Human Development

Respond to fifteen of the following learning objectives:

1. Describe the typical changes in physical growth that take place in toddlerhood. 
2. Explain the harmful effects of nutritional deficiencies on growth.
3. Describe the advances in (a) fine and (b) gross motor development that take place during toddlerhood.
4. Distinguish the weaning process early in infancy from weaning later in toddlerhood.
5. Explain Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of cognitive development. 
6. Compare and contrast Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of cognitive development with Piaget’s theory.
7. Describe the milestones in language development that are reached during the toddler years.
8. Discuss Vygotsky’s theory of language development.
9. What are the specialized brain areas responsible for language comprehension and language production? Where are they located? Why might language comprehension precede language production? 
10. Discuss the (a) evolutionary and (b) biological arguments for language development.
11. Identify how parents’ stimulation of toddlers’ language varies across cultures and evaluate how these variations relate to language development.
12. Describe how emotional development advances during toddlerhood and identify the impact of culture on these changes.
13. Discuss sociomoral emotions and explain why these emotions might exist. 
14. Describe Harlow’s study of Rhesus Monkeys and explain the implications that can be made for attachment and bonding.
15. Describe the essential features of attachment theory and identify the four classifications of attachment.
16. Discuss Ainsworth’s “strange situation” experiment. If you were to conduct an experiment to test for toddler’s attachment to their parents, what research design and methods would you use?
17. Define gender identity and discuss how it is different than biological sex. Discuss some ways that gender socialization occurs in the U.S.
18. Compare traditional cultures and developed countries on the typical patterns of father involvement with infants and toddlers.
19. Identify the characteristics of Autism Spectrum Disorder and specify how it affects prospects for children as they grow to adulthood