Chapter 10

Due Friday 12/19

Chapter 10 Questions:

Section 1:

1. What does “maturation” mean, as a psychological term? What else causes development?
2. In what ways is an infant’s development both continuous and in stages?

Section 2:

3. Ask your parents when you started walking. How does that compare to the average age?
4. What reflexes do babies have that help them survive?
5. How does a baby’s vision develop in the first year? Other senses?

Section 3:

6. What are some advantages to having a secure attachment with parents?
7. What is authoritative parenting? Why does this seem to be the most effective style? Is this what you experienced?
8. Discuss the importance of fatherhood (see page 238).
9. What is considered child abuse and neglect? What are some of its causes?
10. What factors seem to help a child’s self-esteem?

Section 4:

11. What do the terms “assimilation” and “accommodation” mean?
12. Summarize the four stages of cognitive development in Paiget’s theory.
13. Summarize the six stages of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development.
14. Why has Kohlberg been criticized for gender bias?