Exam 1: Introduction to developmental psychology

Contemporary developmental theories tend to acknowledge that an individual's development is influenced by many factors compared to the early normative-descriptive approaches to development.

One feature all research designs have in common is that they must all adhere to ethical guidelines.

Developmental psychology includes the study of the following,except:

Informed consent should involve:

Piaget proposed that children were passive participants in the developmental process.

Miller (2002)describes Piagetian theory and psychoanalytic theory as 'the giant theories of developmental psychology'.Compare and contrast the similarities and differences between the two theories.

A researcher wishes to investigate whether older people have more conservative values than younger people. i. What type of research design would be the most appropriate? ii. What would the researcher need to be mindful of when selecting participants?

Which of the following terms is not associated with Vygotsky's sociocultural theory?

Erikson's Psychosocial theory of development is based on another theory. i. Whose theory is it built on? ii. What theory is it built on?

Bronfenbrenner's Ecological model (1989)consists of the following systems that influence a child's development: microsystem,mesosystem,endosystem,macrosystem.

In Freud's psychosexual stages,the 'phallic' stage occurs before the 'latency' stage.

If a research project plans to recruit participants from Year 7 in public or government schools,they are required to:

Explain the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning.

The study of the elderly and the processes of aging is called gerontology.

Developmental research has tended to focus more on the period of adolescence compared to early childhood.

Developmental psychologists seek to explain changes that individuals go through from conception to death.

The authors of your textbook identify three important areas of controversy in developmental psychology.Identify two of the three controversies and for each one,make an argument supporting one of the sides.

Experimental research involves the controlled manipulation of variables to assess the impact on particular behaviours.

A key feature of Vygotsky's sociolcultural theory is the 'zone of proximal development'.

Match the following developmental theorists with the most suitable developmental theory below (in order): Bowlby,Bronfenbrenner,Bandura,Vygotsky.