Child Development Final Exam
Child Development
Final Exam Review Sheet
1. Issues in Developmental Psychology Ch. 1, p. 1-24
a. Nature/Nurture
i. twin & adoption studies
b. Continuity/Discontinuity
c. Active Child- children contribute to their own dev. From early in life, and contributions increase as they grow older
d. Sociocultural Differences
i. Sleeping patterns
e. SES
f. Romanian orphanage study/sensitive periods
2. Theories of Development Ch. 1, p. 1-24
a. Plato emphasized self control and discipline, believed that children are born with innate knowledge
b. Aristotle was concerned with fitting child rearing to the needs of the individual child, believed that knowledge comes from experience
c. Locke child as a tablusa rasa, first instill …show more content…
Contrast sensitivity Young infants prefer to look at patterns of high visual contrast because they have poor contrast sensitivity (the ability to detect differences in light and dark areas).
i. Preference?
Color vision very young infants have limited color vision, although by 2-3 months of age their color vision is similar to that of adults
Visual scanning One-month-olds (a) scan the perimeters of shapes. Two-month-olds (b) scan both the perimeters and the interiors of shapes.
Pattern perception Two-month-old infants can analyze and integrate separate elements of a visual display into a coherent pattern.
Subjective contour When you look at this figure, you no doubt see a square—what is called a subjective contour, because it does not actually exist
Perceptual constancy is the perception of objects as being of constant size, shape, color, etc., in spite of physical differences
Final Exam Review Sheet
1. Issues in Developmental Psychology Ch. 1, p. 1-24
a. Nature/Nurture
i. twin & adoption studies
b. Continuity/Discontinuity
c. Active Child- children contribute to their own dev. From early in life, and contributions increase as they grow older
d. Sociocultural Differences
i. Sleeping patterns
e. SES
f. Romanian orphanage study/sensitive periods
2. Theories of Development Ch. 1, p. 1-24
a. Plato emphasized self control and discipline, believed that children are born with innate knowledge
b. Aristotle was concerned with fitting child rearing to the needs of the individual child, believed that knowledge comes from experience
c. Locke child as a tablusa rasa, first instill …show more content…
Contrast sensitivity Young infants prefer to look at patterns of high visual contrast because they have poor contrast sensitivity (the ability to detect differences in light and dark areas).
i. Preference?
Color vision very young infants have limited color vision, although by 2-3 months of age their color vision is similar to that of adults
Visual scanning One-month-olds (a) scan the perimeters of shapes. Two-month-olds (b) scan both the perimeters and the interiors of shapes.
Pattern perception Two-month-old infants can analyze and integrate separate elements of a visual display into a coherent pattern.
Subjective contour When you look at this figure, you no doubt see a square—what is called a subjective contour, because it does not actually exist
Perceptual constancy is the perception of objects as being of constant size, shape, color, etc., in spite of physical differences