issues and themes in childhood development
Who is the individual who posited that the first 3 years of life are no more important than later periods of development?
what is charles nelson
Stage theories are also known as
what is qualitative theories
A prediction about what children will think, feel, and do in certain situations is called a __________.
what is hypothesis
Changes in the way children think, understand, and reason as they grow older
what is cognitive development
The influence of genetic inheritance on development
what is nature
When teen parents learn about child development, they experience all of the following except:
what is they have increased desire to more children
In psychoanalytic theory, the id operates on the
what is pleasure principal
The concepts or characteristics that can be measured and can have different values are called __________.
what is variables
The theory developed by John B. Watson that focuses on environmental control o observable behavior
what is behaviorism
The influence of learning and the environment on children’s development
what is nurture
The Family Nurturing Program has been shown to provide the same positive gains for which high-risk group as has been seen in parenting interventions for teen parents?
what is incarcerated parents
When students are paid for good test scores, regular attendance, and not fighting with other students, we are applying the principles of __________ to modify their behavior.
what is operant conditioning
Which research design would you use if you wanted to look at how two or more naturally occurring variables related to each other?
what is a correlational research design
educational strategy that allows groups of students who are at different ability levels to work together on a common goal
what is collaborative learning
what refers to heredity
what is nature
Physical development, cognitive development, and social-emotional development are considered to be ?
what is domains of development
Which of the following theories states that all the different aspects of development interact and affect each other over time in unique ways for each individual?
what is dynamic systems theory
A statistical measure of how large the difference is between groups that are being compared is called an __________.
what is effect size
The outcome of interest to the researcher that is measured at the end of an experiment
what is dependent variable
what refers to environment
what is nurture
The phrase “different pathways can result in the same outcome” refers to the process known as:
what is equifinality
The study of the interaction of genes and behavior is called __________.
what is behavioral genomics
Which of the following is not a regulation provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with respect to the use of subjects in research?
what is researchers can remove anyone from the study if they do not follow the research guidelines
The process of formulating and testing hypotheses in a rigorous and objective manner
what is scientific method
Selects and compares groups of participants of different ages over a short period of time.
what is cross-sectional study