Exam 1: Understanding Human Development: Approaches and Theories

Which of the following theorists is credited as the father of the psychoanalytic perspective?

Vygotsky's theory emphasizes the importance of culture in children's cognitive development.

The physical and social environment, including family, neighborhood, country, culture, and historical time period, is referred to as context.

____ is the most obvious indicator of development.

According to ________ theory, the mind works in ways similar to a computer.

When conducting research, investigators are bound by _____, or the determination of what is right and wrong.

Professor Deloney is teaching a research methods class. In his lecture on how theories are generated, he points out that a good theory is ______ and can potentially be refuted.

Neva believes that most people are mainly products of their environment. For example, if a child grows up in a warm, stimulating home, he or she will become a successful adult. If the same child grows up in poverty and experiences ineffective child-rearing, he or she will likely repeat those patterns in adulthood. Is Neva's belief correct?

Vernessa is working on her master's degree in behavioral health. She is interested in adolescents who are most likely to engage in risky behaviors, such as unprotected sex and alcohol and drug use. She plans to conduct a study of 20,000 teenagers across the country to identify trends in high-risk behaviors. Which method of data collection would be best suited for this type of study?

Millennials, or young people reaching adulthood around the year 2000, are a generation born around the same time. Millennials are an example of a _______.

From an information processing perspective, development is ______ and entails changes in the efficiency and speed with which we think.

Dr. Stein is an expert in human development. When conducting research, Dr. Stein will utilize:

D.J. is working on a research team that is gathering information on how freshmen students view their first year of college. D.J.'s team wants to use a flexible conversational style that allows for follow-up questions in order to gather as much information as possible. Which technique is best suited for this type of study?

Piaget believed that children and adults actively learn about their environments by interacting with the world around them.

Bailey is a graduate student in clinical psychology. As part of her training, Bailey works with children and families affected by autism. Each week, Bailey participates in a team meeting that consists of a school psychologist, social worker, speech and language therapist, and nursing students. The group discusses the various families with whom they work, as well as progress with individual clients. This example illustrates the importance of a ______ approach to understanding how people grow, think, and interact with their world.

One reason that Freud's theory has declined in popularity is that certain concepts, such as unconscious drives, cannot be directly tested.