Unit Three Worksheet # 1 Nature Vs. Nurture

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Unit Three Worksheet # 1 – Nature vs. Nurture Directions: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences Read pages: 71-91 Due Date:______I. Basic Questions About Development

1. Identify the two-(2) basic questions that underlie theories about human development.

2. What is the nature vs. nurture debate?

3. What does the term maturation mean?

4. How do maturation and development differ?

4. What are critical periods? II. Capacities of the Newborn 1. How developed is vision and hearing in a newborn?

2. What is the role of habituation in infant learning?

3. How does environmental stimuli affect behavior? Provide an example

4. List and briefly describe each of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

5. What have been some criticisms of Piaget’s theory? ( at least two)