The Developing Person Through Childhood and Adolescence Ninth Edition CH. 8
Child Development
CHAPTER 8
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
Body Changes
1. The study of human development is a science because it depends on theories, data, analysis, critical thinking, and sound methodology just like every other science.
2. The five steps of the scientific method are: 1) begin with curiosity 2) develop a hypothesis 3) test the hypothesis 4) draw conclusions 5) report the results.
3. The research on SIDS illustrates the replication and application of the science of child development by repeating the study and using different participants from other cultures.
4. Known:
- birth order did not matter - other factors can increase the risk -sleeping position mattered -back sleeping reduced SIDS Unknown: - if its genetics. - why it still occurs
5. Nature refers to the influence of the genes that people inherit. Nurture refers to environmental influences, beginning with the health and diet of the embryo’s mother and continuing lifelong, including family, school, culture, and society.
Brain Development
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7. Exaggeration of human sex differences is distortions that develop mentalists seek to avoid. People tend to notice differences and jump to conclusion that something important is lacking.
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10. People from several groups can share a culture because it is a system of shared beliefs, conventions, norms, behaviors, expectations and symbolic representations that persist over time; it is a powerful social construction.
11. The term race has been used to categorize people on the basis of physical differences, particularly outward appearance. The term ethnic groups are people whose ancestors were born in the same region and who often share a language, culture, and religion.
12. SES reflects family income, but not income alone. The education and occupation of the head of the household, or of both parents, and sometimes the average education
CHAPTER 8
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
Body Changes
1. The study of human development is a science because it depends on theories, data, analysis, critical thinking, and sound methodology just like every other science.
2. The five steps of the scientific method are: 1) begin with curiosity 2) develop a hypothesis 3) test the hypothesis 4) draw conclusions 5) report the results.
3. The research on SIDS illustrates the replication and application of the science of child development by repeating the study and using different participants from other cultures.
4. Known:
- birth order did not matter - other factors can increase the risk -sleeping position mattered -back sleeping reduced SIDS Unknown: - if its genetics. - why it still occurs
5. Nature refers to the influence of the genes that people inherit. Nurture refers to environmental influences, beginning with the health and diet of the embryo’s mother and continuing lifelong, including family, school, culture, and society.
Brain Development
6.
7. Exaggeration of human sex differences is distortions that develop mentalists seek to avoid. People tend to notice differences and jump to conclusion that something important is lacking.
8.
9.
10. People from several groups can share a culture because it is a system of shared beliefs, conventions, norms, behaviors, expectations and symbolic representations that persist over time; it is a powerful social construction.
11. The term race has been used to categorize people on the basis of physical differences, particularly outward appearance. The term ethnic groups are people whose ancestors were born in the same region and who often share a language, culture, and religion.
12. SES reflects family income, but not income alone. The education and occupation of the head of the household, or of both parents, and sometimes the average education