EXAM 1 Study Guide Exam date 2/11 Tuesday

Areas from textbook listed could be exam material.

Chapter 1 Introduction and research

The Life-Span Perspective

The Importance of Studying Development

Characteristics of the Life-Span Perspective

Some Contemporary Concerns

The Nature of Development

Biological, Cognitive, and Socioemotional Processes

Periods of Development

The Significance of Age

Developmental Issues

Discuss how age is related to happiness.

ways age can be conceptualized.

the nature/nurture,stability-change, continuity-discontinuity issue.

Research in Life-Span Development

Methods for Collecting Data

Research Designs

Time Span of Research

Conducting Ethical Research

Chapter 2

Prenatal Development

Three periods of prenatal development

teratogen and how teratogens affect the developing organism.

effects of prescription and nonprescription drugs on the developing organism.

effects of diseases, stress other teratogens

maternal factors and prenatal development.

paternal factors and prenatal development.

environmental hazards to prenatal development.

the impact of prenatal care

Low-birthweight infants, preterm infants, and small-for-date infants.

consequences of low-birthweight and preterm birth.

Changes that take place in the postpartum period.

physical adjustments a woman’s body makes during the postpartum period.

emotional and psychological adjustments a woman may experience.

bonding in the parent–child relationship.

Chapter 3 Infancy

Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal Sequences

Height and Weight

The Brain

The Brain's Development

The Brain's Lobes and Hemispheres

Early Experience and the Brain

Sleep

REM Sleep

SIDSNutrition

Nutritional Needs and Eating Behavior

Breast- Versus Bottle-Feeding

MOTOR DEVELOPMENT

Reflexes

Gross and Fine Motor Skills

SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT

Vision

Other senses

Habituation and Dishabituation; Joint attention

LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

What Is Language?

Language Rule systems

How Language Develops

Recognize language sounds

Babbling and Gestures

First Words

Two-Word Utterances

Biological and Environmental Influences

Biological influences

Environmental influences

Interactionist view

Chapter 4 Infancy EMOTIONAL AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

Emotional Development

Affect in Parent-Child Relationships

Crying

Smiling

Fear

Social Referencing

Emotional Regulation and Coping

Temperament

Defining and Classifying Temperament

Goodness of Fit

Parenting and the Child's Temperament

Gender, Culture, and Temperament

Personality Development

Erikson theory: trust and autonomy

The Developing Sense of Self and Independence

ATTACHMENT

What Is Attachment?

Individual Differences

Caregiving Styles and Attachment Classification

Attachment, Temperament, and the Wider Social World

SOCIAL CONTEXTS

The Family

Transition to Parenthood

Reciprocal Socialization

Family as a System

Maternal and Paternal Infant Caregiving

Child Care