Exam 1: Background and Theories

Schoolchildren who ridicule a classmate for studying hard are delivering:

A 4-year-old girl is terrified by the film Bambi, whereas her 2-year-old sibling is not. How would a Piagetian explain the differing reactions of the siblings to the film?

Losing car privileges because of a curfew violation is an example of:

Who of the following theorists held that development is guided largely by biological influences?

The context of the __________ includes interrelationships among the child's family, school, church group, and neighbourhood.

Which of the following is LEAST related to observational learning?

Why have developmental psychologists focused so much of their research efforts on the period of childhood?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of innate behaviour?

During the preoperational period the child begins to:

Which of the following is NOT consistent with Erikson's model of human development?

John Locke used the term tabula rasa to convey the idea that the mind of an infant is like a:

A nursery school teacher who was comparing a group of 3-year-olds in terms of such physical skills as walking, running, and skipping might use as a reference:

A researcher who explains the aggressive behaviour of preschool boys as being due to their television viewing habits emphasizes which influence on development?

A basic assumption of John Bowlby's theory of attachment is that:

Contemporary researchers are less enthusiastic about laboratory studies of child development than they once were largely because of the growing realization that:

Erikson, Vygotsky, Bronfenbrenner, and Wilson all agree that culture plays a role in development. Compare and contrast their views about the role of culture.

Which of the following is LEAST compatible with the writings of Herder?

In one of Bandura's early studies, one group of children watched an adult model being rewarded for being aggressive toward an inflatable clown, while a second group watched the model being punished for the same aggressive behaviours. Immediately following the session, the children were allowed to play with the inflatable clown. Later, the children were offered a reward for reproducing some of the behaviours they had seen the aggressive models exhibit. What were the findings of this study?

The evolving nature of society and the passage of time as a child develops are reflected in Bronfenbrenner's:

What are the key ideas that Locke, Rousseau, von Herder, and Darwin contributed to developmental psychology?