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1. What is the diathesis stress model?
- A model showing the risk/ disposition to environmental stresses.
- The susceptibility to a particular gene.
- Child development rates of growth and intelligence.
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2. What are the central concerns in developmental psychology
- Play behaviour, Effect of peers, Growth rate
- Continuity, Sources of development, Plasticity
- Cognitions, Physical activity, Social behaviour
3. What is the first stage of Flavells stage theory?
- 1. When changes occur, they are rapid
- 1. Stages distinguished by qualitative changes
- 1. Stage transitions marked by other aspects of change
- 1. Behavioural and physical changes are coherent.
4. What is plasticity?
- A period during development to which there are influences on the development of children.
- When critical and sensitive periods are highly analysed in child development
- The degree to which, and the conditions under which, development is open to change and intervention.
- How the environment can shape us and create new behaviours and cognitions.
5. What do family studies look at?
- Behavioural versus Genetic sources of childhood development.
- Similarities and dissimilarities between relatives according to degrees of relatedness.
- Genetic studies focussing on Dizygotic and Monozyogotic twins
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