Which of the following is a research question that a developmental psychologist
would probably NOT investigate? - ANSWER Can artificial
intelligence process information the same way that humans process information?
Match the correct definitions of nature and nurture. - ANSWER
Nurture- Human processes are acquired through interactions with the
environment.
Nature- Human processes are innate; behavior is due to biological factors, such as
genetic code.
Which of the following theorists assume that development is a slow and gradual
process? - ANSWER Vygotsky
,______ proposed that each period of life has a unique challenge or crisis that the
person who reaches it must face. - ANSWER Erikson
Three-year-old Bobby has learned what he can and cannot control, and he has
developed a sense of free will. Which psychosocial crisis has Bobby positively
resolved? - ANSWER Autonomy vs. shame/doubt
Albert Bandura argued that there is an interplay between the environment and
the individual; we are not just the product of our surroundings, rather we
influence our surroundings. This is a concept known as: - ANSWER
Reciprocal determinism
Six-year-old Lucy has developed the ability to see the world from other people's
perspectives. Piaget would say that Lucy is in which stage of cognitive
development? - ANSWER Preoperational
Mrs. Abram, a kindergarten teacher, believes that her students not only have a set
of abilities, but that they also have a set of potential abilities that can be realized if
, she can offer the proper guidance. Mrs. Abram is most closely aligned with which
theorist? - ANSWER Vygotsky
Match each research design to its proper definition. - ANSWER
Experimental Research- Research in which a researcher manipulates one or more
variables to see their effects
Descriptive Research- Research that describes what is occurring at a particular
point in time
Correlational Research- Research designed to discover relationships among
variables and to allow the prediction of future events from present knowledge
Which of the following is NOT an example of a type of descriptive - ANSWER
Independent measures
Cross-sectional research allows the researcher to look at the impact of having
been born in a certain time-period. - ANSWER False
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