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Foundation Child Development Week 2

Foundation Child Development Week 2

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Foundation for Child Development
Week 2

By Johanna Sailor

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Draw

Draw an image or symbol that represents how you are feeling this morning.

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Multiple Choice

The study of __________________ is the study of predictable patterns of change in children and adolescents over time.

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child & adolescent development

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forensic psychology

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geriatrics

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I can't recall right now.

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Multiple Select

Which of the following are 2 important questions scientists ask when studying child development?

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What changes?

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How do the changes occur?

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When did the changes occur?

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Where did the changes occur?

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Open Ended

Bonus: There's a third consideration for developmental scientists. What else might they question?

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Stages

​Infants & Toddlers

​Early Childhood

​Middle Childhood

​Adolescence

​Identifiers








​Application








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Stages

​Physical

​Cognitive

​Social/Emotional

​Examples





​Non-Examples





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Success Criteria:

I will be successful when I can:

  • define child and adolescent development.

  • define stages of development.

  • identify key indicators for each stage of development.

  • apply knowledge of stages distinguish differences in real-world examples.

  • apply knowledge of domains (physical, cognitive, social/emotional) to identify examples of developmental changes.


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​Critical Periods & Sensitive Periods

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following defines critical periods?

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Critical periods are periods of development when skills must develop.

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Critical periods are periods during development when its advised skills be developed

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Critical periods is the time when teachers should take breaks.

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Critical periods are the times when schools schedule the most important classes such as English and Social Studies.

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following defines sensitive periods?

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Sensitive periods refer to stages of life that are irrelevant to skill acquisition.
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Sensitive periods are critical times in development when individuals are more receptive to learning specific skills.
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Sensitive periods are moments when learning is completely ineffective.
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Sensitive periods are times when individuals are less able to learn new skills.

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Nature and Nurture

100% biology AND 100% environment

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly defines how nature influences child and adolescent development?

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Nature affects growth via social interactions.
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Nature shapes development through environmental factors.
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Nature influences development through genetics and biological factors.
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Nature determines behavior through cultural influences.

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly identifies how nurture supports development?

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Nurture influences development through environmental support and experiences.
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Nurture solely relies on genetic factors.
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Nurture has no impact on cognitive growth.
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Nurture is irrelevant to emotional development.

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Competing Views of "Nature"

​Puritans

​Locke

​Rousseau

​Inherently evil

​Blank Slate

​Noble Savage

media
media
media

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-John Locke

"Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain."

Quality of teacher-student relationship in kindergarten predicted a number of academic and behavioral outcomes through 8th grade.
-Woolfolk & Perry

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  1. Family Structure

  2. Parenting Style

  3. Peers: Friends & Others

  4. Culture & Community

  5. Ethnicity & Race

  6. Social Class & Socioeconomic Status

  7. Generational Differences

​Context Shapes: Behaviors, Beliefs, Knowledge

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What is a theory?

"...overriding purpose of theories is to explain phenomena to tell us why things happened and why will happen in the future" (Woolfolk & Perry, 2015, p. 5).

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REFERENCES

Smithsonian Institution. (n.d.). Puritans: Religious lifestyle. Smithsonian Learning Lab. "The quiet conscience." https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/puritans-religious-lifestyle/vkunxKN0UziFUEfm

Smithsonian Libraries. (n.d.).
"Portrait of John Locke." [Image]. Smithsonian Libraries. https://library.si.edu/image-gallery/71456

National Galleries of Scotland. (n.d.).
Jean‑Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) by Allan Ramsay [Artwork].

Foundation for Child Development
Week 2

By Johanna Sailor

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