Question 1

__________ focuses on the processes that allow people to know, understand, and think about the world.

Accepted Answer

A) Classical conditioning 
B) The behavioural perspective 
C) Operant conditioning 
D) The cognitive perspective

Question 2

Briefly list and describe the 3 major steps of the scientific method.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Briefly list and describe the 3 major...

Question 3

Developmentalists study how both our biological inheritance and the environment in which we live jointly affect our behaviour.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which type of developmental approach seeks to identify specific brain areas and functions associated with specific cognitive activities?

Accepted Answer

A) Behaviour modification 
B) Social-cognitive 
C) Cognitive neuroscience 
D) Neo-Piagetian

Question 5

What procedure is used to confirm the results of an experiment and to ensure that the results are not due to random chance?

Accepted Answer

A) replication 
B) random assignment 
C) independent variables 
D) control groups

Question 6

A student reads a flyer on the campus bulletin board that says a researcher is searching for students to volunteer for a long-term study.Participation includes completing testing that measures traits such as temperament, attitudes, and adaptability, traits that differentiate one person from another.The researcher who is developing this study is most likely interested in ___________ development.

Accepted Answer

A) personality 
B) social 
C) cognitive 
D) physical

Question 7

A researcher is interested in why we choose the mating partners that we do.Her theory is that we are driven to select mates that would have provided the best resources for our ancestors.What kind of study would this be?

Accepted Answer

A) evolutionary psychology 
B) cognitive neuroscience 
C) bioecological 
D) humanistic

Question 8

In a ______, organisms are particularly susceptible to certain kinds of stimuli in their environments, but the absence of those stimuli does not always produce irreversible consequences.

Accepted Answer

A) sensitive period 
B) continuous change 
C) critical period 
D) discontinuous change

Question 9

Specialists in lifespan development share one concern: understanding the growth and change that occur during the course of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The development of the sociocultural theory is attributed to

Accepted Answer

A) Skinner. 
B) Bandura. 
C) Vygotsky. 
D) Bronfenbrenner.

Question 11

Why would a cognitive neuroscience approach be potentially more difficult to use when studying children?

Accepted Answer

A) Neuroimaging devices can be loud and frightening, and require children to sit still for extended periods. 
B) Children's brains are not sufficiently organized to draw conclusions from neuroimaging techniques. 
C) Neuroimaging devices are often not able to correctly scan smaller brains. 
D) Children are more vulnerable to small doses of radiation produced by neuroimaging devices.

Question 12

What is the method of research that involves extensive, in-depth interviews with a particular individual or small group of individuals?

Accepted Answer

A) experimentation 
B) case study 
C) natural observation 
D) ethnography

Question 13

Briefly explain why Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach emphasizes the interconnectedness of the influences on development.Give an example.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Briefly explain why Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach emphasizes...

Question 14

List and briefly explain three types of learning derived from the behavioural perspective.

Accepted Answer

The answer of List and briefly explain three types of...

Question 15

Briefly explain why developmental researchers would adopt the cognitive perspective.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Briefly explain why developmental researchers would adopt...

Question 16

Which of the Bronfenbrenner's five levels provides the connections between the various aspects of the person's life, like links in a chain, to bind children to parents, students to teachers, employees to bosses, and friends to friends?

Accepted Answer

A) exosystem 
B) mesosystem 
C) microsystem 
D) macrosystem

Question 17

What is one of the fastest growing areas within the field of lifespan development, and studies the effects of heredity on behaviour?

Accepted Answer

A) ethology 
B) cognitive neuroscience 
C) behavioural genetics 
D) sociocultural theory

Question 18

All claims and theories derived from the various developmental perspectives are accurate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

If a researcher was interested in learning how children's moral development changes between the ages of 3 and 5, the researcher might follow them until they are 5, testing them periodically.This research strategy is known as _________ research.

Accepted Answer

A) developmental 
B) longitudinal 
C) sequential 
D) cross-sectional

Question 20

Behaviour modification depends upon which principle?

Accepted Answer

A) Operant conditioning 
B) Social-cognitive conditioning 
C) Classical conditioning 
D) Stimulus conditioning

Exam 1: An Introduction to Lifespan Development

__________ focuses on the processes that allow people to know, understand, and think about the world.

Briefly list and describe the 3 major steps of the scientific method.

Developmentalists study how both our biological inheritance and the environment in which we live jointly affect our behaviour.

Which type of developmental approach seeks to identify specific brain areas and functions associated with specific cognitive activities?

What procedure is used to confirm the results of an experiment and to ensure that the results are not due to random chance?

A researcher is interested in why we choose the mating partners that we do.Her theory is that we are driven to select mates that would have provided the best resources for our ancestors.What kind of study would this be?

In a ______, organisms are particularly susceptible to certain kinds of stimuli in their environments, but the absence of those stimuli does not always produce irreversible consequences.

Specialists in lifespan development share one concern: understanding the growth and change that occur during the course of life.

The development of the sociocultural theory is attributed to

Why would a cognitive neuroscience approach be potentially more difficult to use when studying children?

What is the method of research that involves extensive, in-depth interviews with a particular individual or small group of individuals?

Briefly explain why Bronfenbrenner's bioecological approach emphasizes the interconnectedness of the influences on development.Give an example.

List and briefly explain three types of learning derived from the behavioural perspective.

Briefly explain why developmental researchers would adopt the cognitive perspective.

Which of the Bronfenbrenner's five levels provides the connections between the various aspects of the person's life, like links in a chain, to bind children to parents, students to teachers, employees to bosses, and friends to friends?

What is one of the fastest growing areas within the field of lifespan development, and studies the effects of heredity on behaviour?

All claims and theories derived from the various developmental perspectives are accurate.

If a researcher was interested in learning how children's moral development changes between the ages of 3 and 5, the researcher might follow them until they are 5, testing them periodically.This research strategy is known as _________ research.

Behaviour modification depends upon which principle?