Exam 1: A Cultural Approach to Child Development

What research method entails the detailed examination of the life of one person or a small number of people?

What did Arnett define as the increasing connections between different parts of the world in trade,travel,migration,and communication?

According to Erikson,what is the developmental challenge during early adulthood?

What effect occurs when the performance of people of different ages varies because they grew up in different generations?

What research method allows a researcher to hear people describe their lives in their own words?

The United States,Canada,Japan,South Korea,Australia,New Zealand,and nearly all the countries of Europe are examples of ____.

Erikson believed that each stage had a distinctive developmental challenge,which he referred to as a _____.

Who first wrote about the principles of evolution in his book The Origin of Species?

The ____ of the study is the way the study is conducted and the data are collected.

What principle defines the concept when findings from a sample can be used to draw appropriate conclusions regarding the population?

The term _____ refers to development as separated into distinct stages.

According to the text,what variable in an experiment is different for the experimental group than for the control group?

You are teaching your dog to sit.Every time you say "sit!" and the dog follows your command you give him a treat.This is an example of a _____.

What aspect of a study outlines the way the study was conducted and how the data were collected?

Compare and contrast Freud's theory of psychosexual development with Erikson's theory of psychosocial development.Make sure to describe at least three similarities and two differences.Finally state which theory you personally believe is more relevant to explaining development and why,

____ refers to the consistency of measures,whereas ____ refers to the truthfulness of a measurement.

Why would you expect the textbook author,Arnett,to use Bronfenbrenner's model as a frame for his book more than Freud's theory?

Between now and 2050,what will the increase in population in the United States be nearly entirely due to?

According to Freud,what stage of development are infants in when sexual sensations are concentrated in the anus?

According to Erikson,what is the developmental challenge during toddlerhood?