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Human growth and development mid-term study guide(Rhonda Shirley )Latest Updated 2022 Human Growth and Development Med-Term Study Guide Chapter 1 1. Piaget believed that children begin to construct knowledge in new ways at a few critical points in development. 2. Competence-environmental pre...

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Human Growth and DevelopmentMed-Term Study Guide
Chapter 1
1. Piaget believed that children begin to construct knowledge in
new ways at a few critical points in development.
2. Competence-environmental press theory emphasizes that to
understand people’s functioning, it is essential to understand the
systems in which they live.
3. If you believe in continuity, you believe that development is
best characterized as following a smooth progression.
4. The influence of ethnic factors on your behavior would be
considered a sociocultural force.
5. Outcomes of developmental research can have important
implications for social policy.
6. Vygotsky’s key insight was to view development as an
apprenticeship in which children develop as they work with skilled
adults.
7. The sequence of stages in Erikson’s theory is based on the
epigenetic principle.
8. In a structured observation, a researcher creates a setting
that is likely to bring out the behavior of interest.
9. A sample is a subset of the population of interest.
10. Compared to punishment, reinforcement tends to result in
quicker and longer-lasting learning.
11. The universal and context-specific developmental issue
concerns whether there is just one path of development or several.
12. When explaining an individual’s behavior, proponents of
ecological theory would say that you have to consider factors
outside of the individual.
13. Daisy and Rose are identical twins who were separated at
birth. Daisy was raised in the United States, whereas Rose spent
her childhood in Austria. Which force would likely explain most of
the differences between their behaviors as teens?
➢ sociocultural
14. Orlaith is interested in studying the impact of growing up
during the Great Recession on the saving and spending habits of
individuals. Orlaith’s perspective is best described as a
perspective.

,➢ life-course
15. The advantage of the design is that it allows a researcher to
synthesize data from numerous studies.
➢ meta-analysis
16. Qualitative research differs from quantitative research because
it
➢ seeks to gain an understanding of what governs behavior
17. Dr. Nuriama is interested in studying the way people
spend their time when they are in their homes alone. Which
method is Dr. Nuriama most likely to use for this study?
➢ self-reports
18. The biggest difference between Vygotsky’s approach to
development and that of Piaget and the information-processing
approach is that Vygotsky placed more emphasis on
➢ the impact of culture
19. Dr. Rubeus is studying how teenagers think about high
school by asking them to answer several questions related to their
classroom experiences. It is most likely that Dr. Rubeus’s research
involves a(n)
method.
➢ self-report
20. Patti studies the behavior of preschool children by watching
them play at a local daycare center. While doing this, she is careful
to find a spot where she will be completely unnoticed by the
individuals she is observing. Patti is most likely using a approach
to studying the children.
➢ naturalistic observation
21. Louis discovers that the experiences he has in his
developmental psychology class help him to deal with the children
he works with at a daycare center. This relationship is best
described by Bronfenbrenner’s notion of a(n)
➢ mesosystem
22. Who would have the least amount of interest in children’s
thinking?
➢ a Skinnerian theorist
23. When describing the development of his son Pitt, Brad says,
“The best way to describe it is in terms of a slow computer with a
small memory getting a faster processor and more storage space.”
This type of description would suggest that Brad adheres to a(n)
approach to development.
➢ information-processing

,24. The fact that a teen growing up when Pearl Harbor was
attacked will develop in a different manner from a teen growing
up when the World Trade Center was attacked is best explained in
terms of
➢ historical context
25. Julianna is interested in studying how family relationships
affect development. Julianna is probably most interested in studying
influences.
➢ sociocultural
26. What is the correct order of Piaget’s stages of development?
➢ sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal
operational
27. Which statement is not consistent with ethical research?
➢ Never tell subjects if they’ve been deceived.
28. Which research method must always occur in a real-life
setting?
➢ naturalistic observation
29. The fact that Tatiana likes to watch reality television and her
grandfather prefers watching 1960s television westerns is probably
best explained by
➢ cohort effects
30. Rutger believes that, rather than progressing through a
sequence of stages, mental processes gradually get more complex
and efficient. Rutger is most likely a proponent of
➢ information-processing theory
31. An effective punishment
➢ reduces the likelihood that a behavior will occur in the future
32. Dr. Ann Daround is conducting a study to determine whether
fidget spinning causes a reduction in stress. In this experiment,
fidget spinning is the
➢ independent variable
33. A researcher who wants to study how state welfare programs
influence parenting behaviors would be primarily studying
➢ exosystems
34. According to ecological theory, the people closest to a
developing child represent his or her
➢ microsystem
35. Imitation is most closely related to the concept of
➢ observational learning
36. Kelly is doing research on the effect of birth order on
personality. Rather than collecting data on a new set of subjects, she
is analyzing hundreds of studies that have already been done on this
topic and is going to attempt to come up with an overall estimate of
what all these other studies have found. What sort of study is Kelly
doing?

, ➢ meta-analysis
37. The notion of “balancing” work and home responsibilities is
best associated with
➢ the synchronization of individual transitions with collective
familial ones
38. When Dr. R. Carson is asked to explain troubled adolescents,
she says, “The only way to explain the problems of adolescents is
to study them in relation to their parents and the culture that
surrounds them.” Dr. R. Carson is most likely a proponent of
theory.
➢ ecological
39. Cleo, a director of a daycare, uses terms like “pre-K,” “K-3,”
and the “upper-elementary.” These ideas are most compatible
with a view.
➢ discontinuity
40. When asked why her sister Yvonne ended up in jail, Penny
says, “She was always a mean, aggressive person. She really liked
hurting people.” Penny is relying on forces to explain
Yvonne’s development.
➢ psychological
41. Dr. Bach is a developmental psychologist who is interested
in Vygotsky’s theory. What sort of forces are probably of most
interest to Dr. Bach?
➢ sociocultural
42. The scientific study of human development can best be
described as
➢ multidisciplinary

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