Psych Quiz 1

Which of the following would agree MOST with the assertion that culture plays an important role in cognitive development?

Lev Vygotsky

Being alive during the global COVID-19 pandemic is an example of a _________________ influence on development

Normative history-graded

Millennials, those born between 1982 and 2000, are considered tech-savvy because they grew up with technology and rely on it for daily activities. Millennials are defined by characteristics that were formed while growing up with advancements in technology as part of their world and culture. Which of Baltes' contextual influences does this represent?

Normative history-graded influences

A theorist proposes that children learn language by observing and imitating their parents, who in turn reinforce the sounds and words their children produce. In the nature versus nurture debate, where does this theorist's proposal fit?

Nurture

The life cycle of the butterfly (depicted here) is an example of discontinuous development. Is this statement True or False?

True

Parents track the number of new words their toddler learns each day and are surprised by how many new words their child has learned at the end of one month. By charting their child's language development, these parents are showing an interest in the ________ of human development.

cognitive domain

By the _______________ stage of cognitive development, Piaget argued that children gain an understanding of conservation.

concrete operational

While most human development theorists and researchers have focused on infancy and childhood, and some on adolescence, others have explored development over the course of one's entire life, which aligns with Baltes' key principle of lifespan development that ________.

development is lifelong

In a prenatal education class, an instructor informs parents that their child's development will be influenced by many factors, including biological, cognitive, social, and emotional factors. This instructor is addressing which of Baltes' key principles of lifespan development?

development is multidimensional

Which of the following is NOT true regarding developmental psychology?

developmental psychology focuses only on child development

Parents exclaim, "One day my baby was crawling around on the floor, and the next day my toddler was wobbling around the house on two feet! It all happened so suddenly." Which approach to describing how developmental changes occur does the parents' statement reflect?

discontinuous development

1) assesses casual impact 2) assesses the relationship between two or more variables 3) creates a snapshot of the current state of affairs

1) experimental 2) correctional 3) descriptive

Match the period of development with its correct description. 1. Early Adulthood 2. Late Adulthood 3. Emerging Adulthood 4. Prenatal 5. Adolescence 6. Middle and Late Childhood 7. Early Childhood 8. Infancy and Toddlerhood 9. Middle Adulthood

1. 25-45 yrs 2. 65+ yrs 3. 18-25 yrs 4. before birth 5. 12-18 yrs 6. 6-11 yrs 7. 2-5/6 yrs 8. after birth until age 2 9. late thirties or forty until mid sixties

A researcher conducted an in depth study of a child who was raised in isolation and had no contact with same-age peers until age 10. This researcher detailed the child's development in a number of spheres: physical/motor, language/cognitive, social and emotional. What kind of research method is this?

Case study

A teenager bemoans, "My life is a roller coaster. I've got all this new stuff to think about and I'm not as good at things I used to do well. I think I'm making progress in one area, but I'm losing ground in another." This statement about alternating between gains and losses reflects which of Baltes' key principles of lifespan development?

Development is multidirectional

________________ proposed that each period of life has a unique challenge or crisis that the person who reaches it must face.

Erik Erikson

If a person argues that Adolf Hitler became a dictator because of a genetic predisposition he inherited from his parents then this person is advocating which of the following views of development?

nature

Studying different age cohorts across time is a feature of the _______________ research method.

sequential

A researcher wants to understand parents' attitudes and opinions toward residential school programs for academically gifted students. This researcher would likely choose a ________ research method.a

survey

Petersen designed a correlational study to determine if time spent playing video games is related to obesity. What was the objective of this research?

to formally test whether relationship exists between two or more variables