Exam 1: Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories

An individual's health is an example of which aspect of development?

A researcher who believes that heredity, maturational processes, and evolution are primarily responsible for development emphasizes nurture over nature.

The ways in which people grow, change, and stay the same is known as what type of development?

A child who is 17 years old is able to give consent to be in a research study.

William believes that developmental change is primarily caused by maturational processes. How might William explain why most infants say their first words by 18 months of age?

Which term means knowledgeable, rational, and voluntary agreement from study participants?

Changes in personality, view of oneself, group skills, and interpersonal relationships with family and friends are part of what type of development?

Throughout the lifespan physical, cognitive, and socioemotional change illustrates the notion that development is ______.

Observational learning is one of the most powerful ways in which people learn according to which approach?

List five ethical principles that guide developmental scientists' work.

A criticism of the information processing perspective that ______.

Which research design gathers information from people of several ages at one time?

From an information processing perspective, development involves changes in the efficiency and speed of thought, and proceeds in which manner?

According to Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model, family, peers, and school represent a person's ______.

Who founded the cognitive-developmental perspective on child development?

Communities, neighborhoods, families, and social settings are examples of ______.

Who can provide consent for a minor child to be part of a research study?

How do today's developmental scientists regard the nature-nurture issue?

Watching school-age children play at recess and noting instances of aggressive behavior for later analysis is called naturalistic observation.

Many children learn to ride a bicycle without training wheels at 5 years of age. However, children growing up without regular access to safe bicycle paths, such as those living in low-income urban housing, may not learn until age seven or eight. This illustrates which viewpoint of development?