Essay Quiz


1		Hearing that you are taking this class in Child Development, your roommate states: "I do not understand why you're taking that class! Everyone knows all you have to do is let kids know who's the boss and they'll grow up to be okay. Why waste so much time on something we already know?" Enlighten your roommate on the many reasons to study Child Development and to counter your roommate's statement.



2		The "nature-nurture controversy" has been around for a long time. At coffee in the cafeteria, you get into a discussion about this issue with two of your friends. One of them stubbornly states that nature is the only thing that matters; your other friend just as stubbornly asserts that nurture is the only thing that is important in terms of who we are, how we develop, and what our lives will be like. Knowing you are taking this class in Child Development, they turn to you to tell them who is right. Discuss this issue with them, being sure to incorporate into your answer all you know about the biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes.



3		A new group, Advocates for Young Children, has approached you to help them become a social and political force for the benefit of children. The first time you meet with this group you realize they don't have any understanding at all of the social policy issues facing children in America today. Enlighten them.

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