PSY 16 Chapter 1
What is one limitation of the ethnographic method?
Investigators' cultural values sometimes lead them to misinterpret what they see
According to Jean Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, __________.
children actively construct knowledge as they manipulate and explore their world
Dr. Langley's work is devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout the lifespan. Dr. Langley's field of study is ________.
developmental science
One criticism of Freud's psychosexual theory was that it __________.
did not apply to other cultures OR compared human development to the evolution of the human species
Ethnographies reveal that immigrant parents view _______ as the surest way to improve life chances.
education
Dr. George predicted that positive reinforcement would increase prosocial behavior in preschoolers. Dr. George's prediction is an example of a __________.
hypothesis
The first successful intelligence test was originally constructed to __________.
identify children with learning problems who needed to be placed in special classes
Developmental social neuroscience __________.
is devoted to studying the relationship between changes in the brain and emotional and social development
In a(n) __________ design, participants are studied repeatedly at different ages, and changes are noted as they get older.
longitudinal
Many theorists believe that behaviorism and social learning theory __________.
offer too narrow a view of important environmental influences
Students who are foreign-born or first-generation Americans __________ than students of native-born parents.
often achieve in school as well as or better
A sequential design _________.
permits researchers to check if cohort effects are operating
Although Betty grew up in a rundown neighborhood, had divorced parents, and rarely saw her father, she is a successful, happy, and healthy adult. Betty's ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development is known as __________.
resilience
Increasingly, researchers __________.
see development as a perpetually ongoing process
The information-processing approach views the human mind as a _________.
symbol-manipulating system through which information flows
