Exam 1: Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies

In a punch-card hand recount, suppose that various election officials disagree among themselves about whether particular ballots contain real votes in their "dimpled chads." Their rating system is weak in

A main limitation of the ethnographic research method is that it

Gathering varied data about a child from many different sources is the hallmark of the ____ method.

____ refers to systematic continuities and changes in an individual that happen over the course of life.

Which of these is NOT a psychophysiological method?

The idea that human development is a holistic process suggests that

The holistic approach to development suggests that

The proper attitude to maintain while reading research reports is

In an experiment on the effects of gamma rays on the growth of morning glory flowers, the dependent variable would be

Goofus got a 75 on his psychology midterm and another 75 when he retook the test a month later. The midterm test is strong on this quality:

Some of the strengths of naturalistic observation include all of the following EXCEPT

Event-related potentials (ERPs) are useful to identify

The confidentiality principle of research ethics requires that this information be kept secret:

An example of a maturational change would be

Explain how the clinical method of gathering data differs from a structured interview or questionnaire.

Describe the procedure used by each of the three designs for studying developmental change. Also, for each design, identify the key strengths and weaknesses: (a) cross-sectional design, (b) longitudinal design, and (c) sequential design.

The goal of experimental control is to

Correlation is essentially a(n) ____ approach.

What do we mean when we say that "development is not piecemeal but holistic"?

Cohort effects in cross-sectional studies