the time for a boy or girl from birth until he or she is an adult ----period of time from infancy to the onset of puberty

(Stuart Judge—noted educator and psychologist) period of transition from childhood to adulthood •---stage of development prior to maturity

changes in the body

changes in thinking

changes in the way an individual relates to others

changes in behaviour , attitudes and values

(Angela Oswalt) a process that infants need to learn how to move and to use their bodies to perform various tasks

conception to birth

birth to 2 years, foundation age when basic behaviour patterns are organized and many ontogenetic •( development based on visible characters) skills emerge

2 TO 6 YEARS, characterized as pre-gang, exploratory, questioning age

6 to 12 years, gang age, age of creativity, development of social, self –help, play, and school skill

13-19 YEARS, transition age from childhood to adulthood when sex maturation and rapid physical development occurs resulting to changes in ways, feeling, thinking, and acting

19-40 YEARS, AGE OF ADJUSTMENT to new patterns of life and new roles such as spouse, parent, and breadwinner

age when adjustment to initial physical and mental decline are experienced

increasing rapid physical and mental decline, psychological as well as physical illnesses are experienced

The infant’s brain responds to every sound produced in all languages

babies can form specific memories from their experiences, such as how to push a ball to make it roll

Babies can distinguish and even produce the sounds of their own language •( such as “ da-da”) and no longer pay attention to the sounds of language that are foreign

Babies whose parents say, for example, LOOKEEE AT THE DOGGIEE,” will go to the appropriate picture of a dog in a picture book more often than those babies who are talked to in normal

Babies can keep in memory something that has been hidden and find it again, even if it has been completely covered up.

Have clear pictures in mind of people who are dear to them, and they get upset when separated from these people ( even their peers )

children can hold in mind a whole sequence of spatial maps and know where things are in their environment

hold two different emotions in his mind at the same time, such as being sad that he spilled ice cream on his clothes but glad that he’S AT a birthday party

essentially refers to quantitative changes in an individual as he progresses in chronological age. It may refer to increase in size, height, or weight

--refers to progressive series of changes of an orderly and coherent type leading to the individual’s maturation.

the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another

Every child is born with definite potentialities of development passed on to him by parents through_____

the process of becoming mature, developing in the body or mind

skills that develop whether or not anyone tells you how to do that skill, natural progression through attractor levels (walking, running, throwing, kicking, swinging bat);

skills that need to be taught (golf, tennis)

includes genetics, prenatal development, physical development, perception/sensation and motor skill development

includes changes in thinking across childhood, attention, memory, intelligence, problem solving, language, and academic skill development

includes changes in thinking across childhood, attention, memory, intelligence, problem solving, language, and academic skill development

includes the influence of parenting style, peers, and friendships, play, schools, society, and culture