1. How might positivity bias lead to a child’s acquisition of new skills and competencies?

2. What are examples of intrinsic versus extrinsic motivations for reading a book?

3. What is the connection between psychopathology and emotional regulation?

4. What does psychoanalytic theory say about the origins of sex differences and gender roles?

5. What do behaviourists say about the origins of sex differences and gender roles?

6. How does evolutionary theory explain why children follow gender norms?

7. In what ways might playing with peers teach emotional regulation, empathy, and cultural understanding?

8. How is the development of social play affected by culture?

9. Why might children’s muscle strength and control develop better when playing with peers than when playing alone?

10. What do children learn from rough-and-tumble play?

11. What do children learn from sociodramatic play?

12. Why might North American child professionals advise no or limited electronic media for young children?

13. Describe the characteristics of the parenting style that seems to promote the happiest, most successful children.

14. What did Piaget believe about the moral development of children? How might evolutionary theory explain moral development?

15. What is the nature perspective on how people develop morals? What is the nurture perspective?

16. How might children develop empathy and antipathy as they play with one another?

17. What is the connection between empathy and prosocial behaviour?

18. What are the similarities and differences among the four kinds of aggression?

19. How does moral development relate to discipline?

20. Why have many nations made corporal punishment illegal?

21. When is a time out an effective punishment and when is it not?

22. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using induction as punishment?

23. Why might poverty, isolation of parents, and lack of good child care contribute to child maltreatment?

24. Why is it difficult to know exactly how often childhood maltreatment occurs?

25. What are the short-term and long-term consequences of childhood maltreatment?

26. What are the three levels of prevention of maltreatment? Give examples of each.