Reference no: EM133457221

Question 1:

• Define "meta-theory" or worldview of development
• Which meta-theory do you currently favor? Why?
• Name one developmental context that you would like to help re-invent. Why did you pick that one?

Question 2:

1. What is the definition of attachment?

2. What is the function of attachment:

a. when the child is distressed?

b. in regular times?

3. Give an example of how to promote trust in a context that matters to you.

Question 3:

1. Define "temperament."
2. Explain the idea of "goodness of fit."
3. Give an example of how to promote autonomy in a context that matters to you.
4. What are the 3 most important things adults can do to promote language?
5. What are Piaget's 3 processes of development?
6. What are the major accomplishments of the sensori-motor stage?

Question 4:

1. Pick a level of the social context and name 3 things that come with poverty or racism that shape how people parent. Here are some levels:

• Marriage
• Extended family
• Neighborhood
• Community

2. Name one societal or cultural factor that influenced how your parents parented.

3. What is the biggest risk factor for child maltreatment?

4. Name 3 factors in the context that increase the risk that people will maltreat their children. If you can, think of things at more than one level of context.

Question 5:

1. Define "self-regulation."
2. Define "do-regulation." Give an example
3. Define "don't-regulation." Give an example.

Think about a time (it can be recent) when you were in the ZPD.

1. What was the situation?
2. Did someone scaffold your development?
3. What was the outcome?

Question 6:

Successful aging. What is your definition of successful aging? What is you favorite theory of successful aging? Why? What would you add to these theories? Is there anything society could do to better support successful aging?