Question 1

What was outlawed in Europe in the 1600s?

Accepted Answer

A) child labor 
B) child prostitution 
C) child abandonment 
D) orphanages 
A) child labor 
B) child prostitution 
C) child abandonment 
D) orphanages

Question 2

The results of even the most interesting study might be of little use, depending on

Accepted Answer

A) how the results are interpreted. 
B) whether or not the scientific community agrees with the results. 
C) how the study was conducted. 
D) what the independent variable were. 
A) how the results are interpreted. 
B) whether or not the scientific community agrees with the results. 
C) how the study was conducted. 
D) what the independent variable were.

Question 3

Psychologists who adopt an idiographic approach are most interested in

Accepted Answer

A) behavior that is typical. 
B) behavior that is extreme. 
C) behavior that is individual. 
D) behavior that is new. 
A) behavior that is typical. 
B) behavior that is extreme. 
C) behavior that is individual. 
D) behavior that is new.

Question 4

What is the significance of the United Nations' approval of The Convention on the Rights of the Child?

Accepted Answer

A) It acknowledges the special nature of childhood. 
B) It enforces protection of children worldwide. 
C) It coordinates how children are treated worldwide. 
D) It creates a new definition of "childhood." 
A) It acknowledges the special nature of childhood. 
B) It enforces protection of children worldwide. 
C) It coordinates how children are treated worldwide. 
D) It creates a new definition of "childhood."

Question 5

Modern developmental psychologists realize that development is more _____ than was once believed.

Accepted Answer

A) stable 
B) plastic 
C) instinctual 
D) complicated 
A) stable 
B) plastic 
C) instinctual 
D) complicated

Question 6

Which of the following is a combination of a cross-sectional approach and a longitudinal approach?

Accepted Answer

A) a cross-sequential approach 
B) a microgenetic approach 
C) a normative approach 
D) an ideograhic approach 
A) a cross-sequential approach 
B) a microgenetic approach 
C) a normative approach 
D) an ideograhic approach

Question 7

Who was an ardent advocate of childhood, believing that children are important in their own right and are not merely a means to the end of being adults?

Accepted Answer

A) Piaget 
B) Vygotsky 
C) Freud 
D) Rousseau 
A) Piaget 
B) Vygotsky 
C) Freud 
D) Rousseau

Question 8

Most developmental psychologists today are

Accepted Answer

A) nativists. 
B) genetic determinists. 
C) interactionists. 
D) creationists. 
A) nativists. 
B) genetic determinists. 
C) interactionists. 
D) creationists.

Question 9

If a researcher found, in a correlational study, that an increase in one factor resulted in an increase of the same magnitude in another factor, the correlation, or r, would be

Accepted Answer

A) -1.0. 
B) 0.0. 
C) 0.5. 
D) +1.0. 
A) -1.0. 
B) 0.0. 
C) 0.5. 
D) +1.0.

Question 10

Teenagers who have been raised in severely disadvantaged homes yet have no serious problems have the characteristic of

Accepted Answer

A) competency. 
B) intelligence. 
C) sociability. 
D) resiliency. 
A) competency. 
B) intelligence. 
C) sociability. 
D) resiliency.

Question 11

Truly scientific experiments require that participants be ______ assigned to the different experimental conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) selectively 
B) sequentially 
C) temporarily 
D) randomly 
A) selectively 
B) sequentially 
C) temporarily 
D) randomly

Question 12

______ is the extent to which a test or measurement represents all facets of a given concept.

Accepted Answer

A) Internal validity 
B) External validity 
C) Face validity 
D) Content validity 
A) Internal validity 
B) External validity 
C) Face validity 
D) Content validity

Question 13

John Locke's view that children's minds are like blank slates is widely accepted today.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Researchers whose principal concern is with individual differences have a(n) ________ approach.

Accepted Answer

A) idiographic 
B) metamorphic 
C) simplistic 
D) rationalistic 
A) idiographic 
B) metamorphic 
C) simplistic 
D) rationalistic

Question 15

One drawback to the cross-sectional approach is its inability to evaluate cohort effects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Pellegrini and Long's research into middle-school children's "push and poke courtship" behavior is an example of

Accepted Answer

A) structured observation. 
B) naturalistic observation. 
C) contextual observation. 
D) standardized observation. 
A) structured observation. 
B) naturalistic observation. 
C) contextual observation. 
D) standardized observation.

Question 17

Which term is essentially antithetical to a bidirectional perspective?

