DEVELOPMENT-EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
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Nature Vs. Nuture - CORRECT ANSWER debate about whether development is
primarily influenced by nature or nurture. Nature refers to an organisms biological
inheritance , nature to its environmental experience’s "nature proponents" claim
biological inheritance is the most important influence on development; the "nature
proponents" claim that environmental experiences are more important.
human growth and development - CORRECT ANSWER the science of studying growth,
change, and stability from conception until death
physical development - CORRECT ANSWER biological development physiological
growth, change, and stability
*health *motor abilities *sensory skills
Cognitive development - CORRECT ANSWER intellectual growth, change and stability
*Intelligence *language *memory *Learning *reasoning *thinking
psychosocial development - CORRECT ANSWER socioemotional part of the
development social and psycho growth change and stability *relationships *social
influence *inherit personality
What are the three components? - CORRECT ANSWER Physical, cogitative, and
psychosocial development
what are the eight major periods of study? - CORRECT ANSWER prenatal, infancy and
toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle
adulthood, late adulthood
Prenatal period - CORRECT ANSWER conception-birth
infancy and toddlerhood - CORRECT ANSWER birth-two years
early childhood - CORRECT ANSWER 2-6 years