Exam 1: An Introduction to Child Development

The validity of a test refers to the

A researcher is interested in the impact of a new type of training diaper on the age at which toddlers become potty trained. The researcher plans to split a group of 100 toddlers into two groups-in one group, members will wear the new training diapers until they are potty trained, and in the other, members will wear their usual diapers. Answer these questions about this study: (1) What is the researcher's hypothesis? (2) How should the researcher split the 100 toddlers into two groups? (3) Which group is the experimental group, and which is the control group? (4) What is the independent variable? (5) What is the dependent variable? (6) What results will the researcher need to make a conclusion about the effectiveness of the new training diaper? (7) Will the researcher be able to conclude that there is a cause-and-effect association? Why or why not?

Romanian-born children who were adopted by British families _____ fared BEST in weight gain after adoption.

The term "reliability" does NOT refer to the

Which statement about naturalistic observation is NOT true?

Which item would NOT be considered part of the sociocultural context involved in a Canadian child's language development?

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

Explain how changes in sociocultural factors are demonstrated with childcare outside of the home in Canada.

To examine his hypothesis that children's creativity levels decrease with age, Dr. Leno asks children how many imaginary friends they have and considers their answers to be a measure of their creativity. A second researcher, Dr. Letterman, disagrees that the answers are a measure of creativity and instead believes that the number of imaginary friends a child has is an indicator of level of mental disturbance. Dr. Letterman believes Dr. Leno's measure of creativity has a problem with its

Attributes that vary across individuals and situations are termed

Groups created through random assignment would NOT be comparable with regard to

Which variable is LEAST likely to be an independent variable in an experiment?

Researchers interested in understanding the process of change are MOST likely to use a _____ design.

The term used for the social class measure based on income and education is

If a child is resilient, she is more likely to have all of these characteristics, compared to other children, EXCEPT

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

Who developed the baby biography?

Which statement about the troubled homes in Patterson's study is NOT true?

A method for combining the results from independent studies to determine a general conclusion on the topic is known as

What is a hypothesis?