Human Growth and Development

Which of the following is a healthy indicator that children can adjust after divorce?

! more conflict and tension in house between the parents before the divorce happened

If you were an authoritative parent, how would you handle a child who only wanted to eat a banana split for dinner? You would say, ____

"It would be much better to eat a healthy dinner first and have a banana split for dessert if you are not full."

What nutritional advice can you give to a parent of a preschooler? (2 correct answers)

Avoid too much milk as it can impact iron absorpton. Avoid high fat and very sweet foods as you are setting up taste preferences.

If my parenting philosophy is there in an interplay between personality, event interpretation and interactions, I follow reciprocal determinism. I influence my child and my child influences me. The actions I show my child impacts my child, how my child sees the world, and the actions my child shows me impacts my parenting. These themes all fit under which theorist/theory?

Bandura/ social learning theory

Erikson theory Which of the following does not fit into Erikson's first 2 stages?

Being born premature may risk autonomy being developed the first year of life if the parent is not responsive to the child.

Which of the following is true regarding children's sexual development in middle childhood?

Children in middle childhood are more aware of social rules for appropriate behavior.

Which theorist am I? I study human development as stages across the entire lifespan. I am known as the father of developmental psychology.

Erickson

Which theorist am I? I focus on emotional and social development across the entire lifespan. I am a stage theorist.

Erikson

All theories presented in the chapter see nature and nurture working together.

False

All theories presented in this chapter see children as active contributors to their own development.

False

The strongest theory is explaining human development is a stage or discontinuous theory.

False

Which theorists am I? The creation of the self comes from the development of the id, ego and superego.

Freud

Match the term that connects with Brain Development in the first 2 years=Dendrites

Has overgrowth of the branch of the neurons in the first 2 years

Identify the IV and DV for this experiment. Loftus and Palmer (1974) wanted to test their hypothesis that the language used in eyewitness testimony can alter memory. Loftus and Palmer (1974) asked people to estimate the speed of motor vehicles using different forms of questions. Estimating vehicle speed is something people are generally poor at and so they may be more open to suggestion. Half of the people in the study were asked how fast going when cars hit. The other half were asked how fast people going when cars smashed. All people in the study then answered the question how fast car was going (speed of car).

The IV was the wording of the question and the DV was the speed reported by the participants.

Discontinuous theorists view development in stages.

True

Which of the following is NOT a possible cohort effect?

Using a longitudinal study to track changes in intelligence

Select the theorist or perspective you would use to: (1) understand children's different ideas about the world; (2) explain children's learning at different stages; (3) figure out how memory operates.

Vygotsky; Piaget; information processing

uppose that you are preparing for a job interview as a preschool teacher. Which of the following statements when used in the interview is more likely to land you the job? (two answers are correct) Correct Answer

You have educational qualifications and commitment to children's learning. Correct! Preschool learning is about the child exploring and discovering their world through hands-on activities that are developmentally appropriate.

What typically includes information about what the purposes of the study are and what the participation involves?

an informed consent form

At what age do we see infants vision improving, such that they have developed depth and see more details?

around 2 months

To teach my child to clean up after himself, I reward him with a sticker when he cleans up. I also sometimes will say "thank you for cleaning up -- I will finish this for you because I am so happy you are cleaning up your toys right now!" This type of training stems from which theory?

behavioralism : operant conditioning

When Sammy sees Mommy roll the thick ball of dough into a thin circle for a pie crust he says, Now there is more dough, because it's bigger. His sister, Sara, tells Sammy No, it's the same amount because Mommy could just roll it back again and it would look the same. According to Piaget's framework, Sammy ________ and Sara ________.

cant conserve can conserve

1 / 1 pts Which of the following is true regarding children's sexual development in middle childhood?

children this age know social rules and appropriate behavior

Pigs are animals; hammers are tools. A child who understands this understands the concept known as

classification

Which of the following are cultural differences seen in the classroom?

classroom environment as competitive or cooperative social distance reason for asking questions eye contact

Pick the examples of (1) a gross motor talent and (2) a fine motor talent.

climbing a tree forming letters

The scientific method involves

confirmation and sampling bias

Choose the correct order of expressive language development.

coo, babble, 1-word utterance, telegraphic speech

Professor Cook is conducting a research study on the cognitive abilities of infants and young children. Rather than follow subjects from birth to age 7, she assesses small groups from different ages. She collects data from 10 1-year olds, 10 3-year olds, 10 5-year olds, and 10 7-year olds. When she finished the study, she assessed 40 children. Which of the following describes the research method that Dr. Cook is using?

cross sectional

Which of the following would limit our understanding of development?

ethnocentrism

Technically, dyslexia is a complete absence of the ability to read.

false

Match the term that connects with Brain Development in the first 2 years synaptogenesis

first 2 years has branch overgrowth

As soon as Grant started to play patty-cake with his classmate Emma, he was teased and ridiculed by the boys in the class. Grant quickly learned that patty-cake is a form of play that is reserved for girls and not boys. Grant's process of learning the roles of "maleness" and "femaleness" is ____.

gender socialization

Piaget stage 1 Match the terms to the child's ability for stage 1 of Piaget.=primary circular actions

infant begins to have control over body

Piaget stage 1 Match the terms to the child's ability for stage 1 of Piaget.=secondary cirular

infant has control and can begin to manipulate

Piaget stage 1 Match the terms to the child's ability for stage 1 of Piaget.=reflexes

involuntary movement

Which parts of the brain go through growth spurts between ages 3 to 6 (as discussed in your textbook)?

left hemisphere and corpus callosum

If I am studying impacts of human lifespan examining global economic conditions and technological trends, what layer of Brofenbrenner's theory am I focused on?

macrosystem

Suzy, 10 years old, is having a hard time studying. She knows that she needs to pair the word and the definitions but is having trouble figuring out what memory strategy will help her pair the word and definition together. What deficiency is she having?

mediation

uzy, 10 years old, is having a hard time studying. She knows that she needs to pair the word and the definitions but is having trouble figuring out what memory strategy will help her pair the word and definition together. What deficiency is she having?

mediation

The ability to "think about thinking." This process allows children to evaluate a cognitive task and determine how best to accomplish it.

metacognition

In American culture, a physician spends 12 years in college and training and generally has a high income with a strong occupational status. In terms of socioeconomic status (SES), physicians are likely to be ______.

middle SES

It is a basic statistical principle of scientific research that

only experiments imply causation

Piaget stage 1 Match the terms to the child's ability for stage 1 of Piaget.=representational thought

place symbols with words

How is breast milk different than formula?

provides stronger antibodies and nutriens, helps mothers healthas well

If I am interested in the many contexts that I child develops in, I should look more deeply into what theory?

psychoanalitical theory

A secure attachment in indicated by

the toddler being comfortable in many social environments when parent present

Children ages 9 and under typically fall under the preconventional morality level in Kohlberg's theory.

true

Kwashiorkor impacts children's physical and cognitive development.

true

Two growth spurts that occur in the brain during middle childhood occur in the cerebral cortex.

true

Derrick likes to call other boys names and make fun of them on the playground. Derrick uses ________

verbal bullying

ou just came back from class in which the topic was egocentrism in the preoperational stage. You have a 4-year-old and thought that you would see if what you learned was accurate. You are sitting directly across from her and ask her to look at the front and back cover of her favorite book. After she did this you asked her to describe "the part of the book I am looking at." What does she tell you?

what she sees

synaptic pruining

when neural connections are no longer needed

If I was to create a survey, which of the following would I need to avoid to keep my study accurate?

wording questions in a biased way