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PSYCHOLOGY 2114

1)Locke’s ideas about children and their development strongly exemplify the

model

2. Although Piaget and information processing  theorists  share  some assumptions about child development, most information processing theorists reject the Piagetian notion of:

3. A(n)  refers to a neutral stimulus that comes to elicit a response through classical conditioning.

4. Losing car privileges because of a curfew violation is an example of:

5. Investigations of universals in children’s acquisition of language illustrates:

6. According to Vygotsky,                   is a primary determinant of development

7. Discontinuity theorists portray development as:

8. Which of the following notions is most compatible with the writings of Rousseau?

9. One of Freud s influential ideas was that:

10. The two goals of developmental psychology are to:

11. The early work of _                     _ best represents the model that focuses on the influence of the child s sociocultural context.

12. One of Albert Bandura's most important contributions to our understanding of child development is his demonstration that:

13. _                         , whereas developmental psychology extends its focus to include _                             .

14. Erikson’s model of human development:

15. Behaviourists, like John B. Watson, believe that changes in behaviour are the result of:

16. The advantages of longitudinal studies include which of the following?

17. Case studies are often used:

18. Which of the following is a potential risk factor that researchers must consider before embarking on a research project involving children as participants?

19. The research method in which participants of different ages are studied, simultaneously and at one point in time, to examine the effects of age on some aspect of behaviour is known as

20. Which of the following is a drawback of naturalistic observation?

21. The variable that is systematically manipulated in an experiment is known as the:

22. The two important roles of theories are to:

23. If a researcher discovers that parental use of physical punishment is positively correlated with children's aggression, we will conclude that:

24. What is a disadvantage of cross-sectional research?

25. The intensive study of a small number of children over a brief period of time is:

26. Neuroimaging techniques, such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, are used in:

27. One drawback of interview methods is that they may not
28. The only way to determine whether two variables are causally related is to conduct a(n):

29. Which of the following statements regarding correlation coefficients is FALSE?

30. The amount by which a trait can vary as a result of experience within the limits set by an individual's genetic endowment is referred to as:

31. Of the research methods available to those who study human genetics and inheritance, the best way to separate environmental from genetic influences on development is to:

32. Turner s syndrome, Klinefelter s syndrome, 47, XYY, and fragile X syndrome are:

33. The process in which cells duplicate, then divide two times, producing four cells, each with 23 single chromosomes is known as: