DEP 4164 - Children's Learning Exam 1 (100% correct)

What are the factors that helped to pioneer the study of child development as a true science? correct answers G Stanley Hall's book, Adolescence (1904) recognized adolescence as a period of development Establishments of research institutes and longitudinal studies for different stages.(longitudinal studies provided research based information about normative developments at different ages What are the advances in the West that paved the way for the scientific study of child development? correct answers discovery of germs, vaccine development, child welfare laws, and new science technology What does "studying the lifespan" mean in the field of developmental psychology? correct answers Womb to Tomb-compromises the entire lifespan. And development can be positive or negative, is complex and multifaceted, and is multidisciplinary What are the 3 domains of development studied by developmental scientists? correct answers Physical, cognitive, psychosocial Physical Development correct answers growth of the body and brain, sensory capacities, motor skills, and health cognitive development correct answers pattern of change in mental abilities, such as learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity psychosocial development correct answers pattern of change in emotions, personality, and social relationships What are the names (and age ranges) of the five major age periods studied in child development? correct answers a. Prenatal: conception to birth b. Infancy and Toddlerhood: Birth to age 3 c. Early Childhood: Age 3-6 d. Middle Childhood: ages 6-11 e. Adolescence: Ages 11-20 What is maturation? correct answers the unfolding sequence of physical changes & behavior. (crawling, walking, talking, etc) Normative age-graded correct answers puberty and entry into formal education Non-normative correct answers those life events that we do not anticipate but do impact the developmental life course (trauma, disorder, etc) history-graded influences correct answers events that have a major impact on a group of individuals from a critical event. (hurricane Andrew, 911, wwII, etc. )