A Child's World: Infancy through Adolescence, 9/e

Diane E. Papalia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sally Wendkos Olds
Ruth Duskin Feldman

Physical Development and Health during the First Three Years

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1		plasticity: modifiability, or "molding," of the brain through early .


2		central nervous system: and spinal cord.


3		neurons: cells.


4		myelination: Process of coating neurons with a fatty substance that enables faster between cells.


5		visual : An infant's tendency to look longer at certain stimuli than at others, which depends on the ability to make visual distinctions.


6		systems of : Increasingly complex combinations of simpler, previously acquired skills, which permit a wider or more precise range of movement and more control of the environment.


7		Screening Test: Screening test given to children 1 month to 6 years old to determine whether they are developing normally; it assesses gross motor skills, fine motor skills, language development, and personality and social development.


8		visual : Apparatus designed to give an illusion of depth and used to assess depth perception in infants.


9		depth perception: Ability to perceive objects and surfaces -dimensionally.


10		infant mortality rate: Proportion of babies born alive who die within the first .


11		sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently infant.

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