Chapter 1

Question 1

Which advances paved the way for scientific study of child development ?

Answer 1

• Discovery of germs
• Development of vaccines
• Child welfare laws

Question 2

Which factors helped to pioneer the study of child development as a science?

Answer 2

• G.Stanley Hall (book-Adolescence)
• Establishment of Research institutes
• Longitudinal studies

Question 3

What does “studying the lifespan” mean in the field of developmental science?

Answer 3

From womb to tomb

Question 4

Mention 3 domains of development studies

Answer 4

1. Physical development
2. Cognitive development
3. Psychosocial development

Question 5

Physical Development

Answer 5

Growth of body and brain

Question 6

Cognitive development

Answer 6

Pattern of change in mental abilities

Question 7

Psychosocial development

Answer 7

Patterns of change in emotions, personality and social relationships

Question 8

What are the five major divisions of the life span studied by developmental researchers?

Answer 8

1. Prenatal period
2. Infancy and Toddler-hood
3. Early Childhood (ages 3-6)
4. Middle childhood (ages 6-11)
5. Adolescence (ages 11-20)

Question 9

Mention some physical developments that occurs in the Prenatal period:

Answer 9

• Basic body structure and organs form: growth spurt

- Vulnerable to environmental influences

Question 10

What are some cognitive tasks in the prenatal period?

Answer 10

Abilities to learn, remember and respond to sensory stimuli development

Question 11

Which psychosocial developments are part of the prenatal period?

a) Self-awareness, attachment to parents
b) Search for identity, including sexual identity, becomes central.
c) Fetus responds to mothers voice and develops preference for it.
d) Peers assume central importance.

Answer 11

c) Fetus responds to mothers voice and develops preference for it.

Question 12

True or false: Physical, Cognitive and Psycho-social development, all three domains are interrelated.

Answer 12

True.

Question 13

If a child’s memory and language improve, thinking is egocentric, and family is still the focus of life but other children become more important. In what age period the child is?

a) Prenatal period
b) Infancy and Toddler-hood
c) Early Childhood
d) Middle childhood
e) Adolescence

Answer 13

c) Early childhood.

Question 14

When major health risks arise from behavioral issues such as eating disorders, and abuse in what age period the child is?

a) Adolescence
b) Early Childhood
c) Middle childhood
d) Infancy and Toddler-hood
e) Prenatal period

Answer 14

a) Adolescence.

Question 15

___________________ is the scientific study of processes of change and stability from conception through adolescence.

Answer 15

Child development