Exam 1: The Study of Human Development

A psychology instructor analyzing exam scores notices that the better her students performed on the lecture-based questions, the more poorly they performed on the textbook-based questions. She has discovered:

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Question 101

An example of Piaget's concept of assimilation is an infant who:

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Question 102

Research about individual differences include investigations of the extent to which individual characteristics remain stable over time.

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Question 103

Which of the following summarizes what developmentalists believe about the stability of children's psychological characteristics over time?

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Question 104

Which theorist developed the series of psychosexual stages of development?

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Question 105

A study has validity if:

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Question 106

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental issue regarding the process of development?

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Question 107

Which of the following is a central claim of BOTH Piaget and Vygotsky?

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Question 108

When counting on her own, Josie can accurately count five objects. When her father helps her by pointing at each object to be counted, Josie can accurately count ten objects. Her father's assistance is:

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Question 109

Sociocultural theorists believe that biology is the most influential factor in development.

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Question 110

When two observers simultaneously observing the same infant agree on their descriptions of how upset she becomes when a pacifier is taken from her, this is an example of:

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Question 111

Psychologists who adopt the sociocultural framework differ from adopters of the other frameworks of development in:

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Question 112

In an experiment, the control group:

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Question 113

One of the first developmentalists to stress the importance of systematic observation was Wilhelm Preyer (1841-1897). In his view, careful observation was necessary to establish the ____________ of behavior and, hence, to see how behavioral patterns arose.

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Question 114

What assumption did Piaget make about children's learning?

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Question 115

When conducting an experiment, researchers usually compare the performance of the experimental group with that of a group that:

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Question 116

Which of the following is NOT a part of the study of child development?

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Question 117

Jamie is fascinated by children's ability to solve more complex problems as they get older. Her interest falls in the domain of:

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Question 118

According to the text, what is the most powerful source of development?

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Question 119

Discontinuous development is a view that regards development as a:

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Question 120

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A psychology instructor analyzing exam scores notices that the better her students performed on the lecture-based questions, the more poorly they performed on the textbook-based questions. She has discovered:

An example of Piaget's concept of assimilation is an infant who:

Research about individual differences include investigations of the extent to which individual characteristics remain stable over time.

Which of the following summarizes what developmentalists believe about the stability of children's psychological characteristics over time?

Which theorist developed the series of psychosexual stages of development?

A study has validity if:

Which of the following is NOT a fundamental issue regarding the process of development?

Which of the following is a central claim of BOTH Piaget and Vygotsky?

When counting on her own, Josie can accurately count five objects. When her father helps her by pointing at each object to be counted, Josie can accurately count ten objects. Her father's assistance is:

Sociocultural theorists believe that biology is the most influential factor in development.

When two observers simultaneously observing the same infant agree on their descriptions of how upset she becomes when a pacifier is taken from her, this is an example of:

Psychologists who adopt the sociocultural framework differ from adopters of the other frameworks of development in:

In an experiment, the control group:

One of the first developmentalists to stress the importance of systematic observation was Wilhelm Preyer (1841-1897). In his view, careful observation was necessary to establish the ____________ of behavior and, hence, to see how behavioral patterns arose.

What assumption did Piaget make about children's learning?

When conducting an experiment, researchers usually compare the performance of the experimental group with that of a group that:

Which of the following is NOT a part of the study of child development?

Jamie is fascinated by children's ability to solve more complex problems as they get older. Her interest falls in the domain of:

According to the text, what is the most powerful source of development?

Discontinuous development is a view that regards development as a:

Biocultural Foundations

Prenatal Development and Birth

The First 3 Months

Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Social and Emotional Development in Infancy

Language Acquisition

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood

Contexts of Development

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

School As Context for Development

Social and Emotional Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence

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