PYC 2602 Child and adolescent
development
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Assessment 1
Assessment 1,2 and 3
Due 20 March 2024
What does the concept of tabula rasa mean?
a. Children’s environment determines what and who they become
, b. A term related to cognitive development
c. Development of a child’s social skills.
What is the correct stage of development in childhood?
a. Cognitive development
b. Critical development
c. Occupational development
Usually, theories of human behavior are described in the context of a specific worldview. What perspective aligns
with an African worldview?
a. Holistic
b. Individualism
c. Each to their own
Please note that this question has a single correct answer. A critical period in development is?
a. A critical period is the stage in development where no learning takes place
b. A critical period is the stage in development when a specific type of learning can take place, before or after the
critical period.
c. A critical period is when all aspects of development fails to occur
Please note that this question has a single correct answer. According to Nsamenang, social selfhood develops in
the following sequential stages:
a. New-born, social priming, social apprenticeship, social entrée, social internship, adulthood, old age and death
b. Spiritual, new-born, social priming, social apprenticeship, social entrée, social internship, adulthood, old age
and death, ancestral
c. New-born, social entrée, social internship, social priming, social apprenticeship, adulthood, old age and death
Please note that this question has a single correct answer. According to Piaget, the process of organisation
refers to ?
a. The tendency of cognitive processes to become not only more complex, but also more systematic and
coherent. Therefore, to make sense of their world, children organise their experiences
b. Children gain new experiences, they must deal with information that seems to be against what they already
know
c. The ability interpret new experiences in terms of an existing schema
Please note that this question has a single correct answer. According to Vygotsky, learning is best achieved when
tasks that are too difficult for a child to do alone may be accomplished with the help of an adult. This type of
learning occurs?
a. When equilibration is achieved
b. In a zone of proximal development
development
100 % guaranteed
Assessment 1
Assessment 1,2 and 3
Due 20 March 2024
What does the concept of tabula rasa mean?
a. Children’s environment determines what and who they become
, b. A term related to cognitive development
c. Development of a child’s social skills.
What is the correct stage of development in childhood?
a. Cognitive development
b. Critical development
c. Occupational development
Usually, theories of human behavior are described in the context of a specific worldview. What perspective aligns
with an African worldview?
a. Holistic
b. Individualism
c. Each to their own
Please note that this question has a single correct answer. A critical period in development is?
a. A critical period is the stage in development where no learning takes place
b. A critical period is the stage in development when a specific type of learning can take place, before or after the
critical period.
c. A critical period is when all aspects of development fails to occur
Please note that this question has a single correct answer. According to Nsamenang, social selfhood develops in
the following sequential stages:
a. New-born, social priming, social apprenticeship, social entrée, social internship, adulthood, old age and death
b. Spiritual, new-born, social priming, social apprenticeship, social entrée, social internship, adulthood, old age
and death, ancestral
c. New-born, social entrée, social internship, social priming, social apprenticeship, adulthood, old age and death
Please note that this question has a single correct answer. According to Piaget, the process of organisation
refers to ?
a. The tendency of cognitive processes to become not only more complex, but also more systematic and
coherent. Therefore, to make sense of their world, children organise their experiences
b. Children gain new experiences, they must deal with information that seems to be against what they already
know
c. The ability interpret new experiences in terms of an existing schema
Please note that this question has a single correct answer. According to Vygotsky, learning is best achieved when
tasks that are too difficult for a child to do alone may be accomplished with the help of an adult. This type of
learning occurs?
a. When equilibration is achieved
b. In a zone of proximal development
