Question 1

Social development is best viewed as a product of the following:

Accepted Answer

A) cultural forces but not historical change 
B) individual characterictics but not social situations 
C) historically based changes but most processes are universal rather than cultural 
D) both secular change and culture

Question 2

Some social agents, such as mothers, are more important to consider than other social agents, such as fathers, extended family members, and peers

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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 5

According to the principles of social development you have learned, the following is evident:

Accepted Answer

A) critical periods provide the most important constraints on social development 
B) the effects of early experience are impossible to overcome 
C) early experience is important but reversible 
D) the effects of early experience are overrated and seldom leave any long-lasting effect

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

After reading your textbook and listening to the lectures, you conclude that social development is:

Accepted Answer

A) a domain unto itself 
B) influenced by motor development mainly 
C) influenced by emotional development but not language development 
D) influenced by advances in several other domains

Question 8

Most often reliance on a single method is the best research strategy because it saves time and money

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Normative developmental pathways are:

Accepted Answer

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 10

Infants and children are best viewed as:

Accepted Answer

A) transcendental 
B) existential 
C) bidirectional 
D) active

Question 11

The current thinking about genes and the environment is that:

Accepted Answer

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

Exam 14: Overarching Themes: Integrating Social Development

Social development is best viewed as a product of the following:

Some social agents, such as mothers, are more important to consider than other social agents, such as fathers, extended family members, and peers

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

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

According to the principles of social development you have learned, the following is evident:

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

After reading your textbook and listening to the lectures, you conclude that social development is:

Most often reliance on a single method is the best research strategy because it saves time and money

Normative developmental pathways are:

Infants and children are best viewed as:

The current thinking about genes and the environment is that: