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Child Development - Answers area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change from
conception to adulthood
3 Domains of Development - Answers 1. Physical
2. Cognition
3. Emotional/Social
6 Periods of Development - Answers 1. Prenatal
2.Infancy to toddlerhood (0-2)
3. Early childhood (2-6)
4. Middle Childhood (6-11)
5. Adolescence (11-18)
6. Emerging Adulthood (18-25)
Theory - Answers orderly, integrated ideas based on scientific verification that describes, explains, and
predicts behavior
Continuous - Answers infants respond to world in the same way adults do. Gradually adding more of the
same types of skills - walking up a hill
Discontinuous - Answers children's through, behaviors, emotions considerably different than those of
adults. There are new ways of understanding the world. This concept has stages. Change is sudden, not
gradual - going up steps
Theory: One course or Many? - Answers Some theorists believe that all children grow up the same, have
the same timeline,follow the same sequence.
Other theories believe there are unique combinations and grow up in different contexts due to different
environmental and personal circumstances
context - Answers the unique combination of personal, and environmental circumstances that can result
in a different path of change - death, birth, going to school or even illness can make a huge impact f
Nature and Nurture - Answers Genetic and Environmental
All theories bring in both perspectives but vary in emphasis of each
medieval era and earlier views of childhood - Answers Childhood (to age 7 or 8) regarded as separate
phase with special needs
,16th century views of childhood - Answers puritan "child depravity" views - children need to be tamed
17th century view of childhood - Answers John Locke "tabula rasa" or "blank slate" view
18th century view of childhood - Answers Jean Jacques Rousseau "noble savages" view
Stability - Answers Early experience might have a life long impact
individuals with high or low characteristics
Plasticity - Answers change is possible, based on experiences.
Resilient children
critical period - Answers a limited time during which the child is biologically prepared to acquire certain
adaptive behaviors but needs the support of an appropriately stimulating environment
sensitive period - Answers optimal time for certain capacities to emerge; especially responsive to
environment; boundaries are less defined; brain first 2 year - exerience-expectant and dependent
growth
experience dependent development - Answers what i see and feel - these will form the band of my
expected experience
experience dependent development - Answers all of the experiences im getting are dependent
Erikson's Theory - Answers Expanded development to stages.
Also brought in the cultural aspect to shape development.
Piaget: Cognitive Developmental Theory - Answers Children actively construct knowledge as they
manipulate and explore the world.
Adaptation; sensorimotor (0-2), preoperational (2-7), concrete operational (7-11), formal operational
(11 and up)
amniocentisis - Answers A technique of prenatal diagnosis in which amniotic fluid, obtained by
aspiration from a needle inserted into the uterus, is analyzed to detect certain genetic and congenital
defects in the fetus - downs syndrome, spina bifida and fetal lung maturity
fetoscopy - Answers a needle-thin tube containing a viewing scope and fiber optics is inserted into the
uterus to see development and if there are any problems
fetal medicine - Answers help babies while still in the fetus potentially get surgery and be able to be
born normal
4 Stages to the Cognitive Developmental Theory - Answers 1. Sensorimotor Stage= uses senses to
explore
, 2. Preoperational Stage= evolve into symbolic--language development
3. Concrete Operational Stage= more organized reasoning-hierarchy
4. Formal Operational Stage= thoughts become abstract
Limitations to the Cognitive Developmental Theory - Answers does not take into consideration to
cultural or social backgrounds
Information Processing - Answers Human mind as a symbol-manipulating system through which
information flows.
Studies perception, memory, attention, etc.
problem is presented - person responds - problem is solved - info coded transformed and organized
Vygotsky: Sociocultural Theory - Answers social contexts (other people) contribute to cognitive
development;
zone of proximal development; cultural variations affect mental strategies taught and learned
zone of proximal development - Answers 1. tasks a child can do alone
2. zone of proximity - child can do it with some help
3. upper level - child cannot do it even with help
goodness of fit - Answers the adults making the kinds of adaptations to meet the needs of the child -
family of fast movers and a slow moving child so you change to make that child engaged in the
community of family
Bronfenbrenner: Ecological System Theory - Answers Child develops with a complex system of
relationships affected by environment.
Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem
An ever-changing system
Bidirectional
dynamic systems perspective - Answers any child's development is going to be different form anothers;
there are norms but they are just measuring sticks
Children's Research Rights - Answers Protection from harm
Informed consent
Privacy
Child Development - Answers area of study devoted to understanding constancy and change from
conception to adulthood
3 Domains of Development - Answers 1. Physical
2. Cognition
3. Emotional/Social
6 Periods of Development - Answers 1. Prenatal
2.Infancy to toddlerhood (0-2)
3. Early childhood (2-6)
4. Middle Childhood (6-11)
5. Adolescence (11-18)
6. Emerging Adulthood (18-25)
Theory - Answers orderly, integrated ideas based on scientific verification that describes, explains, and
predicts behavior
Continuous - Answers infants respond to world in the same way adults do. Gradually adding more of the
same types of skills - walking up a hill
Discontinuous - Answers children's through, behaviors, emotions considerably different than those of
adults. There are new ways of understanding the world. This concept has stages. Change is sudden, not
gradual - going up steps
Theory: One course or Many? - Answers Some theorists believe that all children grow up the same, have
the same timeline,follow the same sequence.
Other theories believe there are unique combinations and grow up in different contexts due to different
environmental and personal circumstances
context - Answers the unique combination of personal, and environmental circumstances that can result
in a different path of change - death, birth, going to school or even illness can make a huge impact f
Nature and Nurture - Answers Genetic and Environmental
All theories bring in both perspectives but vary in emphasis of each
medieval era and earlier views of childhood - Answers Childhood (to age 7 or 8) regarded as separate
phase with special needs
,16th century views of childhood - Answers puritan "child depravity" views - children need to be tamed
17th century view of childhood - Answers John Locke "tabula rasa" or "blank slate" view
18th century view of childhood - Answers Jean Jacques Rousseau "noble savages" view
Stability - Answers Early experience might have a life long impact
individuals with high or low characteristics
Plasticity - Answers change is possible, based on experiences.
Resilient children
critical period - Answers a limited time during which the child is biologically prepared to acquire certain
adaptive behaviors but needs the support of an appropriately stimulating environment
sensitive period - Answers optimal time for certain capacities to emerge; especially responsive to
environment; boundaries are less defined; brain first 2 year - exerience-expectant and dependent
growth
experience dependent development - Answers what i see and feel - these will form the band of my
expected experience
experience dependent development - Answers all of the experiences im getting are dependent
Erikson's Theory - Answers Expanded development to stages.
Also brought in the cultural aspect to shape development.
Piaget: Cognitive Developmental Theory - Answers Children actively construct knowledge as they
manipulate and explore the world.
Adaptation; sensorimotor (0-2), preoperational (2-7), concrete operational (7-11), formal operational
(11 and up)
amniocentisis - Answers A technique of prenatal diagnosis in which amniotic fluid, obtained by
aspiration from a needle inserted into the uterus, is analyzed to detect certain genetic and congenital
defects in the fetus - downs syndrome, spina bifida and fetal lung maturity
fetoscopy - Answers a needle-thin tube containing a viewing scope and fiber optics is inserted into the
uterus to see development and if there are any problems
fetal medicine - Answers help babies while still in the fetus potentially get surgery and be able to be
born normal
4 Stages to the Cognitive Developmental Theory - Answers 1. Sensorimotor Stage= uses senses to
explore
, 2. Preoperational Stage= evolve into symbolic--language development
3. Concrete Operational Stage= more organized reasoning-hierarchy
4. Formal Operational Stage= thoughts become abstract
Limitations to the Cognitive Developmental Theory - Answers does not take into consideration to
cultural or social backgrounds
Information Processing - Answers Human mind as a symbol-manipulating system through which
information flows.
Studies perception, memory, attention, etc.
problem is presented - person responds - problem is solved - info coded transformed and organized
Vygotsky: Sociocultural Theory - Answers social contexts (other people) contribute to cognitive
development;
zone of proximal development; cultural variations affect mental strategies taught and learned
zone of proximal development - Answers 1. tasks a child can do alone
2. zone of proximity - child can do it with some help
3. upper level - child cannot do it even with help
goodness of fit - Answers the adults making the kinds of adaptations to meet the needs of the child -
family of fast movers and a slow moving child so you change to make that child engaged in the
community of family
Bronfenbrenner: Ecological System Theory - Answers Child develops with a complex system of
relationships affected by environment.
Microsystem, Mesosystem, Exosystem, Macrosystem
An ever-changing system
Bidirectional
dynamic systems perspective - Answers any child's development is going to be different form anothers;
there are norms but they are just measuring sticks
Children's Research Rights - Answers Protection from harm
Informed consent
Privacy
