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Child development - ANSWER-
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seeks to identify and explain changes in the physical, cognitive, and social-
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emotional development of children and adolescents
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Nature - ANSWER-the genetic inheritance guiding the child's growth
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Nurture - ANSWER- B B



the influences of the social and physical environment in which the child lives
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Existing conditions for the child - ANSWER-
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The psychological and psychological foundations upon which new advancements can be built
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The child's own activity - ANSWER-
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the chid's choices, metal process, emotional responses, and behaviors
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Physical Development - ANSWER-concerned with the biological changes of the body
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Cognitive Development - ANSWER-refers to the age-
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related transformations that occur in children's reasoning concepts, memory, language, and in
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tellectual skills B




Social-emotional development - ANSWER- B B B



includes the many modifications that occur in emotions, self-
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concept, motivation, social relationships, and moral reasoning and behavior
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Context - ANSWER- B B



their experiences in families, schools, neighborhoods, community organizations, cultural and
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ethnic groups, and society at large **All areas of development depend on the context of the c
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hildren's lives** B

,culture - ANSWER-long standing groups with defined values traditions, and symbol systems
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Nature and nurture - ANSWER-partners in child's growth
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Which of the following children is undergoing the best example of a non-
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developmental change? - ANSWER-c. Amy falls and breaks her arm B B B B B B B B B




Which one of the following examples illustrates the issue of nature versus nurture in develop
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ment? - ANSWER- B B



c. Dr. Hepburn thinks that the course of children's development is largely predetermined at bir
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th, whereas Dr. Tracy thinks that how children develop is influenced by children's home lives a
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nd educational experiences.
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Which of the following is not an example of quantitative versus qualitative change in develop
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ment? - ANSWER-d. Dr. Bogart believes that 6-year-olds think in very different ways than 12-
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year-
olds do, whereas Dr. Bald believes that the only difference between the two age groups is how
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much they know.
B B B




Which one of the following best illustrates a probable environmental influence on physical de
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velopment? - ANSWER-c. Harry's mother reads to him every evening.
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Jane switched from teaching middle school English to high school English. She has noticed tha
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t the high school students think very differently from her former middle school students. Jane'
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s new students are able to reason abstractly whereas her former students seemed more concr
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ete in their thinking. Which theoretical perspective is Jane using to describe her observations?
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- ANSWER-d. Sociocultural
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Which theory would be the most helpful in studying the influence of family, peers, and comm
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unity on learning and development? - ANSWER-d. Ecology / Socio-historical theory
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, Ms. Holmes believes that effective teachers are those who adapt curriculum and instruction a
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ccording to the ages and abilities of their students. She is thinking about learning from what p
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erspective? - ANSWER-c. developmentally appropriate practice
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Terry studied an extra hour for her arithmetic test because she wanted to receive another stic
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ker depicting a happy face like the one she received on her last test. The scenario just describe
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d is an example of what theory? - ANSWER-d. behaviorism theory
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Which of the following assertions about stage theories is accurate - ANSWER-
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b. Stages theories are hierarchical: each stage serves as a building block for the next
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Mr. Fox is a teacher who applies his knowledge of developmental systems theory to his classro
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om. Which of the following practices does he follow - ANSWER-
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c. Mr. Fox recognizes that students experience and synthesize life events.
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Parenting style characterized by strict expectations for behavior and rigid rules that children ar
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e expected to obey without question. - ANSWER-Authoritarian parenting style
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Theoretical perspective that focuses on major transformations to the underlying structures of
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thinking. - ANSWER-Cognitive Process Theory
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General pattern of behaviors that a parent uses to nurture and guide his or her children. -
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ANSWER-parenting style
B B




Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth but few expectations or standards for chil
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dren's behavior. - ANSWER-permissive parenting style
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Systematic changes in reasoning, concepts, memory, and language - ANSWER-
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cognitive development B