Child Development Chapter 7 Vocab

Growth charts

Show average weights and heights for boys and girls at certain ages

Developmental milestones

Key skills used to check a child's progress

Proportion

Size relationship between different parts of the body

Depth perception

Ability to perceive objects that are three dimensional

Gross motor skills

Involve the large muscles of the body

Fine motor skills

Involve smaller muscles of the body

Hand-eye coordination

Ability to move the hands and fingers in relation to what is seen

reflexes

Instinctive, automatic responses

Shaken baby syndrome

Severely shaking a baby back and forth. Causes brain damage

Antibodies

Substances produced by the body to fight off germs

Weaning

Changing from the bottle to the cup

Malnutrition

Inadequate nutrition

Diaper rash

Patches of rough, irritated skin in the diaper area

Cradle cap

A skin condition known for yellowish, crusty patches on the scalp

Stimulating environment

One in which the baby has a wide variety of things for the 5 senses- enhances brain development

Teething

The process of the teeth pushing their way through the gums

Immunizations

Shots that give the body a small amount of a disease-carrying germ so the body can build up resistance

Vaccine

Disease-carrying germ that is injected