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Parenting Unit 2
Arkansas Parenting Unit 2
Term | Definition |
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bonding | forming strong emotional ties between individuals |
child development | the study of how children grow & change physically |
classification | the process of mentally grouping objects or ideas into categories or groups based on some unique features |
cooperative play | activity in which children actually play with one another |
directed learning experiences | learning experiences that are planned with a specific goal in mind |
environment | a person's surroundings & everything in them, including both human & non-human factors |
failure to thrive | a condition in which the baby does not grow or develop properly |
imitation | learning that occurs by watching & copying the actions of others |
individual life cycle | a series of stages a person passes through during his or her lifetime: includes infant, toddler, preschool, school age, & adolescence |
large motor skills | the use & control of large muscles of the back, legs, shoulders, & arms |
moral behavior | to behave in ways that are acceptable to society & family |
object permanence | the concept in which an infant learns that people or things exist even when they are gone from sight |
parallel play | activity in which children play side by side without interacting |
puberty | the set of changes that gives a child a physically mature body able to reproduce |
reversibility | capable of going forward or backward through a series of actions or changes |
role model | a person that someone admires & wishes to pattern his or her behavior after |
separation anxiety | a child's fear of being away from parents, familiar caregivers, or the normal environment |
seriation | the ability to arrange items in an increasing or decreasing order based on weight, volume, number, or size |
small motor skills | an ability that depends on the use & control of the finer muscles of the wrist, finger, & ankles |
stranger anxiety | a baby's fear of unfamiliar people |
temper tantrum | a sudden outburst of anger in which children may kick, scream, cry, or hold their breath |