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When students have studied the material in the chapter, they will be able to answer the following:

  • Introduction
    1. What are the major developmental tasks of toddlerhood in Western cultures?
    2. How do the new behaviors and abilities of toddlers change their relationships with others?
    3. What can parents do to help their children successfully negotiate the developmental challenges of toddlerhood?
  • Two views of socialization
    1. Explain the difference between socialization from the outside and socialization from the inside.
  • Major developments in the toddler period
    1. List the important social and emotional developments of toddlerhood.
    2. How does toddlers' behavior change as they move toward increased independence?
    3. Discuss the developments that reflect toddlers' increased sociability and more mature forms of social interaction.
    4. How does awareness of the self and of other people increase during toddlerhood?
    5. Describe the emotional changes of toddlerhood and explain how they are related to other aspects of development.
  • Parent-toddler relations
    1. What are the major tasks of parents during toddlerhood?
  • Individual adaptations: the roots of personality
    1. How do attachment history and temperament influence individual adaptations during toddlerhood?
  • Parental abuse and neglect of toddlers
    1. Summarize the consequences and likely causes of child maltreatment.
  • The importance of the toddler period
    1. What special significance does toddlerhood have in children's development?







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