01:830:331 Final: FINAL EXAM REVIEW & STUDY GUIDE - ALL CHAPTERS
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Understand what is meant by and be able to identify e xa mp les of the following terms: physical development, cognitive develop ment, social develop ment, personality development. Describe how culture, race, and ethnicity influence development. Describe the history of child develop ment and its foundations. Be able to discuss the key issues and questions that dominate the fie ld of child develop ment today. Na me and e xp lain the five ma jor theoretica l perspectives that guide the study of child develop ment. Describe the behavioral perspective of child develop ment as outlined by skinner. Exp la in how the cognitive perspective allows people to know, understand, and think about the world. Discuss the contextual perspective and how it stresses th e interrelatedness of developmental areas. Exp la in the theory related most closely with genetic inheritance. Exp la in the scientific method, and how it helps answer qu estions about child development.