Accepted Answer

A) genetic determinism 
B) nativism 
C) socialism 
D) universalism 
A) genetic determinism 
B) nativism 
C) socialism 
D) universalism

Question 18

Children's social, intellectual, and physical skills develop mainly as a result of

Accepted Answer

A) chronological age. 
B) encouragement of parents and other family members. 
C) interactions between physical changes in the child and his or her environment. 
D) interactions between the child and his or her peers. 
A) chronological age. 
B) encouragement of parents and other family members. 
C) interactions between physical changes in the child and his or her environment. 
D) interactions between the child and his or her peers.

Question 19

Which of the following is most easily acquired during a sensitive time in development?

Accepted Answer

A) learning a new sport 
B) learning a language 
C) learning new methods of mathematical calculations 
D) learning concepts of mechanics 
A) learning a new sport 
B) learning a language 
C) learning new methods of mathematical calculations 
D) learning concepts of mechanics

Question 20

Many developmental psychologists today collaborate with experts in various fields of

Accepted Answer

A) biology. 
B) physics. 
C) botany. 
D) orthopedics. 
A) biology. 
B) physics. 
C) botany. 
D) orthopedics.

What was outlawed in Europe in the 1600s?

The results of even the most interesting study might be of little use, depending on

Psychologists who adopt an idiographic approach are most interested in

What is the significance of the United Nations' approval of The Convention on the Rights of the Child?

Modern developmental psychologists realize that development is more _____ than was once believed.

Which of the following is a combination of a cross-sectional approach and a longitudinal approach?

Who was an ardent advocate of childhood, believing that children are important in their own right and are not merely a means to the end of being adults?

Most developmental psychologists today are

If a researcher found, in a correlational study, that an increase in one factor resulted in an increase of the same magnitude in another factor, the correlation, or r, would be

Teenagers who have been raised in severely disadvantaged homes yet have no serious problems have the characteristic of

Truly scientific experiments require that participants be ______ assigned to the different experimental conditions.

______ is the extent to which a test or measurement represents all facets of a given concept.

John Locke's view that children's minds are like blank slates is widely accepted today.

Researchers whose principal concern is with individual differences have a(n) ________ approach.

One drawback to the cross-sectional approach is its inability to evaluate cohort effects.

Pellegrini and Long's research into middle-school children's "push and poke courtship" behavior is an example of

Which term is essentially antithetical to a bidirectional perspective?

Children's social, intellectual, and physical skills develop mainly as a result of

Which of the following is most easily acquired during a sensitive time in development?

Many developmental psychologists today collaborate with experts in various fields of

Theories and Contexts of Development

Genetics, Prenatal Development, and the Neonate

Physical Development

What Do Infants Know and When and How Do They Know It

The Symbolic Child: Piagets Theory and Beyond

Understanding Self and Others

Becoming Self-Directed Thinkers: Problem Solving and Memory

Language Development

Intelligence and School Achievement

Emotion, Temperament, and Personality Development

Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care

The Family and Other Contexts for Socialization

Competing and Cooperating With Peers

The Development of Sexuality and Gender Identity

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Exam 1: Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development

What was outlawed in Europe in the 1600s?

The results of even the most interesting study might be of little use, depending on

Psychologists who adopt an idiographic approach are most interested in

What is the significance of the United Nations' approval of The Convention on the Rights of the Child?

Modern developmental psychologists realize that development is more _____ than was once believed.

Which of the following is a combination of a cross-sectional approach and a longitudinal approach?

Who was an ardent advocate of childhood, believing that children are important in their own right and are not merely a means to the end of being adults?

Most developmental psychologists today are

If a researcher found, in a correlational study, that an increase in one factor resulted in an increase of the same magnitude in another factor, the correlation, or r, would be

Teenagers who have been raised in severely disadvantaged homes yet have no serious problems have the characteristic of

Truly scientific experiments require that participants be ______ assigned to the different experimental conditions.

______ is the extent to which a test or measurement represents all facets of a given concept.

John Locke's view that children's minds are like blank slates is widely accepted today.

Researchers whose principal concern is with individual differences have a(n) ________ approach.

One drawback to the cross-sectional approach is its inability to evaluate cohort effects.

Pellegrini and Long's research into middle-school children's "push and poke courtship" behavior is an example of

Which term is essentially antithetical to a bidirectional perspective?

Children's social, intellectual, and physical skills develop mainly as a result of

Which of the following is most easily acquired during a sensitive time in development?

Many developmental psychologists today collaborate with experts in various fields of

Theories and Contexts of Development

Genetics, Prenatal Development, and the Neonate

Physical Development

What Do Infants Know and When and How Do They Know It

The Symbolic Child: Piagets Theory and Beyond

Understanding Self and Others

Becoming Self-Directed Thinkers: Problem Solving and Memory

Language Development

Intelligence and School Achievement

Emotion, Temperament, and Personality Development

Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care

The Family and Other Contexts for Socialization

Competing and Cooperating With Peers

The Development of Sexuality and Gender Identity

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