Child Development Exam 1 (Chapters 1-4)
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
child development - Correct answers✔✔area of study devoted to understanding constancy and
change from conception through adolescence
child development is a part of what kind of science? - Correct answers✔✔developmental
innate characteristics of child development - Correct answers✔✔growing to certain height,
puberty, learning to communicate
characteristics encouraged by others in child development - Correct answers✔✔proper nutrition,
expanded vocabulary, use of self-control, and assertiveness
What are the three domains of development? - Correct answers✔✔-physical
-cognitive
-emotional and social
Period of development - Correct answers✔✔-prenatal period
-infancy and toddlerhood
-early childhood
-middle childhood
-adolescence
,A theory is an orderly, integrated set of statements that do what? - Correct answers✔✔-describe
-reflect
-predict
A theory must - Correct answers✔✔-guide and give meaning
-understand and know how to improve
-scientifically verified
continuous development - Correct answers✔✔gradually adding more of the *same* types of
skills that were already present
discontinuous development - Correct answers✔✔new ways of understanding and responding to
the world emerge at various times (aka stages)
contexts - Correct answers✔✔combo of personal and environmental circumstances that lead to
different paths of change
stability - Correct answers✔✔characteristics like heredity and genetics will remain the same
plasticity - Correct answers✔✔open to change in response to influences
resiliency - Correct answers✔✔ability to adapt effectively in face of diversity or threats
Childhood in medieval times - Correct answers✔✔-childhood has its own distinction
-laws were made and enforced to protect children
, childhood in the reformation - Correct answers✔✔-children born evil and stubborn; need to be
civilized
-childrearing viewed as most important obligation
Locke's philosophy - Correct answers✔✔-child are born with blank slate
-development is *continuous*
-nurture is important
-plasticity is high
Rousseau's Philosophy - Correct answers✔✔-children are born with natural sense of wrong and
right (noble savages)
-development is *discontinuous*
-focused on nature
Darwin's findings - Correct answers✔✔-natural selection
-survival of the fittest
normative period - Correct answers✔✔-*most important to parents*
mental testing movement - Correct answers✔✔IQ tests became important
psychoanalytic perspective - Correct answers✔✔addressing conflict between natural drive and
social expectations
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
child development - Correct answers✔✔area of study devoted to understanding constancy and
change from conception through adolescence
child development is a part of what kind of science? - Correct answers✔✔developmental
innate characteristics of child development - Correct answers✔✔growing to certain height,
puberty, learning to communicate
characteristics encouraged by others in child development - Correct answers✔✔proper nutrition,
expanded vocabulary, use of self-control, and assertiveness
What are the three domains of development? - Correct answers✔✔-physical
-cognitive
-emotional and social
Period of development - Correct answers✔✔-prenatal period
-infancy and toddlerhood
-early childhood
-middle childhood
-adolescence
,A theory is an orderly, integrated set of statements that do what? - Correct answers✔✔-describe
-reflect
-predict
A theory must - Correct answers✔✔-guide and give meaning
-understand and know how to improve
-scientifically verified
continuous development - Correct answers✔✔gradually adding more of the *same* types of
skills that were already present
discontinuous development - Correct answers✔✔new ways of understanding and responding to
the world emerge at various times (aka stages)
contexts - Correct answers✔✔combo of personal and environmental circumstances that lead to
different paths of change
stability - Correct answers✔✔characteristics like heredity and genetics will remain the same
plasticity - Correct answers✔✔open to change in response to influences
resiliency - Correct answers✔✔ability to adapt effectively in face of diversity or threats
Childhood in medieval times - Correct answers✔✔-childhood has its own distinction
-laws were made and enforced to protect children
, childhood in the reformation - Correct answers✔✔-children born evil and stubborn; need to be
civilized
-childrearing viewed as most important obligation
Locke's philosophy - Correct answers✔✔-child are born with blank slate
-development is *continuous*
-nurture is important
-plasticity is high
Rousseau's Philosophy - Correct answers✔✔-children are born with natural sense of wrong and
right (noble savages)
-development is *discontinuous*
-focused on nature
Darwin's findings - Correct answers✔✔-natural selection
-survival of the fittest
normative period - Correct answers✔✔-*most important to parents*
mental testing movement - Correct answers✔✔IQ tests became important
psychoanalytic perspective - Correct answers✔✔addressing conflict between natural drive and
social expectations
