North Seattle Community College's

PSYCHOLOGY 200 LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Instructor: Nancy Jago Finley, nfinle@sccd.ctc.edu

CHAPTER SIX ESSAY QUESTIONS

PLEASE CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

1. Complete one of the case study exercises for this chapter found on the companion website for our text.

2. Differentiate between the process and timing of language development between hearing and deaf infants. Include a discussion of the use of gestures and the acquisition of sign language in your response.

3. Examine cultural differences in language development. What are examples of differences between cultures, especially regarding the ratio of nouns to verbs and adjectives, as they relate to cultural values?

4. Briefly describe each of the six stages of sensorimotor intelligence and give an example of what an infant learns in each stage.