Cultural influences and childhood

Question 1

What are the four major domains of human development?

Answer 1

1) Physical Domain
2) Cognitive domain
3)Personality domain
4) Sociocultural domain

Question 2

What does the physical domain involve?

Answer 2

Changes in physical shape and size in addition to changes in brain structures, sensory capabilities, and motor skills.

Question 3

What is cognitive domain?

Answer 3

The acquisition of skills in perceiving, thinking, reasoning, and problem solving, as well as the intricate development and use of language.

Question 4

Personality domain involves the

Answer 4

The acquisition of skills in perceiving, thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving, as well as the intricate development and use of language.

Question 5

Sociocultural domain includes

Answer 5

Bothsocialization, which occurs as we are deliberately taught and trained by parents and others about how to fit in and function in society (with or without formal schooling), andenculturation, which occurs as we learn about our culture more or less on our own, by observing and absorbing rather than by being taught.

Question 6

Development is not piecemeal; it is holistic, involving the whole person (True or false)

Answer 6

True

Question 7

shared explanations for how and why human development proceeds as it does.

Answer 7

Theories

Question 8

organized, coherent sets of ideas that help us to understand, to explain, and to make predictions.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

The fundamental biological instructions for development are stored within each individual’s genetic code.

Answer 9

Genetics

Question 10

The entire arrangement of all human genes

Answer 10

Human genome

Question 11

epigenetics

Answer 11

The person’s experiences in the world shape and change how these biologically based processes ultimately unfold, and environmental conditions may actually alter the genes themselves via a process called epigenetics