chapter 1

Question 1

developmental process

Answer 1

biosocial, cognitive, social emotional

Question 2

biosocial

Answer 2

Neurons , weight, height, hearing, age ,perception, hormones

Question 3

Cognitive

Answer 3

thinking, intelligence, theories, language development

Question 4

Social Emotional

Answer 4

personaility, related to friends

Question 5

nature vs nurture debate

Answer 5

how much of development is genes and how much is environment ?

Question 6

critical period

Answer 6

devolpment that must happen ( arms developing in belly )

Question 7

sensitive period

Answer 7

Development that is most likely and easily to happen ( kids leaning lang = easier when young)

Question 8

narrative development

Answer 8

Development that everyone goes through; milestones

Question 9

Individual Differences

Answer 9

variations in milestone for individuals ( advanced or not )

Question 10

dynamic system approach

Answer 10

changes always happening in interactions

Question 11

when does the dynamic system happen ?

Answer 11

physical, cognitive development, psychosocial that helps that developmental outcome

Question 12

example of dynamic approach

Answer 12

puberty = changes in family interactions, treated differently, environment

Question 13

Continuity

Answer 13

Individuals are always changing over time ay a slow and continuous growth = quantitative growth

Question 14

discontinuity

Answer 14

Development happen in stages

Question 15

Plasticity

Answer 15

that idea that abilities, personality, human traits etc, change over time

Question 16

Culture

Answer 16

beliefs, values, behavior, expectations, customs based on ethnicity, religions, and lang

Question 17

socio economic status (SES)

Answer 17

persons position based on money, education ( low, middle, high class )

Question 18

Brofenbrenner’s Ecological System Theory

Answer 18

children develop within an environment context that ranges from immediate to global

Question 19

biological context

Answer 19

child’s genetic makeup & how the environment responds to those genes

Question 20

micro system

Answer 20

child’s interaction with immediate environment

Question 21

mesosystem

Answer 21

how 1 affects the other ( family affects school )

Question 22

ecosystem

Answer 22

interaction where the kid isn’t in the environment but will affects them ( moving )

Question 23

macrosystem

Answer 23

values , law, custom of society

Question 24

chronosytem

Answer 24

changes constant over time in the individuals time