Exam 1: The Study of Human Development

The strength of a relationship between two variables is indicated by the ________ of the correlation coefficient.

The statistic that is used to depict the relationship between to variables that has been uncovered in a correlational study is called the correlational ________.

Which of the following is NOT one of the levels of one's environment as postulated by the ecological theory of Urie Bronfenbrenner?

Neuroscientists base their studies of the brain and nervous systems exclusively on the information gleaned from brain imaging techniques.

The idea that development is determined largely as a result of the manner in which people resolve the conflicts that they face at different ages is the central concept of the ________ theories.

What is the major distinction between a structured observation and a naturalistic observation?

Whenever Ridgley has a headache, he takes two aspirin tablets. Shortly thereafter, the pain goes away. The next time the headache shows up, Ridgley is more likely to take an aspirin. In learning theory, we would say that Ridgley's behavior of taking the aspirin has been

Which of the following is NOT one of the key aspects of human development, as described by your textbook?

The life-span perspective in human development maintains the position that most of our development is complete by the time we finish our adolescent years.

The psychosocial theory of Erik Erikson postulates that people encounter ________ stages over their lives, and that these stages occur in a biologically fixed order. (Hint: The answer is a number.)

If you are studying flirting behavior in college students by sitting quietly at the college snack bar and watching students as they interact with each other, all the while pretending to read a newspaper, you are engaging in a form of naturalistic observation.

Suzy wants to study whether there is a relationship between the phases of the moon and the tides that occur in the ocean. She does so by making nightly observations of the moon and recording its phases, and by measuring the tides of the ocean at regular intervals every day and night. The type of research that Suzy is conducting-examining relationships as they naturally exist in the world-is called

Smita studies six different cohorts over a 30-year period, testing each subject every five years. Smita is using a ____ design.

The biggest limitation of conducting correlational research is the lack of ability to draw conclusions about cause-and-effect relationships.

In an experiment, the dependent variable is the behavior that is being

The fact that a teen growing up during the Vietnam War will develop in a different manner than a teen growing up during the Iraq War is best explained in terms of

________ cells are unspecialized human or animal cells that can produce mature specialized body cells and at the same time replicate themselves.

A subset of a population is called a(n) _____.

Prenatal development, brain maturation, puberty, and menopause are all examples of __________ forces.

As an exercise in your human development class, your teacher proposes a new developmental theory of personality development. She states that personality is markedly different in adulthood than in childhood, is completely determined by the environment, and develops pretty much the same across cultures. Describe the three recurring issues in human development and where this new theory stands in relationship to these three issues.