Exam 1: The Science of Child Development

A researcher wants to see if watching a violent movie leads to more aggressive behaviour in preschool children.How should the researcher proceed? Be sure to discuss sampling,assignment to conditions,and choice of independent and dependent variables.

Correlations can range from

Children are not legally capable of giving informed consent to participate in research,therefore their parents or guardians must be asked for consent as well.

Emerson is five years old.She has started to internalize the difference between right and wrong.Which of Freud's three structures has most recently been developed in Emerson?

Seth failed to put away his bicycle at night as he was supposed to do.His father told him that he would not be allowed to ride his bicycle for one week.Seth's father tried to change Seth's behaviour by using

Freud's psychodynamic theory contributed to the field of child development by suggesting that

Research participants do not need to be told if deception is part of an experiment.

What is true about research designs used by developmentalists?

A strength of correlational research is that it can be used to determine cause and effect.

According to Bronfenbrenner,the broadest environmental context is the chronosystem,the subcultures and cultures in which the microsystem,mesosystem,and exosystem are embedded.

One example of a theory with a learning perspective is

The first of Erikson's stages focuses on the issue of

Clara is trying to learn more about children's television viewing.She decides that she is going to ask children to provide their own answers to her questions about the types of shows they like to watch and how long they spend watching them.She decides to use self-report.What is a likely reason for her choice of research method?

Which of the following is true of sampling behaviour with tasks?

A researcher wants to compare boys' reading performance to girls' reading performance.He collects reading performance scores from a sample of children from five local schools.This is an example of a

According to Vygotsky,a child's development must be considered against the backdrop of his/her culture's beliefs,customs,and skills.

Which shows the correct sequence of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

A strength of experimental studies is that

A correlation of .82 was found between the number of hours studied and final exam scores.This means that

One day you and a friend are talking and your friend states,"Development is the result of the genes that you inherit,and those genes put you on a developmental path that stays the same throughout your life." What can you tell your friend about the issues of nature vs.nurture and continuity vs.discontinuity?