Exam 1: History, Theories, and Methods

Which of the following is true of Jean Piaget's view of children?

Which of the following is a similarity between John Watson's school of behaviorism and John Locke's concept of tabula rasa?

During the Middle Ages, children were nurtured until they were seven years old, which was considered the "age of reason."

James has a tendency to chew gum or candy throughout the day. When he cannot find something to chew on, he occasionally chews on the inside of his cheek. According to Freud, James is most likely stuck in the stage of development known as the ________.

In which form of learning do children come to engage in a behavior because of its effects?

The ecological systems theory of development states that only genetic factors are worth studying.

Four-year-old Cynthia's mother gives her an apple each day and tells her that apples are fruits. However, one day, Cynthia's mother gives her an orange. She tells Cynthia that oranges are also fruits. Which of the following is most likely to occur to Cynthia's scheme of fruits?

Cross-sequential research:

Punishments such as spanking are considered less effective than types of discipline that provide alternative, acceptable behaviors.

Discuss the importance of studying human diversity to students.

John Locke believed that children should be treated as property and servants.

Jeremy's parents die in an accident in 1999 when he was 12. During his stay at his first foster home, Jeremy is caught shoplifting twice in the next six months and let go with a warning. Two years later he was placed in a youth detention center for assault and robbery on a grocery store. In the context of the ecological perspective, Jeremy's current situation was most likely due to the influence of his _____.

Robbie is a four-year-old who goes to a play school when his mother goes to work. He spends his weekdays in this school, and he gets to play with other children who are his age and also listen to rhymes and stories from his teacher. Which of the following systems is represented by Robbie's play school?

Children were most often viewed as innately evil during _______.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that children were born inherently good.