Exam 1: Section 2: An Introduction to Child Development

A researcher is interested in thoroughly exploring 8-year-old Jane's thoughts and feelings about living in poverty. The researcher's BEST option for obtaining this information would be:

Which statement qualifies as a hypothesis?

To examine whether or not children's cognitive development occurs in stages, Professor Blue observes four groups of children. Each child's performance on cognitive tasks is observed two or more times over a period of two years. Which group is MOST likely to lead Professor Blue to conclude that development occurs continuously?

Researchers would be LEAST likely to examine the effect of _____ on _____ with experimental design.

The question of the influence of biological and environmental factors on child development is BEST termed:

A researcher is interested in the development of depression. She interviews children ages 5, 9, and 13 about their depressive symptoms. This is an example of which type of design?

Which statement describes a potential disadvantage of the interview method?

Attributes that vary across individuals and situations are termed:

The complete set of an individual's hereditary information is referred to as the:

What method has psychological research demonstrated will increase the likelihood of obtaining more accurate testimony from young children in court?

Which aspect is NOT considered part of the sociocultural context?

What does research suggest about the reasons why economically disadvantaged children may do less well than their more affluent peers?

To examine how children interact with their elementary school teachers on a daily basis, a researcher would probably use the _____ method.

Longitudinal designs are particularly useful for examining:

Who bears the highest responsibility for ensuring that children are unharmed when participating in psychological research?

Which statement about epigenetics is true?

Which premise is at the foundation of the scientific method?

A correlation coefficient of 0.00 indicates that, as the level of one variable increases, the level of the other variable:

A class of 3rd-grade children is split into two groups through random assignment. Group A is given training in a new game, and Group B is not. Group A is referred to as the _____ group, and Group B is referred to as the _____ group.

Longitudinal design would be appropriate to examine: