Which domains are included in physical development?

• A. Language development
• B. Cognitive development
• C. Social-emotional development
• D. Fine, gross-motor and sensory development

Answer: (D)

Physical development concerns how the body grows and how movement and senses develop. In early childhood this includes gross-motor skills like walking, running, and jumping; fine-motor skills like grasping, drawing, and manipulating small objects; and sensory development—the way children process and respond to touch, movement, sight, sound, and balance. Language development, cognitive development, and social-emotional development belong to other domains, focusing respectively on communication, thinking, and relationships and emotions. Therefore, the option that lists fine- and gross-motor and sensory development is the best fit for physical development.