Exam 1: An Introduction to Child Development

Dr. Stott is a researcher interested in examining the association between how humorous children are and their school achievement. Two research assistants go to children's homes and judge children as "not funny at all," "slightly funny," or "very funny." Upon comparison of the observers' judgments, it is apparent that the observers have a high level of disagreement as to the children's humour level. This measure of humour level has poor

Siegler and Jenkins's examination of the development of the counting-on strategy is an example of _____ design.

Which type of design compares the behaviour of groups of children who are of different ages?

Which basic step of the scientific method is unique to that method?

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?

Test-retest reliability refers to the

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)

A researcher is interested in the development of depression. She interviews children ages 5, 9, and 13 about their depressive symptoms. This is an example of which type of design?

Structured observation would probably be the method of choice for a researcher interested in which topic?

Approximately what percentage of Canadian children lived below the poverty level in 2017?

Which research design fails to provide data regarding change over time?

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

The study in which 6-year-old children were presented with a 5-day training program designed to improve effortful attention demonstrated that experience can

Which brain structure is particularly important for learning and memory?

A researcher is interested in examining whether offering children candy as an incentive to share will increase preschoolers' sharing behaviour. A group of preschoolers is brought into the laboratory to play with some interesting toys. The preschoolers are split into two groups through random assignment. Group A is told that they will get candy each time they share, and group B is not told anything about candy or sharing. Results indicate that preschoolers in group A share more than do preschoolers in group B, and the researcher concludes that offering children candy for sharing caused the children in group A to share more. Which statement BEST describes a possible limitation of this study?

What do longitudinal designs do?

Describe one advantage and one disadvantage of each of these designs: (a) cross-sectional, (b) longitudinal, and (c) microgenetic.

What was demonstrated by the study on toddlers' play behaviours in which the TV show Jeopardy! was being shown in the room while the children were playing?

Which research design allows researchers to infer cause-and-effect associations between variables?

Which theorist developed one of the best known stage theories of cognitive development?