DEP 4164 Exam 1(CORRECTLY SOLVED)

Advances in West paved way for scientific study of child development correct answers Higher infant survival rates due to: Discovery of germs Development of vaccines Child welfare laws were designed to protect children from long workdays. New science of psychology suggested that people could better understand themselves by learning what had influenced them as children. Developmental Psychology Becomes a Science correct answers Adolescence was first considered a period of development when G Stanley Hall published his book, Adolescence (1904) Establishment of research institutes (e.g., Yale Child Study Center) marked emergence of child psychology as a true science. Longitudinal studies provided research based information about normative developments at different ages (e.g., Gesell's [1929] studies on stages in motor development; Fels Research Institute Study, Berkely Growth and Guidance Studies, Oakland Adolescent Growth Study). Studying the Life Span correct answers When developmental psychology began as a scientific discipline, research focused on child development. Development currently considered to be from "womb to tomb"—Comprises the entire human life span Development can be positive or negative is complex and multifaceted is multidisciplinary Physical development correct answers Growth of body and brain Biological and physiological patterns of change in sensory capacities, motor skills, and health Cognitive development correct answers Pattern of change in mental abilities Learning, attention, memory, language, thinking, reasoning, and creativity. Psychosocial development correct answers Pattern of change in emotions, personality, and social relationships Five major divisions of life correct answers Prenatal period (conception to birth Infancy and toddlerhood (birth to age 3) Early childhood (age 3 to age 6) Middle childhood (age 6 to 11) Adolescence (age 12 to age 20)