Exam 1: Understanding Human Development

In the United States, the use of corporal punishment has been completely banned in public schools.

Which of the following is the best example of a country that embraces a collectivist culture?

According to the text, about what percent of U. S. parents spank their children, at least occasionally:

According to Freud, the part of the human mind that is concerned with following the rules of society and that may experience feelings of guilt when one violates social norms is called the:

A researcher investigating the effect of peer tutoring on reading skills studies two groups of children in remedial reading classes. One group receives peer tutoring three times a week for three months, the other group does not. At the end of the three months, the two groups are tested in reading skills. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?

According to Erik Erikson, there are ____ stages of human development.

According to Freud, children at this stage of development repress sexual interests and instead focus on developing cognitive and interpersonal skills:

Suppose a researcher wishes to study the relationship between a high-protein diet and school performance. She asks students to record their eating habits for a week and compares their protein consumption to their grade point average in school. If she finds that students who eat more protein generally get better grades, it would be appropriate to conclude that she has identified a:

Suppose that Peggy once became ill after eating pizza. Now anytime that she smells pizza she starts to feel queasy. Peggy's situation has most likely developed as the result of:

A researcher investigating the effect of peer tutoring on reading skills studies two groups of children in remedial reading classes. One group receives peer tutoring three times a week for three months, the other group does not. At the end of the three months, the two groups are tested in reading skills. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?

According to Piaget, a mental category or structure is called a(n):

The idea that people learn by observing and being coached by "experts" stems most directly from the work of:

What is the positive outcome of Erikson's stage of "autonomy versus shame and doubt"?

Erik Erikson's view of development, like Freud's, emphasized the idea that the most important aspects of human development are completed in the first five years of life.

Cultures in which individuals are encouraged to put time and energy into projects that will benefit only themselves are best described as:

In order to explain how human ancestors moved from living in trees to walking upright, Mary talks about "the survival of the fittest." Another term of this same idea is:

Which of the following statements best describes the role of a dependent variable?

Suppose you eat lobster for the first time, then get the flu and become ill. Now, the thought of eating lobster leaves you with a queasy feeling in your stomach. The mechanism that best describes how you learned the "lobster - sick" association is classical conditioning.

Which of the following statements best captures the sense of the term interaction, as it is used in the context of a course focusing on human lifespan development?

The original phase of the "Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study" assessed children at which of the following ages?