Advanced Life Span Development

Question 1

What is Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory of the multidimensional systems of development?

Answer 1

Microsystem (immediate environment) -> Mesosystem (connections) -> Exosystem (indirect environment) -> Macrosystem (social and cultural values) -> Chronosystem (changes over time)

Question 2

What are the factors that influence development?

Answer 2

• protective factors
• risk factors
• mediating variables
• moderating variables

Question 3

Ainsworth’s 3 major styles of attachment:

Answer 3

• secure
• avoidant-insecure
• ambivalent-insecure

Question 4

Factors that activate attachment style:

Answer 4

• the child’s characteristics
• contextual factors
• goodness of fit

Question 5

3 major types of infant temperament:

Answer 5

• Easy
• Slow-to-Warm-Up
• Difficult

Question 6

What is Social Cognitive Theory?

Answer 6

An emphasis on environment, cognition, and behavior as key factors in development

Question 7

What is Vygotsky’s Theory?

Answer 7

A sociocultural cognitive theory emphasizing that cultural and social interactions are what guide cognitive development