CFS 202 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cowlick, Down Syndrome, Mesoderm

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Child & Family Studies
• Course: CFS 202
• Professor: Carter

Document Summary

Systematic continuities and changes over course of life: orderly: patterned and relatively enduring, continuities: ways we remain the same or continue to reflect the past. 6-7 months of age (average) first words (~50word vocabulary) (normative- within the range of norm) Patterns of development at constant, individuals move through them at different paces. Maturation: biological unfolding of an individual (changes from aging: species- typical biological inheritance. Learning: experiences producing relatively permanent changes in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. To describe: based on observation: normative development: typical patterns. To e(cid:454)plai(cid:374): addresses the (cid:862)(cid:449)h(cid:455)(cid:863) of de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t: explain normative development/intervene with non-normative negative development. To optimize: to help people develop in positive directions. A continual and cumulative process: change at any phase of life impacts future. A holistic process: development is due to a combination of changes in, physical growth, cognitive aspects of development, psychosocial aspects of development.