Key Concepts

Question 1

Discontinuous

Answer 1

changes are sudden and qualitative rather than gradual.

Question 2

Critical Period

Answer 2

specific tim during development when particular even has its greatest consequences.

Question 3

Sensitive periods

Answer 3

organisms are particularly susceptible to certain stimuli in the environment.

Question 4

Nature

Answer 4

the inherited or genetic.

Question 5

Nurture

Answer 5

refers to the environmental influence that shape behavior.

Question 6

Universiality

Answer 6

development is a universal process

Question 7

Diversity

Answer 7

development is tied to the context or culture.

Question 8

Cephocaudal

Answer 8

sequence in which the earliest growth always occurs at the top- the head- with physical growth and feature differentiation gradually working from top to bottom.

Question 9

Proximodistal

Answer 9

growth starts at the center of the body and moves toward extremities.

Question 10

Continuous

Answer 10

changes are gradual and occur little by little over time.

Question 11

Permissive Parent

Answer 11

little control, high level of warmth and nurturance.

Question 12

Authoritarian parenting.

Answer 12

high standards, low levels of warmth, and communication.

Question 13

Authoritative parent

Answer 13

provide control, high levels of warmth.

Question 14

Disengaged parent

Answer 14

low levels of control and warmth.