Exam 1: History, Theories, and Methods

Elsa is a nutritionist writing a paper on childhood eating habits today compared with a decade ago. She decides to compare what her niece eats today with what she used to eat as a child. She monitors her intake every day by asking her sister and her niece's teacher in school and compiles data through that. Which method of gathering information does Elsa use?

Which of the following is the purpose of having random assignment in an experiment?

Describe the three parts of personality as theorized by Freud.

The final stage in Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development is the _____.

The nature-nurture controversy debates whether development is continuous or a series of stages.

Bandura's social cognitive theory argues that children learn by observing models.

Which of the following is a similarity between John Watson's school of behaviorism and John Locke's concept of tabula rasa?

Which of the following is the most important reason for having ethical guidelines about how research must be conducted?

Discuss the role of extinction in altering behavior.

Discuss the challenge presented to cross-sectional research by the cohort effect.

__________are stereotyped patterns of behavior that are evoked by a "releasing stimulus."