Exam 1: The Study of Human Development

What is exemplified by the fact that hope is important in early childhood, that development of identity is most important in adolescence, and that wisdom is most important in late life?

Which of the following is one of the fundamental characteristics of human development?

Melissa is doing a study where volleyball players are self-reporting whether or not they believe they are capable of playing well in Saturday's game. What does Melissa's study appear to be assessing?

What do we call an organized set of ideas that is designed to explain development?

Which correlation coefficient value indicates the strongest relationship?

Kaylee is a popular cheerleader in high school. She wears the latest designer clothes and recently dyed her hair purple for a school football game. Two other cheerleaders saw Kaylee's hair and the attention that she'd received from the football players, and they decided to colour their hair as well. What type of learning theory did the other two cheerleaders follow?

Even though Brenda was never reinforced directly for doing so, she increased the frequency of her swearing after she saw her friend Elizabeth get a lot of attention after she swore. What does this situation illustrate?

Which of the following individuals is considered to be the founder of psychodynamic theory?

What is the correct order of Piaget's stages of development?

Which question best captures the spirit of most individuals who study human development with regard to the nature/nurture question?

Who is most likely to support a life-span perspective?

What does the term "reliability" mean?

When an explanation is provided for a theory that is proposed, which one of the following four questions is answered concerning that theory?

Which of the following occurs with an effective punishment?

Dr. Fletcher is attempting to determine whether adult criminals were rule-breakers throughout their childhood, or whether they suddenly turned to a life of crime. Which issue of human development is her research most concerned with?

In Canada, the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans monitors the ethics and funding of research using human subjects. Which of the following is broken if informed consent is not received from a research participant?

Dr. Sefky says: "Sure, reinforcement and punishment are important, but how people understand that reinforcement and punishment is at least as important." Given this statement, which of the following theories is Dr. Sefky most likely to agree with?

There are several professions in which employees choose to include research results into their everyday practice. Which of the following would be considered as an example of evidence-based practice?

Who would most likely explain a child's maladaptive behaviour by saying, "He probably saw some TV character do that"?

After grading the first exam, your developmental psychology instructor says, "Those students who actually come to class did much better than those of you who show up once a week." Given this information, which correlation between attendance and grades would be most likely?