 

• Growth

• Development

• Theory

• Cognitive

is working with someone to produce or create something.

• Scaffolding

• Collaboration

• Personality

• Heredity

means to learn.

• Cognitive

• Theory

• Collaboration

• Growth

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

• Phenomena

• Heredity

• Temperament

• Personality

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

• Eagerness and curiosity

• Persistence

• Creativity and inventiveness

• Planning and reflection

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

• Growth

• Development

• Developmental disability

• Developmental Delay

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

• Developmental Disability

• Developmental Delay

• Scaffolding

• Theory

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

• Prevention

• Redirection

• Postive Reinforcementi

• Persistence

is a prevailing or dominant quality that characterizes a person.

• Temperament

• Personality

• Developmental delay

• Cognitive