HOW CHILDREN DEVELOP: EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST 2025/2026

HOW CHILDREN DEVELOP: EXAM QUESTIONS
AND 100% CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST
2025/2026
Nature - ANSWER-Our biological endowment; the genes we receive from our parents
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Nurture - ANSWER- B B



The environments, both physical and social, that influence our development
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Genome - ANSWER-Each person's complete set of hereditary information
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Epigenetics - ANSWER- B B



The study of stable changes in gene expression that are mediated by the environment
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Methylation - ANSWER- B B



A biochemical process that influences behavior by suppressing gene activity and expression
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Continuous development - ANSWER- B B B



The idea that changes with age occur gradually, in small increments
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Discontinuous development - ANSWER- B B B



The idea that changes with age include occasional large shifts, like the transition from caterpill
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ar to cocoon to butterfly
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Stage theories - ANSWER-
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Approaches that propose that development involves a series of discontinuous, age-
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related phases B




Cognitive development - ANSWER-The development of thinking and reasoning
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Neurotransmitters - ANSWER-Chemicals involved in communication among brain cells
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, Sociocultural context - ANSWER- B B B



The physical, social, cultural, economic, and historical circumstances that make up any child's
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environment



SES - ANSWER-A measure of social class based on income and education
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Scientific method - ANSWER-
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An approach to testing beliefs that involves choosing a question, formulating a hypothesis, tes
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ting the hypothesis, and drawing a conclusion
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Hypothesis - ANSWER-Educated guess
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Reliability - ANSWER- B B



The degree to which independent measurements of a given behavior are consistent
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Interrater reliability - ANSWER-
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The amount of agreement in the observations of different raters who witness the same behavi
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or



Test-retest reliability - ANSWER-
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The degree of similarity of a child's performance on two or more occasions
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Validity - ANSWER-The degree to which a test measures what it is intended to measure
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Internal validity - ANSWER-
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The degree to which effects observed within experiments can be attributed to the factor that t
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he researcher is testing
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External validity - ANSWER-
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The degree to which results can be generalized beyond the particulars of the research
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