Chaoter 4 week 5 Dynamic-Systems Theories

Question 1

Dynamic-Systems Theories
Focus on how change occurs over
____

Answer 1

Focus on how change occurs over
varying time periods in complex
systems

Development as process of
constant change

Question 2

Dynamic-Systems Theories
View of Children’s Nature

Dynamic-Systems Theories emphasize:

Answer 2

Children are innately motivated to
explore the environment.
* Children have a precise way of
problem solving.
* Infants and toddlers are competent.
* Other people are important in
influencing development

Question 3

Dynamic-Systems Theories
View of Children’s Nature
Motivators of development

Answer 3

Children are motivated to learn about
the world around them.
* They are interested in the world around
them.
* They expand their capabilities.

Question 4

Dynamic-Systems Theories
View of Children’s Nature

Children’s specific actions
contribute to____

Answer 4

development throughout life.

-It is evident in reaching and
grasping for objects.

Question 5

Dynamic-Systems Theories
Central Developmental Issues

Self-organization and soft assembly

Answer 5

Involves integrating attention,
memory, emotions, and actions

“Soft assembly”
a concept that describes how actions are the result of an immediate interaction between an individual and their context

Question 6

Dynamic-Systems Theories
Central Developmental Issues

Mechanisms of change
Variation

Selection

Answer 6

Variation: The use of different
behaviors to pursue the same goal.

Selection: Increasing frequent choice
of behaviors that are relatively
successful in reaching goals.