CLDP 3338- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 48 pages long!)

• School: UT-Dallas
• Department: Child Learning and Development
• Course: CLDP 3338
• Professor: John Santrock

Document Summary

Early history: plato - reasoning doesn"t belong in childhood. Childhood should be spent in sports/music : aristotle - develop self-determination and egocentrism (believe they know everything, rousseau - reason and curiosity develop with emotional maturity and an interest in others . Today"s adolescents in the united states and around the world. Adolescents in the united states: growing up is never easy, each generation face new challenges (20-25% can"t transition competently, majority do not go through rebellion, crisis, pathology, or deviance. Adolescence: developmental period/transition between childhood and adulthood: early adolescence (9/10 15 years old; middle school) characterized by pubertal changes, late adolescence (16-18; high school) with career interest, dating and identity exploration. Interaction with adults learn tools and skills necessary to adapt/succeed: information processing (dominant theory in developmental psychology) Puberty: brain neuroendocrine process that provides stimulation for rapid physical changes. Secular trends (patterns of puberty onset over history) show early onset due to better nutrition (or obesity)