6.02 Key Terms Parent Child Development

The capacity to make consequential distinctions in nature

Outlined layers of environment that affect child’s development such as child’s own biology

Relating to issues of right and wrong and affecting how people behave 

Child thinks in terms of own activities and what they perceive at the moment.

Involves skill in the performance, composition, and appreciation of musical patterns

Words in a series that begin with the same sounds 

results of a test designed to measure a childs ability to process information 

Involves the potential to recognize and use the patterns of wide space and moreconfined areas

ability to effectively learn languages use language to express oneself 

The capacity to analyze problems logically, carry out mathematical operations

concerned with the capacity to understand the intention motivations anddesires of other people

biological development and cultural experience both influencedchildrens ability to learn

Having an effective understanding of oneself to appreciate one’s feelings

A speech sound that distinguishes one word from another

Using the senses to acquire information about the surrounding environment orsituation 

The use of mental abilities to coordinate bodily movements to solve problems 

Moral development takes place in stages and awareness of other people increases at each stage 

Able to speak two languages easily and naturally 

The development of a person’s mental and thinking abilities 

Looking at a situation only in terms of personal needs and wants and not caring about people

Ages 2-7 years learn from language and mental image Oriented inward learnfrom concrete evidence

basic set of eight intelligences compose unique blends indifferent people, or solve problems. 

Children can learn naturally if placed in a prepared learning environment with learning games