Exam 1: The Science of Child Development

One well-known example of a critical period comes from the work of Lorenz and is work on imprinting.

Olivia wants to find out how many calories children of various ages consume.She asks parents of children aged 2 to 6 to bring their children to the laboratory for an hour session.While there,children are encouraged to eat as much as they want.Which of the following designs is Olivia using?

Ximena and Chris believe that they don't need to worry about parenting their new son,Brant,because he was born with a good nature and his good nature will determine his outcomes in life.Chris and Ximena's views of parenting are consistent with the __________ of the __________ issue.

A measure is __________ if the results are consistent over time.

Which of the following theories has a biological perspective?

Sonja conducts an experiment to determine whether listening to music affects emotional state.She has children wait alone in a room that either did or did not have music playing and then has them complete a questionnaire asking about their current level of happiness.The independent variable in this study is

Marcio studies developmental changes in intelligence by testing one group of subjects when they are 4,8,12,and 16 years of age.What kind of design is Marcio using?

Researchers studied the relationship between intelligence and friendship in children.Which of the following illustrates a negative correlation between the two variables?

Your neighbor tells you about his little boy who is always manipulating objects "just like a scientist trying to test his theory about the world." Having just read the first chapter of your child development textbook,you reply,"You sound just like

Ludmilla is interested in finding out how children typically learn math concepts.She found a class of gifted math students willing to be her subjects.What might be an issue with using that particular group of students as subjects?

The French philosopher,Jean Jacques Rousseau,believed that

To measure children's social skills,you decide to use the number of interactions children have with other children as your measure of social skills.As you collect data,you notice that some children who have many interactions do not seem to be very socially skilled because many of their interactions are negative.This makes you question the __________ of your measure.

Nate watched another boy pull a girl's hair.Nate is most likely to imitate the boy's behavior if

The moral agent in a child's personality is the

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

Different sequences of children are tested longitudinally in a study with a

Experience plays the most important role in which of the following theories?

Describe the four key guidelines of ethical research.

Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development focused on

Alvaro is interested in finding out how children's conceptions of death change with age.He decides to interview children and ask them questions such as "What happens when people die?" and "Do people eat when they die?" Alvaro is using a form of _________ to measure children's conceptions of death.