TERM 1
skeletal age
DEFINITION 1
Bone age is the degree of maturation of a child's bones. As a
person grows from fetal life through childhood, puberty, and
finishes growth as a young adult, the bones of the skeleton
change in size and shape.
TERM 2
gross motor skills
DEFINITION 2
Gross motor skills are the abilities usually acquired during
infancy and early childhood as part of a child's motor
development.
TERM 3
fine motor skills
DEFINITION 3
Fine motor skill is the coordination of small muscle
movements which occur in body parts such as the fingers,
usually in coordination with the eyes.
TERM 4
preoperational stage
DEFINITION 4
Piaget's theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive
theory about the nature and development of human
intelligence, first developed by Swiss developmental
psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980).
TERM 5
centration
DEFINITION 5
Centration is the tendency to focus on one aspect of a
situation and neglect others. A term introduced by the Swiss
psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) to refer to the
tendency of young children to focus attention on only one
salient aspect of an object, situation, or problem at a time, to
the exclusion of other potentially relevant aspects.
