Questions from Infants and Children

Q: What strengths and limitations do the clinical, or case study,

What strengths and limitations do the clinical, or case study, method and ethnography have in common?

Q: Ben, age 13 months, has just started to walk.

Ben, age 13 months, has just started to walk. Using the concept of affordances, explain why he is likely to step over risky drop-offs.

Q: Sammy’s mother explained to him that the family would take a vacation

Sammy’s mother explained to him that the family would take a vacation in Miami. The next morning, Sammy announced, “I gotted my bags packed. When are we going to Your-ami?” What explains Sammy’s error...

Q: Chandra heard a news report about 10 severely neglected children, living

Chandra heard a news report about 10 severely neglected children, living in squalor in an inner-city tenement. She wondered, “Why would parents so mistreat their children?” How would you answer Chandr...

Q: Sandy wonders why her daughter Mira’s teacher often has students work on

Sandy wonders why her daughter Mira’s teacher often has students work on assignments in small, cooperative groups. Explain the benefits of this approach to Sandy. What must Mira’s teacher do to ensure...

Q: Claire told her 6-year-old daughter never to talk

Claire told her 6-year-old daughter never to talk to or take candy from strangers. Why is Claire’s warning unlikely to protect her daughter from sexual abuse? What preventive actions can Claire take?...

Q: Derek, father of a 3-year-old and a

Derek, father of a 3-year-old and a new-born, reported that he had a harder time adjusting to the birth of his second child than to that of his first. Explain why this might be so.

Q: Explain how generous employment leave for childbirth—at least 12 weeks

Explain how generous employment leave for childbirth—at least 12 weeks of paid time off available to either the mother or father—can ease the transition to parenthood and promote positive parent–infan...

Q: According to differentiation theory, perceptual development reflects infants’ active search for

According to differentiation theory, perceptual development reflects infants’ active search for invariant features. Provide examples from research on hearing, pattern perception, object perception, an...

Q: Explain how children’s strategies for word learning support the interactionist perspective on

Explain how children’s strategies for word learning support the interactionist perspective on language development.