Compare and contrast the cumulative risk and developmental cascade model

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

• The cumulative risk (CR) model posits that the accumulation of risk factors in the absence of sufficient protective factors results in negative behavioral, emotional, and cognitive outcomes. The dynamic cascade model could be considered a form of cumulative risk model because it refers to multiple risks, it is distinct in that it emphasizes the interaction among risk factors and their effect on outcomes over the course of development. According to the cascade model, the person's developmental skills or deficits enhance, affect, or determine the next skill or deficit along a life-course trajectory. The cascade and the cumulative models both argue that early negative experiences can alter a child's developmental trajectory and interfere with accomplishment of normal developmental milestones.