Theories are important for understanding child development because they:

A) provide systematic organization of many different observations.
B) guarantee agreement among researchers about what they see.
C) make it appear that child development experts know everything.
D) allow immediate applications to help children.

Theories

Systematic sets of ideas and principles designed to explain certain phenomena or observations, which are supported by evidence and can predict outcomes or behaviors.

Child Development

The study of how children grow, change, and learn across different aspects of development, including physical, cognitive, and social-emotional domains.