CD10G Study Guide

Quiz 1 Study Guide: Chpater1 & 2

  • pp.3-11  definition
    •  scientific method, theory, hypothesis
    •  three domains of development,
    •  periods of development
    •  nature vs. nurture, continuity and discontinuity
    •  many directions
    •  ecological-system approach
  • p.21 applying the scientific method
  • pp.23-27 survey, case study, studying changes over time,
    •  cross-sectional research
    •  longitudinal research
  • pp.37-51
    •  psychoanalytic perspective
    •  Freud--- stages, id, ego, superego
    •  Erikson---psychosocial perspective, 8 stages
    •  John Watson--- behaviorism
    •  Pavlov--- classical conditioning
    •  Skinner--- concerns for behaviorism,
    •  operant conditioning
    •  Bandura--- social cognitive theory
    •  Piaget---4 stages, scheme, assimilation, accommodation, adaptation, equilibrium, concerns 
    •  about the theory
    •  Vygotsky---sociocultural perspective, ZPD

Quiz 2 Study Guide: Chpater3 & 4

  • pp.65-73 The Genetic Code
  • pp.75-78 From one Cell to Many; New Cells, New Functions, Many
    •  Factors, Gene-Gene Interactions, Dominant-Recessive Heredity, 
    •  X-Linked Genes
  • pp.85-89 Chromosomal Abnormalities; Down Syndrome
    •  Phenylketonuria (PKU); Sickle-cell anemia; Cystic fibrosis;
    •  Hemophilia; Hydrocephlus; Neural-tube defects
  • pp.92-93 Prenatal Diagnostic Tests
  • pp.97-103 The Germinal Period; The Embryonic Period; The Fetal Period
    •  blastocyst; amnion; amniotic fluid; placenta; yolk sac;
    •  umbilical cord
  • pp.104-105 Risk Reduction
  • pp.107-109 Protective Measures
  • pp.113-122 Birth
  • pp.125 Postpartum Depression; Bonding

Quiz 3 Study Guide: Chpater5,6 & 7

  • pp.131-132 Body Changes; Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal
    •  Height and Weight
  •  pp.135-139 Brain Development; Experience Shapes the Brain
  •  pp.142-147 Sensation and Movement; Motor Skills; Reflexes;
    •  Gross Motor Skills
  •  pp.161-168 Sesorimotor Intelligence; stages of Sensorimotor
    •  Development; Object Permanence
  •  pp.174-181  Language: What Develops in the First Two Years?
    •  Language Acquisition Device; Is There a Critical Period for  
    •  Learning Language? The Behavioral View
  •  pp.187- 189 The First Two Years: Psychosocial Development; Smiling;
    •  anger and Sadness; Fear; Toddlers’ Emotions
  •  p.195 Erikson: Trust & Autonomy
  •  p.197-198 Temperament; The New York Longitudinal Study
    •  Goodness of Fit
  •  p.53  Ethology by Konrad Lorenz – geese study

Quiz 4 Study Guide: Chpater8, 9 & 10

  •  pp. 221-222 Body Changes
  •  pp.225-226 Brain Development
  •  pp.231-236 Improved Motor Skills; Artistic Expression
  •  pp.249-256  Piaget and Vygotsky; Piaget’s Preoperational Stage; Symbolic Function Substage;
    • Intuitive Thought Substage; Vygotsky’s Theory of Development; The Zone of Proximal
    • Development; Scaffolding; Language as Tool
  • pp.258-264  Theory of Mind; Language
  • pp.277-279  Emotional Development; Initiative Versus Guilt
  • pp.281-282 Sex Differences in Emotional Regulation
  • p.285 Changing Social Circumstances
  • pp.288-290 Challenges for Parents; Parenting Styles
  • pp.299-300 Becoming Boys and Girls
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