Question 1

Briefly describe the role of culture in social development

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Question 2

Normative developmental pathways are:

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A) more important than individual pathways 
B) less important than individual pathways 
C) less important than historical pathways 
D) both individual and normative pathways are important

Question 3

Biological preparedness reminds us that:

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A) culture is important 
B) historical change is critical 
C) genetic factors do not matter 
D) there are universals in social development

Question 4

What other disciplines need to be included in research on social development?

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Question 5

Explaining social development requires that we recognize the following:

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A) genetics is the primary explanation 
B) Freud was right and mothers are the primary socializing agents 
C) Watson was right and the environment rules 
D) none of the above

Question 6

Regarding social policy, it is best to try to develop:

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A) universally applicable approaches 
B) approaches that are unique to every community 
C) programs that recognize cultural variability but use sound principles that have worked in other contexts 
D) leave it to the states and minimize the role of the federal government

Question 7

Early experience is not reversible so it is critically important that the main focus of social development research is on the early years of childhood

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Social development is a shared intellectual enterprise and is not the sole domain of psychologists

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is the transactional model?

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Question 10

Which of the following is not a take-home principle in the field of social development?

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A) cultural variations always trump universal processes 
B) development always processes in a linear fashion 
C) social development is best left in the hands of psychologists 
D) all of the above

Question 11

Describe 3 ways of viewing the social child

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Question 12

Gene-environment interactions suggest that genes are only expressed under certain environmental circumstances

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Describe levels of analysis in social development

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Question 14

How should we view the role of the child in social development?

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Question 15

An effective and good economic way to design a social policy is to make sure that one size fits all

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Social policy makers are best left to make policy without addressing the findings of research because research only confuses an already complex process

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The current thinking about genes and the environment is that:

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A) the environment is necessary to trigger genetic programs 
B) genes are important early in development but wane with age 
C) both genes and environment are important throughout the life span 
D) some of the above

Question 18

A well designed study is better than a less well designed study even though the question is not of significance

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In designing a research project, the following issue is most important:

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A) a well vetted method 
B) a psychometrically sound instrument 
C) a well chosen sample 
D) an interesting question

Question 20

What are future imperatives for theory development in the field of social developement?

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Exam 14: Overarching Themes: Integrating Social Development

Briefly describe the role of culture in social development

Normative developmental pathways are:

Biological preparedness reminds us that:

What other disciplines need to be included in research on social development?

Explaining social development requires that we recognize the following:

Regarding social policy, it is best to try to develop:

Early experience is not reversible so it is critically important that the main focus of social development research is on the early years of childhood

Social development is a shared intellectual enterprise and is not the sole domain of psychologists

What is the transactional model?

Which of the following is not a take-home principle in the field of social development?

Describe 3 ways of viewing the social child

Gene-environment interactions suggest that genes are only expressed under certain environmental circumstances

Describe levels of analysis in social development

How should we view the role of the child in social development?

An effective and good economic way to design a social policy is to make sure that one size fits all

Social policy makers are best left to make policy without addressing the findings of research because research only confuses an already complex process

The current thinking about genes and the environment is that:

A well designed study is better than a less well designed study even though the question is not of significance

In designing a research project, the following issue is most important:

What are future imperatives for theory development in the field of social developement?