1. What are attachment, stranger anxiety, and separation anxiety? Why are they important?
2. Describe the major theoretical approaches to explaining social-emotional development in infancy.
3. Describe the many influences on infant social development, including parents’ influences and the influences of child care and early education.
4. What are the notable and important indicators of physical, motor, and sensory development in the early childhood years?
5. There are many important developments in cognition and language in the early childhood years. Describe these developments. How are Piaget and Chomsky relevant to cognitive and language development?
6. In the early childhood years, what important events are taking place in social-emotional development and understanding of self, including gender identification?
7. In the early childhood years, how do family, peers, and school influence development?