Child Development Exam 1 (Chapters 1- 4) With Top Questions And Answers
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child development - CORRECT ANSWER-area of study devoted to understanding
constancy and change from conception through adolescence
child development is a part of what kind of science? - CORRECT ANSWERdevelopmental
innate characteristics of child development - CORRECT ANSWER-growing to certain ...
Child Development Exam 1 (Chapters 1-
4) With Top Questions And Answers
child development - CORRECT ANSWER-area of study devoted to understanding
constancy and change from conception through adolescence
child development is a part of what kind of science? - CORRECT ANSWER-
developmental
innate characteristics of child development - CORRECT ANSWER-growing to certain
height, puberty, learning to communicate
characteristics encouraged by others in child development - CORRECT ANSWER-
proper nutrition, expanded vocabulary, use of self-control, and assertiveness
What are the three domains of development? - CORRECT ANSWER--physical
-cognitive
-emotional and social
Period of development - CORRECT ANSWER--prenatal period
-infancy and toddlerhood
-early childhood
-middle childhood
-adolescence
A theory is an orderly, integrated set of statements that do what? - CORRECT
ANSWER--describe
-reflect
-predict
A theory must - CORRECT ANSWER--guide and give meaning
-understand and know how to improve
-scientifically verified
continuous development - CORRECT ANSWER-gradually adding more of the *same*
types of skills that were already present
discontinuous development - CORRECT ANSWER-new ways of understanding and
responding to the world emerge at various times (aka stages)
contexts - CORRECT ANSWER-combo of personal and environmental circumstances
that lead to different paths of change
, stability - CORRECT ANSWER-characteristics like heredity and genetics will remain the
same
plasticity - CORRECT ANSWER-open to change in response to influences
resiliency - CORRECT ANSWER-ability to adapt effectively in face of diversity or threats
Childhood in medieval times - CORRECT ANSWER--childhood has its own distinction
-laws were made and enforced to protect children
childhood in the reformation - CORRECT ANSWER--children born evil and stubborn;
need to be civilized
-childrearing viewed as most important obligation
Locke's philosophy - CORRECT ANSWER--child are born with blank slate
-development is *continuous*
-nurture is important
-plasticity is high
Rousseau's Philosophy - CORRECT ANSWER--children are born with natural sense of
wrong and right (noble savages)
-development is *discontinuous*
-focused on nature
Darwin's findings - CORRECT ANSWER--natural selection
-survival of the fittest
normative period - CORRECT ANSWER--*most important to parents*
mental testing movement - CORRECT ANSWER-IQ tests became important
psychoanalytic perspective - CORRECT ANSWER-addressing conflict between natural
drive and social expectations
Freud (psychosexual theory) - CORRECT ANSWER-manage child's sexual and
aggressive drive early
-id, ego, superego
Erickson (psychosocial theory) - CORRECT ANSWER--ego helps to become productive
member of society
behaviorism - CORRECT ANSWER-focuses on directly observable events (stimuli and
responses)
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