Ch.9 Critical and Sensitive Periods in Development

Question 1

What is physical development?

Answer 1

Involves changes in the body and various systems

Question 2

What is social development?

Answer 2

Involves changes in an individual’s relationships with others

Question 3

What is cognitive development?

Answer 3

Involves changes in an individual’s mental abilities

Question 4

What is emotional development?

Answer 4

Involves changes in how an individual’s experiences and different feelings

Question 5

What are the stages of lifespan development?

Answer 5

Infancy - birth to 3 years 
Childhood - 3 years to 10 years
Adolescence - 10 years to 20 years
Early Adulthood - 20 years to 40 years
Middle Age - 40 years to 65 years 
Older age - 65 years and beyond

Question 6

Define maturation

Answer 6

Is a biological sequence of behaviours which occurs at certain ages

Question 7

Define learning

Answer 7

A permanent change in behaviour due to experience

Question 8

What are developmental norms?

Answer 8

They indicate the average age that a certain behaviour or skill that will be achieved

Question 9

What are inborn reflexes?

Answer 9

A set of unlearned automatic responses to certain stimuli that babies are born with

Question 10

What are critical periods?

Answer 10

A period when certain experiences must happen for normal development to proceed

Question 11

What are sensitive periods?

Answer 11

Periods in time where an individual learns things due to the nature of the growing brain

Question 12

What are teratogens?

Answer 12

Any toxic substance that can be harmful to an unborn child