EDF 4467 Chapter 2 Exam Questions With Correct Answers.

EDF 4467 Chapter 2 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-refers to how people grow, adapt, and
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change over the course of their lifetimes through personality, socioemotional,
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cognitive, and language development
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Nature - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-developmental is predetermined at birth through
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heredity and biological factors
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Nurture - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-developmental is affected through experience
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and environmental factors
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Continuous theories of development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-assume
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development occurs in a smooth progression as skills develop and experiences
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are provided by caregivers and the environment--supports nurture debate
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Discontinuous theories of development - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-focus on inborn
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factors to explain change over time-- supports nature debate
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Schemes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-patterns of behavior or thinking
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Assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is the process of understanding a new
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object or event in terms of an existing scheme
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