According to the text what is NOT a reason stated for studying child development A help in the raising of children B proving or disproving certain child psychologists theories C understanding human nature D choosing social policies that affect children in general 1 out of 1 Correct See pp 3 8 Which philosopher viewed the child as a tabula rasa or blank slate for his development theory A Rousseau B Freud C Locke D Plato 1 out of 1 Correct See p 9 Which early philosopher believed that children learn through spontaneous interactions with the physical world and other people and therefore parents should give their children maximum freedom to explore A Rousseau B Aristotle C Locke D Plato 1 out of 1 Correct See p 9 What law came out of the Earl of Shaftesbury s effort at social reform A a law forbidding any children from working B a law forbidding only girls from working C a law forbidding children under 10 from working D a law forbidding children from working in tunnels 1 out of 1 Correct See p 10 When Jared was born his father Rob was sure he was going to be a great soccer player All you had to do was to look at the way he kicked his legs right after birth Rob and all of his brothers played soccer in college too Jared s first ball was a soccer ball As soon as he could walk his dad was showing him how to kick the ball At age 4 Jared led his peewee soccer team in goals and was the fastest one down the field Which concept is most prevalent in Rob s beliefs about his son s soccer skills A nature B nurture C Nature and nurture are both influential D Neither nature nor nurture has anything to do with Jared s soccer skills 1 out of 1 Correct See pp 11 12 Sue believes little Janey learned to talk overnight She is sure Janey went to sleep saying one or two words and woke up saying sentences of four to six words Sue is subscribing to the idea that development is A continuous B both continuous and discontinuous depending on how and how often you look at it C neither continuous nor discontinuous D discontinuous 1 out of 1 Correct See p 14 The physical social cultural economic and historical circumstances that make up a child s environment are known as A variation B sociocultural context C selection D continuity 1 out of 1 Correct See p 19 Dr Lowe needs to expand his research beyond his small sample to a more diverse and larger sample in order to obtain A interrater reliability B internal validity C a hypothesis D external validity 1 out of 1 Correct See p 26 A disadvantage of naturalistic observation is that A it is difficult to know which aspects of the situation caused other aspects to occur B the context is not as natural as structured observation C the prediction of future behavior is often inaccurate D reports are often biased 1 out of 1 Correct See pp 28 29 A main advantage of the structured observation is that A it can reveal the child s subjective experience B it helps illuminate social interaction processes C it ensures all children s behaviors are observed in the same context D it reveals more about subjective experiences than interviews 1 out of 1 Correct See p 29 As age increases weight also increases This is an example of A positive correlation B negative correlation C no correlation D None of these answers is correct 1 out of 1 Correct See p 31 Your Developmental Psychology class finds a positive correlation between the height and weight of the class members A class member asks What does early nutrition have to do with this finding This class member has stumbled onto what issue associated with correlations A the third variable problem B the direction of causation problem C random assignment D the independent variable 1 out of 1 Correct See p 31 Dr Kid is studying the effects of sleep on a child s reading speed She initially takes a measure of each child s reading speed Next she varies the amount of sleep different children get Finally she re measures their reading speed What is the independent variable in her study A initial reading speed B post reading speed C amount of sleep D the difference between the initial and post reading speeds 1 out of 1 Correct See p 33 A team of researchers is studying the differences in whether there are stable individual differences in sleeping behavior at various ages They decide to test 3 month olds 6 month olds and 9 month olds What type of design are they using to examine this question A longitudinal B cross sectional C naturalistic observation D microgenetic 1 out of 1 Correct See p 34 According to the Society for Research in Child Development which is not a stated ethical principle for conducting research with children A Children do not need to be informed about any of the relevant aspects of the research B Unforeseen consequences must be dealt with when they arise C Children must be debriefed at their level of understanding D The research must be safe both physically and psychologically 1 out of 1 Correct See pp 36 37 According to the text which of the following is NOT a stated reason for studying child development A to better understand human nature B to provide help in the raising of children C to help judge how children are treated under different political systems D to gain insight into social policy issues that affect children 1 out of 1 Correct See p 3 Which philosopher believed that children are born with innate knowledge such as the concept of animal A Plato B Aristotle C Locke D Rousseau 1 out of 1 Correct See pp 8 9 What contribution to the emergence of child development as a discipline did the Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud make A pioneering the study of intelligence in children B studying differences in children of the same age C promoting the theory that development is influenced by biological drives D proposing that development is determined by environmental factors 1 out of 1 Correct See p 11 Mike and Nicola are both very well read individuals to whom school and learning came very easily They both learned to read at very young ages When their child Jonah was born Mike and Nicola were confident that he too would do very well at school and would learn easily They began reading aloud to Jonah when he was an infant and made sure the house was full of books and other reading materials As Jonah grew older they made sure that a certain amount of time each day was given over to independent reading Which concept is most prevalent in the parents beliefs about Jonah s learning skills A nature B nurture C nature and nurture are both