John Locke argued that at birth each child is this
What is tabula rasa "blank tablet"
100
This theorist believes we develop in psychosocial stages.
Who is Erik Erikson?
100
This type of observation means observing behavior in real-world settings, making no effort to manipulate or control the situation.
What is naturalistic observation?
100
In a longitudinal study of adult development and aging, George Vaillant catagorized 75-80 year olds as this.
What is “happy well”, “sad sick” and “dead”?
100
Pam Reid was a professor of education and psychology with her main focus being on how children develop social skills. Her professional title would be this.
What is an educational and developmental psychologist?
200
According to this Christian doctrine, children are born into the world corrupted, with and inclination toward evil.
What is Original Sin?
200
This theory states that children actively construct their understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development.
What is Piaget's theory?
200
This method of research is an in-depth look at a single individual.
What is a case study?
200
Costa and McCrae’s Baltimore study found that conscientiousness peaks at this period and may continue to develop in late-adulthood.
What is midlife?
200
This professional provides counseling to individuals with drug-abuse problems.
What is a drug counselor?
300
In the eighteenth century, Swiss-born, French philosopher Jean-Jaques Rosseau proposed this concept.
What is innate goodness?
300
This theory holds that development reflects the influence of several environmental systems.
What is Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory?
300
This type of research goes beyond describing phenomena to provide information that will help us to predict how people will behave.
What is correlational research?
300
Amy Needham and her colleagues (2002) found these enhanced young infants’ object exploration skills.
What are sticky mittens?
300
This person identifies and councels families at risk for genetic disorders.
What is a genetic councelor?
400
This perspective views development as lifelong; multidimensional; multidirectional; plastic; multidisciplinary; and contextual.
What is life-span?
400
This theory emphasizes that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and strategize it.
What is Information-Processing Theory?
400
This type of research is a carefully regulated procedure in which one or more factors believed to influence the behavior being studied are manipulated while all other factors are held constant.
What is an experiment?
400
As with anorexia nervosa, about this amount of individuals who develop bulimia nervosa eventually recover from the disorder.
What is 70 percent?
400
This type of therapist identifies assesses, and treats speech and language problems.
What is a speech therapist?
500
This process refers to changes in the individual’s thought, intelligence, and language.
What is cognitive?
500
This theorist portrayed the child’s development as inseparable from social and cultural activities.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
500
This is a research strategy in which the same individuals are studied over a period of time, usually several years or more.
What is the longitudinal approach?
500
This disease is linked with increased risk of hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease in adults.
What is obesity?
500
A person in this profession would formulate and provide comprehensive care to expectant mothers as they prepare to give birth, guides them through the process, and cares for them after the birth.