Exam 1: An Introduction to Child Development

To examine the effectiveness of empathy training on children's sharing behavior, 2 months of training are provided to 3-year-old children living in rural Georgia. Six months later, the children's sharing behaviors are measured and compared to their pre-training sharing behavior. Improvements are considered the result of the empathy training. Which factor is a potential source of internal invalidity?

Which is NOT an ethical standard to which psychological researchers are expected to adhere?

Variables U and W have a correlation of -0.86. If it is known that Keira has a low score on U, which statement would be the BEST prediction about her score on W?

Evidence for the enduring epigenetic impact of early experiences and behaviors on development comes from what type of research?

Which statement about the study on the development of popularity discussed in the text is TRUE?

One study discussed in the text demonstrated that the grades of children who were highly engaged in school changed in more positive directions than would have been predicted by genetic background or family environment alone. This finding is MOST supportive of the theory of

To examine whether children's cognitive development occurs in stages, Professor Blue observes four groups of children. Each child's performance on cognitive tasks is observed two or more times over a period of 2 years. Which group is MOST likely to lead Professor Blue to conclude that development occurs continuously?

Which statement about epigenetics is TRUE?

Which activity is NOT a core component of effortful attention?

Considering the research on preschoolers' ability to provide accurate testimony about past events, which piece of advice would be the MOST important for an interviewer to be told prior to interviewing a young child?

What is a hypothesis?

A method that allows researchers to gather information from a large number of participants simultaneously by presenting them a uniform set of items is referred to as a(n)

Kochanska and her colleagues probably chose to study toddlers' compliance with their mothers' requests with the methodology they used because

Which theoretical perspective proposes that two interconnected brain areas, the hippocampus and the cortex, simultaneously encode new information during learning?

The relationship between nature and nurture on developmental outcomes can BEST be described by which statement?

With which statement would stage theorists NOT agree?

One main conclusion based on the Romanian adoption study is that

Explain why low socioeconomic status and poverty put children at a cumulative risk in terms of developmental outcomes.

Which philosopher offered the argument that children should be provided with maximum freedom and no formal education prior to the age of reason at approximately age 12?

A researcher would be MOST likely to use a microgenetic design to examine which topic?