Intellectual development is often called _____ development.

Which type of development helps preschoolers to acquire feelings about themselves, others and the world.

When _____ development occurs children learn to think, understand, reason and use language.

As children paint, draw, pound clay, bang drums, and move their bodies rhythmically to music they are demonstrating_____ development.

_______ development takes place as children learn to relate to other people.

Jorge's mother measures his height and weight compared to his brothers.

Kate and Lwanda play together every day at their preschool. Sometimes they let Tricia join in.

In kindergarten, children learn the letters of the alphabet and the numbers from 1-10.

Shelly saw that Erika felt bad when her cookie fell on the floor and broke, so she came over and offered Erika one of her own.

Self -Esteem is the value people place on ______.

Which stage presents the developmental task of creating an identity?

What do we call the developmental stages from birth to death?

Children inherit physical characteristics from their ________.

_______ is the biological transfer of certain characteristics from earlier generations.

Heredity is often referred to as _______.

Nurture is used to refer to influences and conditions in a child's __________.

Joshua and Nicole are cousins born two months apart. Although Joshua is older, Nicole began to sit and stand about the same time Joshua did. This has been slightly puzzling to Joshua's parents. They are worried about Joshua's apparently slow rate of development.

Jessica is an active 3 year old who enjoys dressing herself. Lately, she has started choosing her clothes each morning. Her parents are amazed at her constant eagerness to learn new things. It seems she never stops wanting to learn.

Jim is babysitting his neighbor's son Albert. To Jim, it seems as if it was only yesterday that Albert was crawling on the carpet in the living room. He remembers that Albert then learned to walk and is now running and jumping in the yard.