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Lifespan Development

Check Your Understanding Questions

Lifespan DevelopmentCheck Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

22 .
When explaining differences between the physical size of preschool boys and girls, what does it mean that “the variance within each sex is much larger than any variance between the sexes”?
23 .
Why is it important to identify cases of stunting, a physical attribute that cannot be reversed?
24 .
Explain the connection between environment and brain growth. That is, what kinds of experiences are important to typical versus individual brain growth?
25 .
Explain why physical development may not be optimized if physical activities are limited during early childhood.
26 .
Describe advancements in gross motor and fine motor movements that arise during early childhood.
27 .
Name three cognitive milestones typically first observed during early childhood. Identify some reasons they might be enhanced (and observed) sooner or delayed.
28 .
What is the difference between Piaget’s idea that individuals construct their own knowledge and Vygotsky’s model of social constructivism?
29 .
Name and define the features of language. Provide an example of at least one feature.
30 .
Explain the importance of environmental influences on a child’s language development. Identify at least one specific feature of an optimal learning environment.
31 .
Describe how studying language development can help improve our understanding of children’s cognitive development.
32 .
Differentiate between parallel play and cooperative play.
33 .
Describe at least two developmental benefits of play in early childhood.
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