Acquiring ‘Milestones’ at regular stages of child growth is known as :

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Acquiring ‘Milestones’ at regular stages of child growth is known as :

Answer: D. Developmental TasksDevelopmental psychology distinguishes several related terms for how a child changes over time: growth (a quantitative increase in physical size), maturation…

  1. A.

    Maturation

  2. B.

    Growth

  3. C.

    Skill development

  4. D.

    Developmental Tasks

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Correct answer: D

Developmental psychology distinguishes several related terms for how a child changes over time: growth (a quantitative increase in physical size), maturation (the internally-driven unfolding of biological readiness), skill development (practice-based refinement of a specific ability), and developmental tasks -- the age-linked achievements a child is expected to reach at a given stage of growth.

Sitting up, walking, and talking are examples of such milestones -- each is expected to appear within a defined age range. The standard pedagogical term for "milestones acquired at regular stages of growth" is therefore developmental tasks.

  • Maturation names the biological readiness process itself, not a specific age-linked accomplishment.

  • Growth names the quantitative change in a child's size -- height and weight -- not a milestone achievement.

  • Skill development names the gradual, practice-based refinement of one specific ability, not the expected age-linked milestone as a whole.

Since the question asks for the term naming milestones reached at particular stages of growth, the answer is Developmental Tasks.

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