Describe how sensitive periods can impact children's development. ...

[ereecah]

Describe how sensitive periods can impact children's development. Can developmental change occur outside of these periods?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is meant by using an integrative approach to understanding factors that influence a child's behavior?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[verrinzo]

Answer to Question 1

Because development is organized, sensitive periods play a meaningful role in any discussion of normal and abnormal behavior. Sensitive periods are windows of time during which environmental influences on development, both good and bad, are enhanced. Sensitive periods can be enhanced opportunities for learning but are not the only opportunities; change can take place at other times.

Answer to Question 2

Because no single theoretical orientation can explain various behaviors or disorders, we must be familiar with many theories and conceptual modelseach contributes important insights into normal and abnormal development.

[ereecah]

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[debra928]

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