CHILD DEVELOPMENT UPDATED Exam
Questions And Correct Answers
Child Development - CORRECT ANSWERS A field devoted to understanding constancy
and change from conception through adolescence.
Developmental Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS A larger discipline that includes
child development, the study of consistencies and changes experienced throughout one's lifetime.
Physical Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Changes in body size, proportion,
appearance, functioning of body system, perpetual and motor capacities, and physical health.
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Changes in intellectual abilities,
including attention, memory, academic and everyday knowledge, problem solving, imagination,
creativity, and language.
Social and Emotional Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Changes in emotional
communication, self-understanding, knowledge about other people interpersonal skills,
friendships, intimate relationships, and moral reasoning and behavior.
Prenatal Period - CORRECT ANSWERS From conception to birth.
Infancy and Toddlerhood - CORRECT ANSWERS From birth to two years.
Early Childhood - CORRECT ANSWERS From two to six years.
Middle Childhood - CORRECT ANSWERS From six to 11 years.
, Adolescence - CORRECT ANSWERS From 11 to 18 years or to mid-twenties
Continuos Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Developmental processes that are
characterized by the gradual accretion of skills that are present at birth. Quantitative changes.
Discontinuous Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Developmental processes in which
new ways of understanding and responding to the world emerge at specific times. Involves a
series of abrupt, radical transformations. Qualitative changes, referred to as Developmental
Stages.
Variables that influence the course of development (context) - CORRECT
ANSWERS Familial factors, gender, ethnicity, race, cultural variables, personality
variables, socio-economic status (SES), and biological factors- genotype/phenotype. Context= a
unique combination of personal and environmental circumstances that can result in different
paths of change.
Nurture - CORRECT ANSWERS Complex forces of the physical, cultural, and social
world that influence our experiences before and after birth. (Environment)
Nature - CORRECT ANSWERS Innate biological features: hereditary information we
receive from our parents at the moment of conception. (Genotype)
Sex - CORRECT ANSWERS Differences between females and males that is principally
attributed to biological differences between the sexes.
Gender - CORRECT ANSWERS The culturally grounded expressions of differences
between men and women. (Culture often magnifies the difference between the sexes.)
Psychoanalytic Perspective on Child Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Children
move through a series of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and
social expectations. How these conflicts are resolved determines the person's ability to learn, to
Questions And Correct Answers
Child Development - CORRECT ANSWERS A field devoted to understanding constancy
and change from conception through adolescence.
Developmental Psychology - CORRECT ANSWERS A larger discipline that includes
child development, the study of consistencies and changes experienced throughout one's lifetime.
Physical Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Changes in body size, proportion,
appearance, functioning of body system, perpetual and motor capacities, and physical health.
Cognitive Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Changes in intellectual abilities,
including attention, memory, academic and everyday knowledge, problem solving, imagination,
creativity, and language.
Social and Emotional Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Changes in emotional
communication, self-understanding, knowledge about other people interpersonal skills,
friendships, intimate relationships, and moral reasoning and behavior.
Prenatal Period - CORRECT ANSWERS From conception to birth.
Infancy and Toddlerhood - CORRECT ANSWERS From birth to two years.
Early Childhood - CORRECT ANSWERS From two to six years.
Middle Childhood - CORRECT ANSWERS From six to 11 years.
, Adolescence - CORRECT ANSWERS From 11 to 18 years or to mid-twenties
Continuos Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Developmental processes that are
characterized by the gradual accretion of skills that are present at birth. Quantitative changes.
Discontinuous Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Developmental processes in which
new ways of understanding and responding to the world emerge at specific times. Involves a
series of abrupt, radical transformations. Qualitative changes, referred to as Developmental
Stages.
Variables that influence the course of development (context) - CORRECT
ANSWERS Familial factors, gender, ethnicity, race, cultural variables, personality
variables, socio-economic status (SES), and biological factors- genotype/phenotype. Context= a
unique combination of personal and environmental circumstances that can result in different
paths of change.
Nurture - CORRECT ANSWERS Complex forces of the physical, cultural, and social
world that influence our experiences before and after birth. (Environment)
Nature - CORRECT ANSWERS Innate biological features: hereditary information we
receive from our parents at the moment of conception. (Genotype)
Sex - CORRECT ANSWERS Differences between females and males that is principally
attributed to biological differences between the sexes.
Gender - CORRECT ANSWERS The culturally grounded expressions of differences
between men and women. (Culture often magnifies the difference between the sexes.)
Psychoanalytic Perspective on Child Development - CORRECT ANSWERS Children
move through a series of stages in which they confront conflicts between biological drives and
social expectations. How these conflicts are resolved determines the person's ability to learn, to
