HDFS Exam 1 Review ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- guide and give meaning to what we see
Theorists who emphasize stability stress the importance of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
heredity
________ is considered the founder of the child study movement - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- G. Stanley Hall
According to the psychoanalytic perspective, people move through a series of stages in which
they - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- confront conflicts between biological drives and social
expectations
Dr. Faulkner believes that directly observable events -- stimuli responses-- are the appropriate
focus of the study of development. Dr. Faulkner probably follows the _______ perspective of
development. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- behaviorism
In Ivan Pavlov's famous experiment with dogs, the neutral stimulus was - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- the trainer
______ consists of procedures that combine conditioning and modeling to eliminate
undesirable behaviors and increase desirable responses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Behavior modification
According to Jean Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, the structures of a child's mind
develop as the result of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- efforts to achieve equilibrium between
internal structures and the outside world.
Annabelle uses symbols and engages in make-believe play. However, her thinking lacks
logic. Annabelle is in Piaget's _______ stage of development. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
preoperational
, Unlike Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, the information-processing approach -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- does not divide development into stages.
In Vygotsky's theory, children advance dramatically in reasoning and problem solving when
they - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- enter school.
Urie Bronfenbrenner characterized his perspective as a(n) _______ model of development. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- bioecological
According to ecological systems theory, interactions between Marina and her child occur in
the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- microsystem
A major strength of the clinical interview is that it - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- can provide a
large amount of information in a fairly brief period.
Yolanda spent six months in Argentina studying parent-teacher communication in the
Argentinian school system. Yolanda used the ______ research method. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ethnographic
Two main types of designs used in all research on human behavior are ______ and ________.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- correlational; experimental
Dr. Anderson wants to conduct a study to determine the cause-and-effect relationship
between domestic violence and anger in children. Dr. Anderson should use a(n) _________
design. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- experimental
When researchers cannot randomly assign participants and manipulate conditions in the real
world, they can sometimes compromise by conducting _______ experiments. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- natural
To determine whether shy children become shy adults, Dr. Mulvaney followed a group of
participants from age 5 to age 25. This is an example of a _______ design. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- longitudinal
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- guide and give meaning to what we see
Theorists who emphasize stability stress the importance of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
heredity
________ is considered the founder of the child study movement - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- G. Stanley Hall
According to the psychoanalytic perspective, people move through a series of stages in which
they - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- confront conflicts between biological drives and social
expectations
Dr. Faulkner believes that directly observable events -- stimuli responses-- are the appropriate
focus of the study of development. Dr. Faulkner probably follows the _______ perspective of
development. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- behaviorism
In Ivan Pavlov's famous experiment with dogs, the neutral stimulus was - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- the trainer
______ consists of procedures that combine conditioning and modeling to eliminate
undesirable behaviors and increase desirable responses - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Behavior modification
According to Jean Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, the structures of a child's mind
develop as the result of - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- efforts to achieve equilibrium between
internal structures and the outside world.
Annabelle uses symbols and engages in make-believe play. However, her thinking lacks
logic. Annabelle is in Piaget's _______ stage of development. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
preoperational
, Unlike Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory, the information-processing approach -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- does not divide development into stages.
In Vygotsky's theory, children advance dramatically in reasoning and problem solving when
they - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- enter school.
Urie Bronfenbrenner characterized his perspective as a(n) _______ model of development. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- bioecological
According to ecological systems theory, interactions between Marina and her child occur in
the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- microsystem
A major strength of the clinical interview is that it - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- can provide a
large amount of information in a fairly brief period.
Yolanda spent six months in Argentina studying parent-teacher communication in the
Argentinian school system. Yolanda used the ______ research method. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- ethnographic
Two main types of designs used in all research on human behavior are ______ and ________.
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- correlational; experimental
Dr. Anderson wants to conduct a study to determine the cause-and-effect relationship
between domestic violence and anger in children. Dr. Anderson should use a(n) _________
design. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- experimental
When researchers cannot randomly assign participants and manipulate conditions in the real
world, they can sometimes compromise by conducting _______ experiments. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- natural
To determine whether shy children become shy adults, Dr. Mulvaney followed a group of
participants from age 5 to age 25. This is an example of a _______ design. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- longitudinal
