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