CHILD DEVELOPMENT 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.)
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.)
