Child Development Exam 1 (Chapters 1-4) questions and
answers with solutions 2025/2026
child development - ANSWER area of study devoted to understanding
constancy and change from conception through adolescence
child development is a part of what kind of science? - ANSWER
developmental
innate characteristics of child development - ANSWER growing to certain
height, puberty, learning to communicate
characteristics encouraged by others in child development - ANSWER
proper nutrition, expanded vocabulary, use of self-control, and
assertiveness
What are the three domains of development? - ANSWER -physical
-cognitive
-emotional and social
Period of development - ANSWER -prenatal period
-infancy and toddlerhood
-early childhood
,-middle childhood
-adolescence
A theory is an orderly, integrated set of statements that do what? -
ANSWER -describe
-reflect
-predict
A theory must - ANSWER -guide and give meaning
-understand and know how to improve
-scientifically verified
continuous development - ANSWER gradually adding more of the *same*
types of skills that were already present
discontinuous development - ANSWER new ways of understanding and
responding to the world emerge at various times (aka stages)
contexts - ANSWER combo of personal and environmental circumstances
that lead to different paths of change
stability - ANSWER characteristics like heredity and genetics will remain
the same
plasticity - ANSWER open to change in response to influences
, resiliency - ANSWER ability to adapt effectively in face of diversity or
threats
Childhood in medieval times - ANSWER -childhood has its own
distinction
-laws were made and enforced to protect children
childhood in the reformation - ANSWER -children born evil and stubborn;
need to be civilized
-childrearing viewed as most important obligation
Locke's philosophy - ANSWER -child are born with blank slate
-development is *continuous*
-nurture is important
-plasticity is high
Rousseau's Philosophy - ANSWER -children are born with natural sense
of wrong and right (noble savages)
-development is *discontinuous*
-focused on nature
Darwin's findings - ANSWER -natural selection
-survival of the fittest
answers with solutions 2025/2026
child development - ANSWER area of study devoted to understanding
constancy and change from conception through adolescence
child development is a part of what kind of science? - ANSWER
developmental
innate characteristics of child development - ANSWER growing to certain
height, puberty, learning to communicate
characteristics encouraged by others in child development - ANSWER
proper nutrition, expanded vocabulary, use of self-control, and
assertiveness
What are the three domains of development? - ANSWER -physical
-cognitive
-emotional and social
Period of development - ANSWER -prenatal period
-infancy and toddlerhood
-early childhood
,-middle childhood
-adolescence
A theory is an orderly, integrated set of statements that do what? -
ANSWER -describe
-reflect
-predict
A theory must - ANSWER -guide and give meaning
-understand and know how to improve
-scientifically verified
continuous development - ANSWER gradually adding more of the *same*
types of skills that were already present
discontinuous development - ANSWER new ways of understanding and
responding to the world emerge at various times (aka stages)
contexts - ANSWER combo of personal and environmental circumstances
that lead to different paths of change
stability - ANSWER characteristics like heredity and genetics will remain
the same
plasticity - ANSWER open to change in response to influences
, resiliency - ANSWER ability to adapt effectively in face of diversity or
threats
Childhood in medieval times - ANSWER -childhood has its own
distinction
-laws were made and enforced to protect children
childhood in the reformation - ANSWER -children born evil and stubborn;
need to be civilized
-childrearing viewed as most important obligation
Locke's philosophy - ANSWER -child are born with blank slate
-development is *continuous*
-nurture is important
-plasticity is high
Rousseau's Philosophy - ANSWER -children are born with natural sense
of wrong and right (noble savages)
-development is *discontinuous*
-focused on nature
Darwin's findings - ANSWER -natural selection
-survival of the fittest
