Exam 1: An Introduction to Child Development

Compare and contrast the views of Locke and Rousseau in relationship to the "nature-versus-nurture" debate.

The process of the predetermined unfolding of genetic information is called __________.

Child development is defined as the scientific study of the patterns of growth, change, and stability that occur from __________.

Dr. Love studies dating patterns; specifically, how dating has evolved over the course of history. Dr. Love most likely studies __________.

Which of the following people focused their efforts on children's intelligence?

Using a normative approach, psychologists studied large numbers of children to determine __________.

Although __________ originated as a biological concept, today it is thought of as a social construction.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau thought that children were born with an innate sense of right and wrong and referred to children as __________.

Liza is the director of a preschool. She primarily works with children in what age range?

The presence or absence of particular environmental influences during the __________ period is likely to produce permanent, irreversible consequences.

"Every day I read another article with advice about raising my children," says one new parent. "How can I know what is true?" One piece of good advice for this new parent is __________.

Dr. Farahmand believes that development is primarily due to nurture; therefore, he would support which of the following programs?

Among the first instances in which children were methodically studied came in the form of __________.

A time in development when a particular event has its greatest impact is known as a(n) __________.

Compare and contrast the following influences on development: history-graded influences, age-graded influences, sociocultural-graded influences, and non-normative influences.

Patsy, a third-grade teacher, often finds herself commenting on the improvement of fine motor skills of the students in her classroom, especially their handwriting. She has noted that at the beginning of the school year the children's writing tends to be large, requiring a lot of writing space. Toward the end of the school year, their writing tends to be smaller and requires very little writing space. Patsy is referring to what aspect of development?

John Locke thought that a child was a __________, entering the world with no specific characteristics or personality.

Allissa often goes to the park to observe children at play. She is amazed at how children of different ages interact with each other. Allissa is interested in observing __________.

Sociocultural-graded influences include __________.

Researchers who describe cognitive development as occurring in a series of qualitatively different stages believe change is __________.