Child's Perception of Aging Quiz

Human Development

• Teratogens are agents that can harm the developing fetus during pregnancy
• Not mentioned as a teratogen in the text: (no answer in the provided text)
• Developmental scientists focus on human development post-childbirth to understand how people grow, change, and develop across the lifespan

Cognitive Development

• Example question: How do children's thinking and problem-solving abilities change as they grow?
• Developmental psychologists try to understand how our cognitive abilities grow and change over time

Social Development

• Example question: How do our relationships and social skills change as we grow and develop?

Prenatal Development

• Human development begins at conception, during the prenatal period

Story of Patrice

• Patrice's mother showed her a picture of her grandmother as an infant, and Patrice expressed disbelief that the infant was her grandmother
• Patrice's mother explained the concept of development and change over time to help Patrice understand

Developmental Timeline

• Development starts at conception and continues across the lifespan
• The text mentions Patrice's reaction to highlight that development is a complex and enormous process that can be hard to understand
• Scientists have discovered that individuals grow and change over the lifespan, and that change can occur at any point in life
• According to developmental psychologists, change over time can begin to occur for individuals at any point in their lives

Test your understanding of how children perceive aging and the concept of older adults based on a scenario involving a 5-year-old named Patrice and her grandmother's photograph.