HD 205-DR. SHAN JIANG CH.1 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is Child De-velopment?
Answer:
It is the scientific study of the patterns of growth, change, and stability that occur from conception
through adolescence
Question:
2. Domains of De-velopment
Answer:
physical, cognitive, emotional and social
Question:
3. Historical Views of Childhood-Medieval Era
Answer:
Childhood (to age 7 or 8) regarded as separate phase with special needs, protec-tions After that,
belonged to adult society
Question:
4. Historical Views of Childhood-16th Century
Answer:
Puritan "child depravity" ;Children born evil and stubborn,had to be civilized
Question:
5. Historical Views of Childhood-17th Century
Answer:
John Locke (1632-1704) "tabula rasa" or "blank slate" view Nurture influence
Question:
6. Historical Views of Childhood-18th Century
Answer:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) "noble savages" view natural maturation. "God makes all things
good; man meddles with them and they become evil"
Question:
7. Stability
Answer:
•Individuals high or low in a characteristic remain so at later ages. •Early experience may have a
lifelong impact.
Question:
8. Plasticity
Answer:
•Change is possible, based on experiences.
, Question:
9. Resilient Children
Answer:
•Personal characteristics •A warm parental relationship •Social support outside the immediate family
•Community resources and opportunities
Question:
10. Evolutionary The-ory (1809-1882)
Answer:
Darwin's ideas of natural selection and survival of the fittest are still influential.
Question:
11. Normative Approach (1844-1924)
Answer:
Hall & Gesell: Age-related averages based on measurements of large numbers of children. Developed
sophisticated observational techniques: such as one-way viewing screens and recording methods that
did not distract children. Identifying the relationship between what children do and how their brains
grow.Pioneered the use of motion-picture cameras to study the development of children and patterns.
Question:
12. Mental Test-ing Movement (1857-1911)
Answer:
Binet & Simon: Early developers of intelligence tests
Question:
13. G. Stanley Hall.
Answer:
"The father of adolescence" --- adolescence as a distinct phase of the life span. Using questionnaires
and the scientific method to study children. The creation of the American Journal of Psychology in
1887 .
Question:
14. What is a theory?
Answer:
An orderly, integrated set of statements that, describes behavior , explains behav-ior, predicts
behavior
Question:
15. Why do we need theory?
Answer:
-Help us classify phenomena : entities, processes, and causal relationships -Help us understand how
and why already observed regularities occur
- Help us predict as yet unobserved relationships
-Guide research in useful directions
- Serve as a basis for action.
Question:
16. Mid-Twenti-eth-Century Developmental Theories
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is Child De-velopment?
Answer:
It is the scientific study of the patterns of growth, change, and stability that occur from conception
through adolescence
Question:
2. Domains of De-velopment
Answer:
physical, cognitive, emotional and social
Question:
3. Historical Views of Childhood-Medieval Era
Answer:
Childhood (to age 7 or 8) regarded as separate phase with special needs, protec-tions After that,
belonged to adult society
Question:
4. Historical Views of Childhood-16th Century
Answer:
Puritan "child depravity" ;Children born evil and stubborn,had to be civilized
Question:
5. Historical Views of Childhood-17th Century
Answer:
John Locke (1632-1704) "tabula rasa" or "blank slate" view Nurture influence
Question:
6. Historical Views of Childhood-18th Century
Answer:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) "noble savages" view natural maturation. "God makes all things
good; man meddles with them and they become evil"
Question:
7. Stability
Answer:
•Individuals high or low in a characteristic remain so at later ages. •Early experience may have a
lifelong impact.
Question:
8. Plasticity
Answer:
•Change is possible, based on experiences.
, Question:
9. Resilient Children
Answer:
•Personal characteristics •A warm parental relationship •Social support outside the immediate family
•Community resources and opportunities
Question:
10. Evolutionary The-ory (1809-1882)
Answer:
Darwin's ideas of natural selection and survival of the fittest are still influential.
Question:
11. Normative Approach (1844-1924)
Answer:
Hall & Gesell: Age-related averages based on measurements of large numbers of children. Developed
sophisticated observational techniques: such as one-way viewing screens and recording methods that
did not distract children. Identifying the relationship between what children do and how their brains
grow.Pioneered the use of motion-picture cameras to study the development of children and patterns.
Question:
12. Mental Test-ing Movement (1857-1911)
Answer:
Binet & Simon: Early developers of intelligence tests
Question:
13. G. Stanley Hall.
Answer:
"The father of adolescence" --- adolescence as a distinct phase of the life span. Using questionnaires
and the scientific method to study children. The creation of the American Journal of Psychology in
1887 .
Question:
14. What is a theory?
Answer:
An orderly, integrated set of statements that, describes behavior , explains behav-ior, predicts
behavior
Question:
15. Why do we need theory?
Answer:
-Help us classify phenomena : entities, processes, and causal relationships -Help us understand how
and why already observed regularities occur
- Help us predict as yet unobserved relationships
-Guide research in useful directions
- Serve as a basis for action.
Question:
16. Mid-Twenti-eth-Century Developmental Theories
