lecture 1 (intro)

Question 1

what are some reasons to learn about child development

Answer 1

raising children
choosing social policies
understanding human nature

Question 2

true or false: child dev research helps answer child-rearing questions

Answer 2

true

Question 3

givee an example on how children dev helps answer child rearing questions

Answer 3

ex: how to reeact to children’s anger
=most parents spank but research shows theres more effectiive alternatives (showing symptathy, time out, diff ways to express anger)

Question 4

explain how child develop research helps choose social policies

Answer 4

ex: violentvideo games
=dev shows that violent video games only have a tiny effect on child aggression therefore. did not justify banning videogames

ex; research about screen time affect on children how quality has a larger effect than quantity

Question 5

what are 5 common themes in child dev

Answer 5

nature and nurture
active child
continuity and discontinuity
sociocultural context
individual differences

Question 6

explain tthe concept of nature

Answer 6

our biological endownment : the genes we inherent from our parentts
=innate

Question 7

explain the nurture concept

Answer 7

the physical and social environments that influence our development

Question 8

true or false: just nature affects a child

Answer 8

false, nurture and natture both interact to influence a person

Question 9

explain the concept of the active child

Answer 9

children contribute to their own development and this contribution gets bigger as they get oldeer

Question 10

explain how a newborn can be considered an active child

Answer 10

they can control where they choose to look which shapes their development

Question 11

true or false: children are just passive in their dev

Answer 11

false, they play their own role in shaping their dev especially as they get old. (more automnomous and choices)

Question 12

explain the concept thatt dev is continous vs discontinous

Answer 12

continuous: the idea that changes with age occur gradually in small increments

vs

discontinous: the idea that chagnes with age happen in occasional large shifts

Question 13

what is the problem with the discontinous theroeis of development

Answer 13

people dont easily fit in these distinc categories of dev

Question 14

what is the most important social cultral aspect that affects a childs development

Answer 14

people that the children interact with

Question 15

what are some examplse of the social cultral aspects that affect child dev.

Answer 15

physical enviroment
insittutions
historical era
economic structure
cultural values and belifese

Question 16

give an example that shows the importance of the of the sociocultural context

Answer 16

xe: cross cultural sleeping arrangements
in other countries, kids sleep with their mother (co sleeping) for their early life and these sleep arrangements affect ow kids develop

Question 17

what are 4 reasons that children become so difference from one another

Answer 17

1) genetic diffs
2) diff in trteatment by parnts and other adults
3) differences in reactions to similar experiences
4) diff choices of environemnets