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An increase in the size of body parts that can be measured is:Read the answer and worked solution →Changes with a direction, linked to what came before and what follows, define:Read the answer and worked solution →Orderly changes largely dictated by the genetic blueprint are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Most children walk by one year, whatever the training. This shows:Read the answer and worked solution →Special efforts to speed up walking fail if the infant is not:Read the answer and worked solution →Species-specific changes passed down over generations are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Child development covers changes from birth to the end of:Read the answer and worked solution →Developmental change runs parallel to age, but its basic causes are:Read the answer and worked solution →Gradual, predictable change such as growth in height is:Read the answer and worked solution →Stage theories of development assume that development is:Read the answer and worked solution →Different speeds of growth in a child's thinking, body and feelings are:Read the answer and worked solution →Walking and understanding language are examples of developmental:Read the answer and worked solution →A developmental delay is judged against the:Read the answer and worked solution →When early experience strongly affects a trait, development shows high:Read the answer and worked solution →A stage when the nervous system is especially sensitive to certain stimuli is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Weak critical periods are also called ___ periods:Read the answer and worked solution →Gesell's theory of child development is known as the ___ theory:Read the answer and worked solution →A 'staircase' model of development assumes changes that are:Read the answer and worked solution →Children need hands-on experience before abstract reasoning. This shows development is:Read the answer and worked solution →A first-grade teacher checks pencil grip because physical development:Read the answer and worked solution →A child must mature to a certain point before a new skill. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →A four-month-old cannot talk because:Read the answer and worked solution →Reaching optimal development depends largely on the child's:Read the answer and worked solution →A baby holds up its head before it can sit or crawl. Which principle is this?Read the answer and worked solution →Arms and trunk are controlled before hands and fingers. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →In infants, coordination of the arms comes:Read the answer and worked solution →Infants gain control of head and face movements within the first:Read the answer and worked solution →Leg control for crawling, standing and walking starts at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Which muscles are among the last to develop?Read the answer and worked solution →A child first describes an apple by colour, later groups it as 'fruit'. Development goes:Read the answer and worked solution →

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An increase in the size of body parts that can be measured is:

  1. development
  2. maturation
  3. growth
  4. evolution
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Correct answer: C. growth

1. Growth is an increase in the size of body parts or of the organism as a whole. 2. It can be measured, as in height or weight. 3. Development is broader and includes growth as one aspect. _Source: NCERT Class XI Psychology, Ch 3 Human Development, "Growth, Development, Maturation, and Evolution", p. 41_

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Changes with a direction, linked to what came before and what follows, define:

  1. growth
  2. maturation
  3. evolution
  4. development
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Correct answer: D. development

1. Development is a process by which an individual grows and changes throughout the life cycle. 2. Its changes have a direction and a definite relationship with what precedes them and what will follow. 3. Growth is only the size aspect, so the answer is development. _Source: NCERT Class XI Psychology, Ch 3 Human Development, "Growth, Development, Maturation, and Evolution", p. 41_

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Orderly changes largely dictated by the genetic blueprint are called:

  1. imitation
  2. reinforcement
  3. maturation
  4. conditioning
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Correct answer: C. maturation

1. Maturation refers to changes that follow an orderly sequence. 2. They are largely dictated by the genetic blueprint. 3. Imitation, reinforcement and conditioning are forms of learning. _Source: NCERT Class XI Psychology, Ch 3 Human Development, "Growth, Development, Maturation, and Evolution", p. 41_

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