Exam 1: An Introduction to Child Development

Which of Scarr's factors is BEST related to the theme of the active child?

Describe the results of Werner's Kauai study in terms of how children who encountered prenatal or birth challenges fared in different environments. What are the implications of these results for the nature nurture question?

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

Which statement BEST answers the question of whether development is fundamentally continuous or discontinuous?

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

Which research design has the GREATEST limitations when attempting to study many variables of interest at the same time?

A longitudinal design would be MOST useful for which research question?

One main conclusion based on the Romanian adoption study is that

Crib speech is a(n)

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 longitudinal design is true?

Which statement expresses a disadvantage of naturalistic observation?

Based on current research findings, which person is MOST likely to develop schizophrenia?

Darwin completed a biographical sketch of his own son, demonstrating his interest in child development, in what was called

Which factor is NOT one identified by Scarr (1992) that can lead children from the same family to turn out very differently from each other?

Suppose a researcher found that there was a strong positive correlation between the number of minutes parents spend reading to children and the number of minutes parents spend engaging in athletic activity with children. If the researcher concluded that engaging in high levels of athletic activity with children causes parents to read to them more often, which type of problem would MOST likely be occurring?

The external validity of a measure involves the extent to which

Longitudinal designs are particularly useful for examining

Katie and Natasha are sisters. Natasha has a lot of friends and is well liked by her peers. Katie, in contrast, has few friends and is constantly the target of her peers' teasing. Using the four factors Scarr identified as being involved in differences among siblings, describe why these sisters might be so different when it comes to their peer relations. For each of the four factors, provide a specific example.

Which method is the BEST way to divide participants into groups for an experiment?