The Life-Span Perspective
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