Intro to Human Development

Stella, age 12, is in the 6th grade, but still reads at a 3rd grade level.  Developmentalists would suggest that there is a problem in which domain of development?

• Physical

• Social

• Emotional

• Intellectual

Juanita's father died when she was just a baby, but her family insists that she not only looks like him, she acts like him as well.  This might indicate that which of the following had a large impact on her development?

• Nature

• Innate Goodness

• Nurture

• Attitude

The basic idea that there may be significant periods in development when an organism is especially sensitive to the presence or absence of some particular kind of experience or influence is referred to as a

• Cohort

• Critical Period

• Sensitive Period

• Timing Influence

Match the following domains of development

• Fine and Gross motor skills

• Intellectual

• Learning right from wrong

• Physical

• Learning the alphabet

• Social

• Controlling emotions

• Emotional

• Developing friendships

• Moral

Match the following characteristics of development

• Michael had trouble in couldn't answer the teacher questions. The other students made fun of him.

• Development proceeds at an individual rate

• Shameka learned to walk at 10 months and Jamal learned to walk at 14 months

• Development is similar for everyone

• Gentry was an NHS member, earned his college degree, and became a successful business person.

• Development is continuous throughout life

• Miguel learns his alphabet, then learns to read words.

• Development is interrelated

• Cousins are born about 2 months apart and learn to sit up, walk and talk about the same age.

• Development builds on earlier learning

Human development is the study of age related changes in what areas?

• Growth and development of children

• Behavior, thinking, emotion and personality in all ages

• Behavior and personality changes

• Intellectual and personality changes in the lifespan

What is nature in human development?

• Effects of the environment

• Effects of parents on the child

• Inborn propensities; biological or genetic influences

• Inborn traits with the environmental influences

What is nurture in human development?

• Learning from environmental experiences

  Internal models of experience 

• Inborn propensities; biological influences

  Inborn biases

• The effect of genetics and environment together

What is a developmental explanation of why the same environment affects two children in the family differently?

• The effect depends on outside influences only

• The child's temperament isn't a factor in the developmental outcome

• Each child has vulnerabilities and protective factors, some are more resilient

What is cephalocaudal?

• Development occurring from the head to the lower parts of the body

• Development that occurs from the trunk to the extremities

• Development that occurs in an orderly fashion