Questions from Infants and Children

Q: List techniques that parents can use to scaffold development of categorization in

List techniques that parents can use to scaffold development of categorization in infancy and toddlerhood, and explain why each is effective.

Q: Explain how findings on ethnic and gender differences in temperament illustrate gene

Explain how findings on ethnic and gender differences in temperament illustrate gene–environment correlation.

Q: Using research on malnutrition or unintentional injuries, show how physical growth

Using research on malnutrition or unintentional injuries, show how physical growth and health in early childhood result from a continuous, complex interplay between heredity and environment.

Q: Explain how Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories complement each other. How would

Explain how Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories complement each other. How would classroom practices inspired by these theories be similar? How would they differ?

Q: Select two of the following features of preoperational thought: egocentrism,

Select two of the following features of preoperational thought: egocentrism, a focus on perceptual appearances, difficulty reasoning about transformations, and lack of hierarchical classification. Pre...

Q: How does emotional self-regulation affect the development of empathy and

How does emotional self-regulation affect the development of empathy and sympathy? Why are these emotional capacities vital for positive peer relations?

Q: Select one of the following health problems of middle childhood: obesity

Select one of the following health problems of middle childhood: obesity, myopia, bedwetting, asthma, or unintentional injuries. Explain how both genetic and environmental factors contribute to it.

Q: Explain why gains in executive function are vital for mastery of reading

Explain why gains in executive function are vital for mastery of reading and math in middle childhood.

Q: Cite examples of how older children’s capacity to take more information into

Cite examples of how older children’s capacity to take more information into account enhances their emotional understanding, perspective taking, and moral understanding.

Q: What aspect of behaviourism made it attractive to critics of psychoanalytic theory

What aspect of behaviourism made it attractive to critics of psychoanalytic theory? How did Piaget’s theory respond to a major limitation of behaviourism?