Exam 1: Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies

The Souza et al. (2004) study on children with ADHD living in Brazil was an example of a(n)

Predictions that arise from theory are called

The text's authors claims that in future decades, developmental researchers will increasingly emphasize ____ goals as they increasingly apply their research findings to solve real problems.

By specifying how people change over time, the research goal of ____ establishes the facts of development.

Cross-cultural investigators tend to emphasize

Identify a key strength and a weakness of ethnography as a method of research.

The overriding goal of research ethics is to

In his investigation of identity development in young adolescents, Michael Bamburg (2004) evaluated information obtained from journal entries, oral accounts, individual interviews, and group discussions among boys aged 10, 12, and 15. This is an example of a(n)

Which research method is especially suitable for infants or toddlers because verbal instructions are unnecessary?

Each of these is a self-report research methodology EXCEPT

The cross-generational problem is conceptually similar to which other research principle?

An interview technique in which a child's response to each successive question determines what the investigator will ask next is called

Provide one example of normative development and one example of ideographic development.

Which statement about confounding variables in experiments is FALSE?

A study is done on parental disciplinary styles in various worldwide societies. This approach is called

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

Validity means that a measurement

In cross-sectional studies, problems with cohort effects will be especially strong when

The advantage of structured interviews over unstructured interviews is that during a structured interview,

The correlational research design focuses on