Psychology – Social Development Theory – Chapter 1 Quiz
This Rethinking Social development, theory research and practice study
Let’s say that a researcher wants to study adolescent sexual behavior. Which of the following research methods would be most effective and efficient to use for such a study?
questionnaire – correct
naturalistic observation
interview
structured observation
Freud argued that personality development is most strongly influenced by ______.
the way parents gratify their child’s desires at various stages – correct
conscious choices a child makes after learning what is appropriate
the completion of a person’s emotional tasks at each stage in life
crises that a person experiences in early and late adulthood
The relative contributions to development of environmental and biological factors is referred to as which issue in lifespan human development?
continuous–discontinuous
gains–losses
nature–nurture – correct
active–passive
The ___________ method of research is focused on associations between variables without determining cause-and-effect relationships.
longitudinal
correlational – correct
cross-sectional
randomized
The term that refers to the changeability or malleability of development is ______.
plasticity – correct
normalization
neuroscience
specialization
To make sure that every participant in an experiment has an equal chance of being placed in either the experimental or control group, researchers use ______________.
cross-sectioning
correlational research
random assignment – correct
variable manipulation
Which term means knowledgeable, rational, and voluntary agreement from study participants?
autonomy
informed consent – correct
beneficence
verbal consent
At the center of the bioecological model is the ______.
community
individual – correct
family
Which theorist believed that people progress through a series of psychosexual stages?
Ivan Pavlov
Sigmund Freud – correct
Erik Erikson
B. F. Skinner
Bandura’s beliefs that physical and social environments influence behavior by stimulating thoughts and emotions describes which philosophy?
operant conditioning
social development theory research
cognitive-developmental theory
informational processing theory
social learning theory – correct
Which term refers to participants who receive the independent variable in a scientific investigation?
experimental group – correct
control group
mesosystem
Knowledgeable, rational, and voluntary agreement to participate in a research study is called ______.
informed consent – correct
subject autonomy
beneficence
nonmaleficence
Interaction with physical and social environments has little influence on development.
True
False – correct
A longitudinal research study follows the same group of participants over many points in time.
True – correct
False
The principle of justice requires that scientists be accurate, honest, and truthful in their work.
True
False – correct
Christian gave his teacher an apple, and she was noticeably happy. His classmate Aniq noticed how happy the apple made his teacher, and he wanted to make her happy, too. So, the next day, Aniq brought his teacher an apple. What theoretical viewpoint does this best illustrate?
classical conditioning
social development theory research
cognitive-developmental theory
operant conditioning
social learning theory – correct
In order to remember names, Selena has a strategy where she associates their name with something that describes the person or someone else with the same name she has met before. Selena’s strategy best exemplifies which of the following perspectives?
bioecological systems theory
information processing theory – correct
evolutionary developmental theory
social development theory research
cognitive-developmental theory
In the midst of deprivation, many people still survive. This ability is referred to as ______.
plasticity – correct
resilience
context
nurturing
Of the following, which is the best description of the nature-nurture issue in the contemporary study of lifespan development?
People are active contributors to their own growth and change.
People tend to grow and change slowly and gradually.
Growth and change in people is due to genetics, evolution, or environment.
Genetics, evolution, and environment interact to influence how people grow and change. – correct