Exam 1: The Science of Development

Summarize methods of ensuring that research is designed, conducted, and reported in an ethical manner. What practices should be built into the study to protect participants and to protect the integrity of the research?

Most research conducted on humans cannot begin without the approval of the Institutional Review Board.

The idea that human development is an ongoing, ever- changing interaction between the body, mind, and every aspect of the environment is known as the:

A ______ period of development is a time in which a particular development must occur if it is to occur at all.

What is NOT a problem with longitudinal research?

The difference-equals-deficit-error may lead people to believe that their nation or culture is better than others.

What is implied about human development when it is described as dynamic?

How can behaviorism be seen as a reaction to psychoanalytic theory?

A new mother wants to know how to reduce the risks of SIDs for her new baby. What are three steps she can take to do so?

What does it mean to say that development is multicontextual?

Why do experimenters use a control (or comparison) group as well as an experimental group?

The "Back to Sleep" campaign has cut the rate of _____ dramatically.

Piaget's first stage of cognitive development is the preoperational stage.

A correlation does not indicate that one variable causes the other to occur; rather, it indicates that there is a ______ between the two variables.

According to Maslow, what is the five-step hierarchy of basic needs and drives?

Give an example of a social construction. Why is it a construction, not a fact?

What is one additional question about development that should be answered?

Thalidomide only caused birth defects if a pregnant woman ingested the drug during the _____ period of prenatal development.

What are the complexities of studying all kinds of people?

Based on research about SIDS, caregivers are advised that babies should be: