Terms and Definitions in Child Development and Developmental Science, Quizzes of Developmental Psychology

Download Terms and Definitions in Child Development and Developmental Science and more Quizzes Developmental Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Child Development DEFINITION 1 Study devoted to understanding constancy and change from conception through adolescence. First two decades of life. TERM 2 Developmental Science DEFINITION 2 All changes we experience througout the lifespan TERM 3 Interdisciplinary DEFINITION 3 Combining two or more academic fields into one single discipline. Such as family, social services, teachers, psychologists and biology. TERM 4 Continuous Development DEFINITION 4 Process of gradually adding ore of the same types of skills that were there to being with. TERM 5 Discontinuous Development DEFINITION 5 Process in which new ways of understanding and responding to the world emerge at different times. Takes place in stages. TERM 6 Contexts DEFINITION 6 Unique combinations of personal and environmental circumstances that can result in different paths of change. TERM 7 Nature DEFINITION 7 Inborn biological givens- the hereditary information we receive from our parents at the moment of conception TERM 8 Nurture DEFINITION 8 The complex forces of the physical and social world that influence our biological makeup and psychological experiences before and after birth. TERM 9 Medieval Times DEFINITION 9 Children were looked at as vulnerableVery little discipline and a lot of play timeDressed in loose comfortable clothes TERM 10 Reformation- Original Sin DEFINITION 10 Children were born evil and had to be civilizedHarsh, restrictive practicesTight restrictive clothing that held them in adult like positionsPuritans! eventually adopted a moderate balance