Developmental Psychology - Module 4 Exam
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Manuel and Sarah keep a daily log of the times that their baby eats, sleeps, remains awake, and
even the baby's excretions. They are keeping track of the baby's _______. -
Answer✔rhythmicity
Researchers who use intelligence quotient (IQ) testing as part of their research project with
elementary-school-age students are likely to be researching _________ development. -
Answer✔cognitive
The predetermined unfolding of genetic information is known as _______. -
Answer✔maturation
When social and cultural factors affect an individual at a particular time and include variables
such as ethnicity, social class, and subcultural membership, these factors are called _______. -
Answer✔sociocultural-graded influences
Bob and Marion's high level of responsivity to their baby's persistent crying demonstrates a(n)
_______ influence on the baby's development. - Answer✔environmental
Piaget argued that infants acquire knowledge through _______. - Answer✔direct motor
behaviour
A baby who learns to continue sucking on its mother's nipple when it means the mother will
continue reading the baby a story is most likely demonstrating the effects of _______. -
Answer✔operant conditioning
What is the term for the approach that considers how information that is collected by various
individual sensory systems is integrated and coordinated? - Answer✔Multimodal approach to
perception
_________ is the degree to which a developing structure or behaviour is modifiable as a result
of experience. - Answer✔Plasticity
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