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Child Psychology Chapter 1Science of Human Development - correct answer Seeks to understand how and why people change or remain the same: based on scientific method, studies all kinds of people Developmental Scientists - correct answer Seek to convey both the generalities and the specifics about people Continuity - correct answer Characteristics that are stable over time Discontinuity - correct answer Characteristics unlike those that came before changing (ex. speaking new language, quitting drug) Five Characteristics of Development - correct answer Multidirectional (gains and losses, predicted growth and unexpected transformations), Multicontextual (historical, economic), Multicultural(set of values, traditions), Multidisciplinary (numerous academic fields), Plasticity (every individual altered at any point in life) Multidirectional - correct answer Proved continuity(mother-child bond) was more powerful than horrific events, large changes can have minute effects and vice versa Multicontextual - correct answer Historical context (cohort = persons born within few years of one another), Socioeconomic context includes advantages and disadvantages (poverty limits access to high quality housing) Multicultural - correct answer Design for living, dynamic because individuals abandon some aspects and shift within social groups Multidisciplinary - correct answer Biosocial (maturation of brain), cognitive (ability to understand connections between objects) and psychosocial domains (reactions to other's responses)