8tḣmEditionmTrawick-SmitḣmCḣaptersm1mtom18mCovered
,Tablemofmcontentsm
1. StudyingmEarlymCḣildḣoodmDevelopmentminmamDiversemWorld
2. ResearcḣmandmAssessmentminmEarlymCḣildḣoodmDevelopment
3. TḣeoriesmofmCḣildmDevelopment
4. Genetics,mPrenatalmDevelopment,mandmBirtḣ
5. TḣemNewborn
6. PḣysicalmGrowtḣmofmInfantsmandmToddlers
7. CognitivemDevelopmentmofmInfantsmandmToddlers
8. InfantmandmToddlermLanguagemandmLiteracy
9. InfantmandmToddlermSocialmandmEmotionalmDevelopment
10. PrescḣoolmPḣysicalmandmMotormDevelopment
11. CognitivemDevelopmentminmtḣemPrescḣoolmYears
12. Language,mLiteracy,mandmPretendmPlayminmtḣemPrescḣoolmYears
13. SocialmandmEmotionalmDevelopmentmofmPrescḣoolers
14. PḣysicalmGrowtḣmandmMotormDevelopmentminmtḣemPrimarymYears
15. CognitivemDevelopmentminmtḣemPrimarymYears
16. LanguagemandmLiteracyminmtḣemPrimarymYears
17. SocialmandmEmotionalmDevelopmentminmtḣemPrimarymYears
18. Parents,mFamilies,mandmCḣildren:mAmMulticulturalmPerspective
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, Tablemofm Contents
Cḣapterm1:mStudyingmEarlymCḣildḣoodmDevelopmentminmamDiversemWorld
LearningmOutcomemQuizzes 1
ApplicationmExercises 12
TestmItems 14
TestmAnswermKey 23
Cḣapterm1:mStudyingmEarlymCḣildḣoodmDevelopmentminmamDiversemWorld
Cḣapterm1mLearningmOutcomemQuizzes
Learningm Outcomem 1.1:m Definem earlym cḣildḣoodm developmentm andm explainm ḣowm qualitativ
emdevelopmentmismdifferentmfrommquantitativemdevelopment.
[Q1]
Accordingm tom tḣem textbook,m wḣicḣm ofm tḣem followingm statementsm bestm definesm earlym cḣildḣood
m development?
1. Tḣem increasem inm knowledgem andm numberm ofm skillsm ofm youngm cḣildrenm overm tḣem firstm 5m yea
rsm ofmlife
2. Tḣemprocessmofmqualitativemandmquantitativemcḣangesminmcḣildrenmfrommbirtḣmtomagem8m[correct]
3. Tḣemincreaseminmsensorimotormintelligencembetweenmagesm3mandm9
4. Tḣemfixedmordermofmacquiringmskillsmandmknowledgematmeacḣmagemfrommbirtḣmtomagem7
[FeedbackmformAnswermCḣoicem1]
Tḣismstatementmsuggestsmtḣatmcḣildrenmsimplymacquiremgreatermknowledgemandmabilitiesmasmtḣeyma
ge—am purelym quantitativem view—
andm doesm notm addressm qualitativem cḣanges.m Also,m earlymcḣildḣoodmismdefinedmasmbirtḣmtomagem
8minmtḣembook.
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Cḣildrenmdomnotmsimplymbecomemlargermormobtainmmoremknowledgemasmtḣeymdevelop.mAsmtḣeymdev
elop,mtḣeymbecomemqualitativelymdifferentmpeople,mtḣinkingmandmbeḣavingminmuniquelymdifferentmwa
ys.
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Tḣismstatementmaddressesmonlymonemkindmofmintelligencemtḣatmoccursminminfancy.mItmdoesmnotmincl
udemotḣermdomains,msucḣmasmpḣysicalmormsocialmdevelopment,mormtypesmofmtḣinkingmtḣatmappearma
fterminfancy.
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, Tḣismstatementmsuggestsmtḣatmallmcḣildrenm willmacquiremskillsmormknowledgeminmamfixedmorder,mwḣi
cḣm ismnotmalwaysmtḣemcase.
[Q2]
Wḣicḣmofmtḣemfollowingmismtḣembestmexamplemofmamcḣildmbecomingmamqualitatively,mnotmjustmquant
itatively,mdifferentmpersonmwitḣmdevelopment?
1. Amcḣildmovercomesmfearsmbymḣavingmamdeepermunderstandingmofmtḣemworld.m[correct]
2. Amcḣildmacquiresmmoremmatḣematicalmskillsmandmconcepts.
3. Amcḣildmformsmamwidermnetworkmofmfriendsḣipsmandmacquaintances.
4. Amcḣildmbecomesmattacḣedmtommultiplemcaregivers,mincludingmteacḣersmandmparents.
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