Psychology questions

1. Explain the bioecological model.
2. What is a risk factor? Explain resilience. Give examples.
3. What are the protective factors that decrease the likelihood of poor outcomes in children?
4. Discuss maternal depression. Explain all the negative behaviors that affects her child or children.
5. Why is poverty considered a risk factor in a child's development?
6. What is school readiness? Define and give examples of how it is measured?
7. In detail describe each element of piaget's sensorimotor development stage.
8. In detail describe each element of piaget's preoperational stage of development.
9. In detail explain Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory. Mention zpd, scaffolding and private speech.
10. Describe both the cognitive and social dimensions of play. Describe rough-and-tumble play in detail.
11. What are the long-term consequences of child abuse? Who abuses? Be specific in your answer.
12. Discuss the four styles of parenting. Describe each style.
13. Explain the development of language abilities in the first three years of life.
14. Define the 5 components of language in detail.
15. Compare and contrast the nativist view of language with the environmentalist view of language.
16. Discuss are in detail.
17. Define monolingualism and bilingualism. Why is bilingualism better than monolingualism?
18. Explain John Bowlby’s contribution to the study of attachment. Mention the Tavistock clinic.
19. Explain marry Ainsworth's contribution to the study of attachment. Mention the Tavistock clinic.
20. Discuss Konrad Lorenz’s contribution to ethology, imprinting, the critical and sensitive periods of attachment.

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