Developmental psychology

Question 1

aspects of human development across the life span

Answer 1

• cognitive
• physical
• social
• emotional

Question 2

nature/nurture debate

Answer 2

the extent to which our development is

affected by what we inherit vs environmental influences.

Question 3

twin studies

Answer 3

can be identical or fraternal. Sandra Scarr (1992) - heredity played a role in determining degree of introversion and extroversion. Played a bigger role in determining
intelligence, issue is that environments are very similar.

Question 4

adoption studies

Answer 4

see whether adopted children are more like their
adopted or biological parents. Generally show that both heredity +
environment are both important.

Question 5

role of play

Answer 5

Play allows children to use their creativity while developing their imagination, developing their physical strength, allows for healthy brain development, improves their ability to communicate too.

Question 6

TYPES OF PLAY

Answer 6

• solitary play
• onlooker play
• parallel play
• associative play
• cooperative play.