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ECE Unit 2
ECE unit 2 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Cephalocaudal | Babies develop from head to toe. They are born Top heavy with a more developed head than lower body. |
Proximodistal | Babied develop from the center out. Starting at the core working its way the arms then hands then finger. |
Differentiation | Simple to complex, which is how babies develop |
Development is similar for everyone | No matter what we all go through the same steps in a similar order/way. Ex.) Babies lift there head before they lift their body and stand before walking |
Development builds on earlier learning | We learn from simple to complex in a sequential, orderly predictable manner. Ex.) We first know our ABC's before we can read words and sounds, before we can speak a language |
Development Proceeds at an individual rate | We all learn at different speeds. Ex.) Some babies start walking at 9 months and others at 18 months. |
Development is interrelated | Many developmental changes take place (PIE'S) all at once. Because PIE's are working together, the outcome is more complete. |
Development is continues throughout life. | Development begins at birth and countines until death. We never stop learning. But there are critical windows for optimal growth and development |
Early childhood | covers the period in the human life cycle from conception to eight years |
Prenatal | Conception to Birth |
Infant | Birth to 1 year |
Toddler | 1 year to 3 years |
preschool | 3 years to 5 years |
School age | 5 years to 8 years |
Physical | Physical body changes in a growing individual |
Intellectual | Growth in the mental process to gain knowledge |
Emotional | How children ;earn to deal with their emotions. How they work through personal issues and problems. How they express their feelings |
Social | How children learn to interact with others. |
Moral | How a child develops the standards of behavior considered acceptable by society |