Exam 1: An Introduction to Child Development

The views of Aristotle, Locke, and Plato were primarily based on:

Which of the following factors involved in child development is NOT an environmental factor?

The finding that children born to schizophrenic parents who are adopted as infants by nonschizophrenic parents are more likely than other children to become schizophrenic themselves is evidence of:

To compare children's creativity levels at different ages, Dr. Leno asks children how many imaginary friends they have and considers their answers to be a measure of their creativity. A second researcher, Dr. Letterman, disagrees that the answers are a measure of creativity and instead believes that the number of imaginary friends a child has is an indicator of level of mental disturbance. Dr. Letterman believes Dr. Leno's measure of creativity has a problem with its:

A longitudinal design would be most useful for which of the following research questions?

Which philosopher viewed the child as a tabula rasa, or blank slate, for his development theory? •Rousseau •Freud •Locke •Plato

The possibility that the correlation between two variables may actually be the result of an additional unspecified attribute is referred to as the problem.

Structured observation would probably be the method of choice for a researcher interested in:

Which of the following statements is the best example of children's active contribution to their own development?

Which of the following views of changes in height is more likely to lead to a view that it is continuous?

The text describes several reasons for the importance of studying child development. Why is studying child development of interest of importance to you personally?

Which of the following items is a potential source of internal invalidity?

A researcher would be MOST likely to use a longitudinal design to examine:

A researcher is interested in thoroughly exploring 8- year-old Jane's thoughts and feelings about living in poverty. The researcher's best option for obtaining this information would be:

Mike and Nicola are both very well-read individuals, to whom school and learning came very easily. They both learned to read at very young ages. When their child Jonah was born, Mike and Nicola were confident that he, too, would do very well at school and would learn easily. They began reading aloud to Jonah when he was an infant, and made sure the house was full of books and other reading materials. As Jonah grew older, they made sure that a certain amount of time each day was given over to independent reading. Which concept is most prevalent in the parents' beliefs about Jonah's learning skills? •nature •nurture •nature and nurture are both influential •Neither nature nor nurture is relevant to their beliefs.

Researchers interested in understanding the process of change are MOST likely to use design.

According to the Society for Research in Child Development, which is not a stated ethical principle for conducting research with children? •Children do not need to be informed about any of the relevant aspects of the research. •Unforeseen consequences must be dealt with when they arise. •Children must be debriefed at their level of understanding. •The research must be safe, both physically and psychologically.

Which of the following statements does NOT express a benefit of structured observation?

Which of the following statements about individuals' contributions to their own development is true?

Groups created through random assignment should be comparable on which of the following characteristics?