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Child Psychology 1/c/e
Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition
E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough
Themes and Theories of Child Development

Critical Thinking Questions



1

Explain why it is important to study children and child development.
 
2

Define culture and cultural groups.
 
3

Compare and contrast the "early experience" perspective with the "later experience" perspective of child development. Which would you advocate? Why?
 
4

How might prevention programs and competency training increase a child's resilience?
 
5

What are the strength(s) and weakness(es) of the psychoanalytic perspective? (Students could apply this question to any theoretical perspective described in this chapter: cognitive, behavioural/social learning, ethological, and ecological.)
 




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