1 - University of Houston
PSYC 2350 Child Development
Adrienne Tinder
Final Exam Review
The final exam is cumulative, 100 MC questions (and some bonus questions, as well). All material that we have covered this semester is game for this exam, but the following information should help you to narrow your focus.
• Major theories that we covered- major differences between them and who is associated with the theories
• Major events during prenatal development and the birth process- all major definitions involved, diagnostic testing
• Methods in child developmental research- all major definitions involved
• Infant perception- methods of measurement, general trends in development of each of the perceptual facets (visual, auditory, etc.)
• Piaget’s theory of cognitive development: all stages and characteristics, including definitions, and tasks associated with this theory
• Information processing approach to cognitive development- definitions, models of memory, names associated with information processing approaches
• Theories of language development, components of language development, properties of human language, definitions involved, errors seen in language development
• Theories of temperament and attachment: names, characteristics of theories, methods of measurement, predictors of attachment and stability of attachment
• Factors affecting research on daycare, characteristics of a good daycare, correlates (general associations, characteristics) of daycare (ie, children who went to daycare were found to be more social, etc.)
• Theories of moral development: names, characteristics, and views on punishment and rules
• Types of aggression, nature vs nurture argument of aggression, trends in aggressive behavior (ie, age, gender and cognitive differences)
• Self- definitions of self-related concepts (ie, self esteem), trends of identity development (gender, age, etc), paths of identity development (how do we develop identity?),
• Development of gender, trends, definitions, research done in gender development
• Family- different types and combinations of families, divorce, impact of this on the child
• Theories of parenting, types of parenting, dimensions of parenting, characteristics of each type, differences between mothers and fathers in parenting
• Discipline, corporal punishment- arguments for and against, spanking- who is getting spanked and who is spanking, when are parents spanking, characteristics of effective discipline,
• Abuse, types of abuse, characteristics of abusers and victims, general trends (who is more likely to be abused and when),
• School achievement- differences among US, China, and Japan (students), arguments for why US is doing so poorly, research on kids with learning disabilities in US (general)
• Peer relationships, sociometric techniques, types of ratings according to these sociometric methods (ie, controversial, neglected, etc.)
PSYC 2350 Child Development
Adrienne Tinder
Final Exam: Names to Know!
Mary Ainsworth
Atkinson and Shiffrin
Renee Baillargeon
Albert Bandura
Diana Baumrind
Jay Belsky
John Bowlby
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Noam Chomsky
Charles Darwin
Ken Dodge
Erik Erikson
Sigmund Freud
Arnold Gessell
G. Stanley Hall
Lawrence Kohlberg
Lewis & Brooks-Gunn
John Locke
Konrad Lorenz
Jean Piaget
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
B. F. Skinner
Harold Stevenson
Thomas and Chess
Lev Vygotsky
John Watson
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