Exam 1: Understanding Human Development

A person experiences a traumatic event during childhood. A developmental psychologist would view the traumatic event as an example of which of the following?

A researcher obtains individuals' permission before randomly assigning them to the treatment or the control group. She is complying with the basic ethical principle regarding:

Generalizing from the text, you would expect that culture would have the greatest impact on development during which of the following developmental periods?

Darwin's idea of "survival of the fittest" is also referred to as the theory of:

Human development is studied from a scientific perspective, meaning that its methods of study are:

Developmental psychologists generally focus their study on the unusual individuals in order to learn about the extremes of human development.

Lev Vygotsky's views on human development can be best categorized as belonging to which of the following theoretical perspectives?

"An organized, coherent set of ideas that helps us to understand, to explain, and to make predictions" is known as a:

Which of the following is NOT a term typically used to describe one of the stages in Freud's psychosexual theory?

Freud viewed this part of the mind as involving a person's impulsive tendencies, particularly the search for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.

Which of the following is of highest value in a collectivist culture?

A researcher conducts extensive, in-depth interviews with a small group of highly gifted children with genius IQs. What type of study is he conducting?

Which of the following terms would be most closely associated with the field of operant conditioning?

Learning to talk in infancy is a good example of maturation because it is closely linked to the development of the brain and the increasing ability to coordinate motor control.

Four-year-old Sasha watches carefully how her older brother unlocks the chest where her mother hides special toys. After her brother locks the chest and leaves, Sasha is able to remember the steps he used and she now unlocks the chest. Sasha's method of learning is best thought of as an example of:

Freud's genital stage begins during:

A researcher studies how individuals born during the 1940s compare to individuals born during the 1970s with regard to political participation. The groups of individuals are called:

Which of the following best describes the difference in Freud's and Erikson's views about human development?

According to Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model, your family, friends, and classmates are part of your:

Which of the following statements is true regarding the corporal punishment of children?