Exam 1: The Study of Human Development

Tina is given a huge salary increase, and now is able to get things for her children that they have always needed and also move into a nicer home. Bronfenbrenner would state that this increase in the mother's salary is an example of the impact of the children's

What would Erikson say is the stage in life where the biggest challenge involves committing to another in a loving relationship?

Erik Erikson is best associated with _______________ theory.

Which term does not belong in this group?

Outcomes of developmental research can have important implications for social policy.

The nature of the scientific study of human development can best be described as

Mary has only one child, one-year-old Shelly, and has stayed home for most of Shelly's life. From an ecological perspective, Mary is best thought of as part of Shelly's

After grading the first exam, your developmental psychology instructor says, "Those students who actually came to class did much better than those of you who showed up once a week." Given this information, you would suspect that the correlation between attendance and grades would be closest to ____.

When discussing child development, Olaf uses terms like the "terrible 2s" and the "tranquil 3s." These ideas are most compatible with a ____ view.

The selective _______________ with compensation model focuses on the impact of elective selection, loss-based selection, and compensation.

Connie is a second-grade teacher who notices that her students behave differently than the fourth-graders during recess. She comes up with several connected ideas to explain why the two groups behave differently. Connie's ideas would best be described as a(n)____.

According to the American Psychological Association, researchers must

According to ecological theory, the people closest to a developing child represent his or her

The fact that Tatiana likes to listen to the Hives (a 2000s band)and her grandmother prefers listening to Bill Haley and the Comets (a 1950s band)is probably best explained by

The argument that each psychosocial strength has its own special age period of specific importance is the cornerstone of ____ theory of development.

The AIDS epidemic has dramatically influenced dating behavior in the 2000s. From an ecological perspective, this influence is best thought of as part of the culture's

Salem has decided to do a correlational study on the relationship between smoking and lung cancer. How might this research be conducted? What are the major disadvantages of this type of research approach?

In an experiment, the experimenter manipulates the _______________ variable.

Dr. Ims studies how children think about television by asking them to answer several questions related to their television viewing. It is most likely that Dr. Ims's research involves using a(n)____ method.

A mesosystem provides connections across microsystems.