WGU C217 Human Growth and Development Questions and Answers

Nature versus nurture controversy experiences (nurture) or genetics (nature) influences development Nature versus nurture differences nature preprogrammed and nurture experiences Continuity theories Steady growth process Discontinuity (stage) vs Continuity Stage is qualitative Child development vs. Life Span Perspective Freud and Piaget = child development Erikson = life span Child Development theory complete once reach adolescence Life Span theory continues throughout life span Universality vs. context-specific development Universality (Piaget) = same order and same age Context-specific (Bronfenbrenner) = takes place in various contexts Context-specific development Collectivist cultures vs. individualistic cultures changes development Cognitive development theory Based on the notion that cognitive abilities are developed as individuals mature physiologically and have opportunity to interact with environment (Piaget)