Deck 17: Infancy Childhood Part II

Question 1

Describe the proximodistal and cephalocaudal principles of development.

Answer 1

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Question 2

What are teratogens,and why is development in the fetal stage most susceptible to them?

Answer 2

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Question 3

Describe the reasons Judith Harris concluded that parents have less effect on children's development than peers.

Answer 3

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Question 4

Explain the principle of bidirectionality in describing the interaction between a parent and an abused child.

Question 5

Why is the nature-nurture issue such an important question?

Question 6

What is resiliency? Describe the factors that contribute to it.

Question 7

According to Piaget,what are the four stages of cognitive development?

Question 8

Present a summary of the sensory abilities of vision,hearing,and smell of a newborn.

Question 9

Describe the significant changes in germinal,embryonic,and fetal stages of prenatal development.

Question 10

Describe the effects of smoking and alcohol on prenatal development.