Exam 1: Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies
Exam 1: Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies171 Questions
Exam 2: Theories of Human Development167 Questions
Exam 3: Hereditary Influences on Development165 Questions
Exam 4: Prenatal Development100 Questions
Exam 5: Birth and the Newborns Readiness for Life83 Questions
Exam 6: Physical Development134 Questions
Exam 7: Early Cognitive Foundations170 Questions
Exam 8: Cognitive Development176 Questions
Exam 9: Cognitive Development164 Questions
Exam 10: Intelligence133 Questions
Exam 11: Development of Language and Communication Skills170 Questions
Exam 12: Emotional Development,temperament,and Attachment166 Questions
Exam 13: Development of the Self and Social Cognition153 Questions
Exam 14: Sex Differences and Similarities,gender-Role Development,and Sexual Behavior149 Questions
Exam 15: Moral Development,altruism,and Aggression150 Questions
Exam 16: The Family155 Questions
Exam 17: Extrafamilial Influences151 Questions
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Suppose that researchers find that the average Canadian infant begins to stand alone at the age of 10 months.What type of development would this be an example of?
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Nancy is a developmentalist and she tells her friend that she believes it is important to study children in laboratory settings.She further states that there is no need to study the child's social relationships.Are Nancy's views consistent with the holistic view of development?
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What is the term for a set of concepts and propositions designed to organize,describe,and explain an existing set of observations?
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Devon is excited because she found a very strong correlation between teenage sexual activity and intelligence.Assuming that Devon's results are accurate,what can she conclude about teenage sexual activity and intelligence?
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Researchers studying the effects of alcohol consumption assessed the physical coordination skills of 21-year-old men. Prior to the assessment, each participant was randomly assigned to drink a beverage with either 4, 2, or 0 ounces of alcohol.
-In this study,what is the dependent variable?
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Briefly outline the views of the philosophers Hobbes,Rousseau,and Locke with respect to the inherent tendencies of children.
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Suppose that the plasticity principle did not apply to development.How would this change our understanding of a child's abilities?
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Identify the two qualities that scientific measures must have if they are to be useful,and briefly explain what is meant by each of these terms.
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Explain what is meant by the term cohort effects.Identify the research design that is most likely to confound age effects and cohort effects.
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Pat has developed a test to measure aggression.Pat gives the test to her developmental psychology class at the beginning of the term and again at the end of the term.Much to Pat's dismay,the results obtained at the end of the semester are completely different from those obtained at the start.What is a likely explanation for the difference in results?
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During an experiment the researcher changes one of the variables and measures the impact of that change.What is name for the variable that the researcher changes? What is the name for the variable that the researcher measures?
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What are the two major underlying processes that interact to determine the development of the individual?
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In order to better understand the factors that might produce exceptional skills,Dr.Zittleman carefully observed and extensively questioned three child prodigies.Based on this information,what type of research was Dr.Zittleman conducting?
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Blair is interested in understanding how children's academic performance changes over long periods of time as a result of the number of friends they have.What would be Blair's best choice of research design and method?
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Marissa interviews preschoolers to find out what they want to be when they grow up.She compares the responses from the preschoolers to those she obtained from interviewing Grade 5 students,high-school students,and university students.Which method of studying developmental change is Marissa using?
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What is the term for the procedure in which the investigator records the frequencies with which individuals display particular behaviours during the brief time intervals that each participant is observed?
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Which characteristic of experimental design allows for more confident cause-effect interpretation than do other designs?
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What is the advantage of structured interviews over unstructured interviews?
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