Exam 1: Introduction to Child Development Basic Concepts and Issues

Jamie learned to crawl at 9 months and Janie never crawled but began to scoot on her stomach at 8 months. Both Janie and Jamie walked early in their second year. This example supports which developmental theory?

Bullying is most likely to occur:

Why are psychoanalytic theorists such as Freud and Erikson no longer considered mainstream in the science of child development?

It is essential to the experimental design that a study includes random assignment, which means:

Darwin kept an extensive record of his son's development known as a:

A detailed study of one participant is known as a clinical interview.

Rousseau believed that an interest in social relationships begins in:

When Sam's mom has a difficult day at work, she has less patience in the evening. The workplace is an example of:

A researcher watches children's play at a day care center and codes aggressive behaviors. This is an example of:

Lev Vygotsky would argue that children learn best when they:

Erik Erikson's final stage is generativity versus stagnation, in which adults view life as a good one and face their fear of death.

Researchers found that as the number of minutes per day parents spent reading to their children increased, their children's score on a reading readiness scale increased as well. This is an example of:

Which theorist argued that both neighborhoods and biological factors are important to children's development?

A researcher tested the effect of sleep deprivation on attention. She assigned participants to groups which determined how much sleep they got. She compared these groups' scores on attention tasks. This is an example of what type of study design?

Bullying can be reduced by schoolwide interventions.

Little Albert became frightened of white mice after repeated trials in which mice were paired with loud noises; this is an example of:

Longitudinal designs are particularly useful for studying child development because of the ability to measure:

Which of the following is not a weakness of interview and self-report methods of data collection?

Adults who grew up in the Great Depression may be more concerned about saving money than adults who grew up in later generations. This is an example of:

A researcher watches children solve a puzzle and records changes in their problem-solving strategy. This is an example of: