Study Guide for The Developmental Child, and Adolescence and Adult
(Chapters 3 pp. 77-113 Chapter 4 115-145)
Study Guide for The Developmental Child, and Adolescence and Adult
(Chapters 3 pp. 77-113 Chapter 4 115-145)
The Developing Child
Adolescence and Adulthood
Chapters
3 and 4: The Developing Person
1. Identify and briefly describe three major issues that pervade The Developmental Child, Adolescent and Adult.
2. Identify the mechanisms of heredity and explain how sex is determined.
3. Outline the course of prenatal development.
4. Discuss the possible effects of teratogens on the developing embryo and fetus.
5. Describe the capacities of the newborn.
6. Describe the brain development that occurs from infancy through childhood and discuss the role of experience.
7. Describe the roles of nature and nurture in motor development through infancy and childhood.
9. Discuss current views of Piaget's theory of cognitive development.
10. Discuss the origins and effects of early attachment, temperament patterns, and parenting on later life.
11. Discuss how caregivers influence attachment and trust.
12. Discuss the impact of divorce on children.
13. Discuss how human variation may or may not be explained by cultural and gender differences.
14. Identify the major physical changes that occur in adolescence.
15. Describe cognitive development during adolescence.
16. Describe Kohlberg's theory of moral development and two criticisms of it.
17. Describe the adolescent search for identity, according to Erikson, and discuss gender differences in social closeness.
18. Discuss adolescent relations with parents.
19. Discuss several factors that have contributed to the increased adolescent pregnancy rate.
20. Identify the major physical changes that occur in middle adulthood and later life.
21. Describe the major cognitive changes that occur in adulthood and old age.
22. Explain why stage theories of adult social development, such as that proposed by Levinson, are controversial.
23. Discuss the importance of family and career commitments in adult development, and describe the sense of well-being across the life span.
24. Discuss psychological reactions to both the death of a loved one and to one's own impending death.
25. Explain the rationale for twin and adoption studies and discuss criticisms of them.
26. Summarize the results and implications of research on the nature-nurture issue.
27. State current views of psychologists on the issues of continuity versus stages and stability versus change in lifelong development.
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