Question 1

A researcher asks herself the following question: "Can effects within my experiment be attributed to variables that I intentionally manipulated?" What property of behavioral measurement is the researcher addressing?
•interrater variability
•internal validity 
•external validity
•test-retest reliability

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Question 2

Whether children sleep with their parents and to what age they do so in different parts of the world is an example of differences in:
•sociocultural environment. 
•variation.
•discontinuous development.
•correlation.

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Question 3

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?
•longitudinal
•cross-sectional 
•naturalistic observation
•microgenetic

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Question 4

The concept of the "active child" refers to:
•observations of children at play.
•whether an infant sleeps through the night.
•the importance of physical activity to child
development.
•how children contribute to their own development.

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Question 5

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?
•nature
•nurture
•nature and nurture are both influential 
•Neither nature nor nurture is relevant to their
beliefs.

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Question 6

According to the text, which of the following is NOT a stated reason for studying child development?
•to better understand human nature
•to provide help in the raising of children
•to help judge how children are treated under
different political systems 
•to gain insight into social-policy issues that affect
children

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Question 7

In the context of mechanisms of developmental change, the study of the development of effortful attention provides insights into:
•continuous versus discontinuous development.
•the role of brain activity, genes, and learning
experiences. 
•the complexity of the child's sociocultural
environment.
•the role of the researcher in judging the validity of a
study.

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Question 8

The purpose of institutional review boards is:
•to review research findings.
•to take responsibility for research in place of
individual researchers.
•to ensure that research does not violate ethics
guidelines. 
•to review research findings with participants.

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•to...

Question 9

Which type of design is best used when a pattern of change has been established and the goal of the study is to determine how the change occurs?
•longitudinal
•cross-sectional
•structured observation
•microgenetic

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Question 10

What contribution to the emergence of child development as a discipline did the Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud make?
•pioneering the study of intelligence in children
•studying differences in children of the same age
•promoting the theory that development is influenced
by biological drives 
•proposing that development is determined by
environmental factors

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Question 11

The first basic step in using the scientific method involves:
•developing a research plan.
•choosing a question. 
•formulating a hypothesis.
•drawing a conclusion.

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Question 12

According to the Society for Research in Child Development, which is not a stated ethical principle for conducting research with children?
•Children do not need to be informed about any of the relevant aspects of the research. 
•Unforeseen consequences must be dealt with when
they arise.
•Children must be debriefed at their level of
understanding.
•The research must be safe, both physically and
psychologically.

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Question 13

The experience that children in an experimental group receive that children in a control group do not is referred to as the:
•dependent variable.
•independent variable. 
•random assignment.
•correlational design.

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Question 14

Which type of design is best revealing of differences over time and patterns of change?
•longitudinal 
•cross-sectional
•naturalistic observation
•microgenetic

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Question 15

Researchers find that as physical activity increases, eating habits improve. This is an example of:
•positive correlation. 
•negative correlation.
•no correlation.
•the independent variable.

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Quiz 1: An Introduction to Child Development

Whether children sleep with their parents and to what age they do so in different parts of the world is an example of differences in: •sociocultural environment. •variation. •discontinuous development. •correlation.

The concept of the "active child" refers to: •observations of children at play. •whether an infant sleeps through the night. •the importance of physical activity to child development. •how children contribute to their own development.

The purpose of institutional review boards is: •to review research findings. •to take responsibility for research in place of individual researchers. •to ensure that research does not violate ethics guidelines. •to review research findings with participants.

Which type of design is best used when a pattern of change has been established and the goal of the study is to determine how the change occurs? •longitudinal •cross-sectional •structured observation •microgenetic

The first basic step in using the scientific method involves: •developing a research plan. •choosing a question. •formulating a hypothesis. •drawing a conclusion.

The experience that children in an experimental group receive that children in a control group do not is referred to as the: •dependent variable. •independent variable. •random assignment. •correlational design.

Which type of design is best revealing of differences over time and patterns of change? •longitudinal •cross-sectional •naturalistic observation •microgenetic

Researchers find that as physical activity increases, eating habits improve. This is an example of: •positive correlation. •negative correlation. •no correlation. •the independent variable.