Exam 1: The Science of Development

Behaviorists believe that psychologists should focus on:

Most periods of development are critical periods.

A woman in Honduras worked in a field treated with pesticides during her pregnancy. When her son was born, she was horrified to find that he had no limbs. Her pesticide exposure must have occurred during a(n) _____ period of prenatal development.

Who was a cognitive theorist?

The second step in the scientific method involves:

List in order and explain each of the five basic steps of the scientific method

The third step in the scientific method involves:

Explain Bronfenbrenner's ecological-systems theory.

The main advantage of scientific observation as a research method is that it allows the scientist to determine cause and effect.

Dr. Kong does a study in which he finds that smoking is correlated to an increased risk of high blood pressure. He publishes his results. Then Dr. Meco does the same study using different participants in another city. Dr. Meco's work is an example of:

According to Piaget, when old ideas are restructured to include new experiences it is called:

Between 1957 and 1961, many pregnant women took thalidomide to alleviate morning sickness; this drug disrupted a(n) _____ period of prenatal development.

Describe the perspective most modern developmentalists take on the nature-nurture debate.

Define a critical period and a sensitive period. Explain the difference between the two periods, and give an example of each.

Individuals in the same cohort are exposed to the same historical context.

Pavlov's experiments with dogs that salivated when they heard a specific noise provide an example of:

Which is an example of the influence of nature?

One historical example of the "different-equals-deficit error" is:

In what two ways is human development plastic?

One problem with the data from surveys is that participants may not tell the truth.