UNIT 1 DISCUSSION INSTRUCTIONS: Below are four pairs of statements relating to basic issues of human development. Read each statement carefully and select the statement in each pair that reflects your view more closely. There are no right or wrong answers. Think critically about your views.Statement 1. Development is a continuous process in which new abilities, skills, and knowledge are added gradually.Development occurs at varying rates, alternating between periods of little change and periods of abrupt, rapid transformation.Statement 2. All humans follow the same general sequence of development.Each individual has a unique development course, depending on personal and environmental circumstances.Statement 3. Children respond to the world in much the same way as adults, except that children′s thinking is less sophisticated and complex than that of adults.Children have unique ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving that are very different from those of adults.
For question 1, refer to the paragraph and data below: Researchers were interested in examining how children with autism see and understand the world.
For question 1, refer to the paragraph and data below: Researchers were interested in examining how children with autism see and understand the world. Participants included children diagnosed with autism and typically developing children, who were all approximately the same age. Children were randomly assigned to view different stimuli on