EDUC 181 Final Exam with Certified Solutions

EDUC 181 Final Exam with Certified Solutions 3 areas of development physical domain, intellectual domain, emotional domain physical domain biological aspects; genes, brain development, body development, nutrition intellectual domain cognitive aspects; language, cognition, intelligences emotional domain socio-emotional aspects; relationships, emotions, motivations human development developmental stages + developmental domains developmental milestones characteristics that are experienced during the different life stages why is it important that parents pay attention to important motor milestones achieved by their child? so that parents can be aware of their child's developments and make sure things are progressing like they're supposed to family form the various types of families; physical makeup of family membbers family function how a family operates to meet the needs of and care for each member family studies family form + family function + dimensions of marriage qualitative research data collection is through observation and interviews; understanding human behavior through an informant's view; based on information value quantitative research data collection is through measurements; understanding human behavior through facts/phenomenon; different sampling methods; generation of numerical data empirical research systematic observations to test hypotheses, or predictions that can be tested and answer research questions basic research conducted to build and test theories applied research continuously informs the work we do with individuals and families non-empirical research reflections, anecdotes, positions, authority/experience generalizability the extent to which results, or findings obtained from a sample are applicable to a broader population longitudinal research follows the same participants over time; cross-generational effect cross-sectional research collect data from a group of people only once; generational effect theory a set of interconnected ideas that logically explain a pattern of behaviors and events bronfenbrenner's theory bioecological systems theory proposed that development occurs within a number of nested and interactive environmental systems microsystem the people that you come into direct contact with daily mesosystem any connections among the microsystems