Exam 1: The Science of Child Development

Creating an emotional bond with the mother is sometimes called

The ego,one of Freud's components of personality,tries to resolve the conflicts between one's biological desires and society's standards.

Because Joe got an A on his psychology test,his parents told him he didn't have to wash the dishes (a job he hates doing) for two weeks.This is an example of negative reinforcement.

Using an example from everyday life,explain why a correlation between two variables does not prove a cause and effect relation between the variables.

Professor Gordon is studying the effects of peer relationships on emotional well-being in Canadian children.She collects information from a sample of 900 Grade 3 children.Although she has a lot of information about these particular 900 children,what does she need to do in order to draw conclusions about Canadian Grade 3 children?

________ is a tool that allows researchers to synthesize the results of many studies to estimate relations between variables.

The tendency to select socially acceptable answers is called

Freud based his psychodynamic theory on

In Erikson's psychosocial theory,

In a correlational study

Yvonne was a busy,energetic child who grew up to be a busy,energetic adult.Yvonne provides an example of

Describe four themes or issues that often arise in the study of child development.

________ uses developmental research to promote healthy development,particularly for vulnerable children and families.

In developmental psychology,a theory not only explains our development,but also makes predictions about what might affect our development.

Raeann believes that babies are born with tendencies to form emotional bonds with their caregivers because it makes them more likely to survive.Raeann's beliefs fit most closely with ________ theory.

Professor Kiefer is interested in learning about how easily children make the transition from grade school to high school.She interviews 120 Grade 8 students at various schools and collects information about their hopes,fears,and general feelings about moving on to high school.This is an example of which type of research?

When investigators can't observe a behaviour directly in a natural context,they are unable to study that behaviour.

Psychological research in Canada dates from the mid 1900s.

Erikson emphasized

Kyoung-Lae conducts an experimental study and after subjecting his results to statistical analyses,decides to reject the null hypothesis.What does this mean?