Test Bank For Hdev, 4th Canadian Edition By Spencer Rathus & Laura Berk

CopyrightCengageLearning. PoweredbyCognero. Page1 1. JohnLockesaidchildrenbeginlifewithoutnaturalpredispositions.a. Trueb. False 2. Independentvariablesaremanipulatedbytheexperimenter.a. Trueb. False 3. Negativereinforcementwilldecreaseadesiredbehaviourwhenremoved.a. Trueb. False 4. Subjectsrarelydropoutoflong-termlongitudinalresearch.a. Trueb. False 5. Acontrolgroupinanexperimentreceivestheexperimentaltreatment.a. Trueb. False 6. Surveysmaybeimpactedbytheinterpretationofthepersonanalyzingtheresults.a. Trueb. False 7. Researchershavefoundnodifferencebetweenadolescentandadultperformanceonintellectualtasks.a. Trueb. False 8. Correlationalstudiesprovecausalrelationshipsbetweenvariables.a. Trueb. False 9. Genderisconsideredanaspectofdiversity.a. Trueb. False 10. JohnWatson,founderofAmericanbehaviourism,believedthatchildrenwerebornwithalltheyneededtoknowforlife.a. Trueb. False 11. Withaccommodation,newschemasmaybecreated.a. Trueb. False Name: Class: Date: CopyrightCengageLearning. PoweredbyCognero. Page2 12. AccordingtoBronfenbrennersecologicalsystemstheory,thechronosysteminvolveschangesovertime.a. Trueb. False 13. Dependentvariablesaremeasuredresultsinanexperiment.a. Trueb. False 14. Punishmentssuchasslappingareconsideredlesseffectivethantypesofdisciplinethatprovidealternative,acceptablebehaviours.a. Trueb. False 15. TeacherswhofollowPiagetscognitive-developmentaltheoryprovidechildrenwithopportunitiestoexperimentwiththeirenvironment.a. Trueb. False 16. Randomassignmentinanexperimentreducesthelikelihoodthataselectionfactordeterminestheoutcome.a. Trueb. False 17. JohnLockesconceptionofchildren(i.e.,asatabularasa)wasaspassiverecipientsofactionsfromtheenvironment.a. Trueb. False 18. Achild'speergroupcanbeconsideredanexosystem.a. Trueb. False 19. Erikson'stheoryiscompletelydissimilartoFreud's.a. Trueb. False 20. Eriksonspsychosocialtheoryemphasizestheresponsibilityoftheego.a. Trueb. False 21. AccordingtoFreudianpsychosexualtheory,childrendevelopsignificantsexualattachmentstothesame-sexparentduringthegenitalstage.a. Trueb. False Name: Class: Date: CopyrightCengageLearning. PoweredbyCognero. Page3 22. Longitudinalresearchstudiesthesameindividualsovertime.a. Trueb. False 23. Allpeoplearebornwiththesamecapacitiesandsameopportunitiesinlife,makingthestudyofdiversityirrelevant.a. Trueb. False 24. AccordingtoFreud,becomingfixatedinastageofpsychosexualdevelopmentisaresultofreceivingtoolittleortoomuchgratificationduringthatstage.a. Trueb. False 25. Casestudiesinvolvelargenumbersofsubjectseachbeingstudiedatonce.a. Trueb. False 26. Freudbelievedthatinsufficientorexcessivegratificationinastageofdevelopmentwouldleadtodevelopmentalproblems.a. Trueb. False 27. Jean-JacquesRousseaustatedthatchildrenwereborninherentlymischievous.a. Trueb. False 28. Experimentsareusedtotesthypotheses.a. Trueb. False 29. AlfredBinetdevelopedthefirstintelligencetesttoidentifywhichchildrenmayfallbehindinschool.a. Trueb. False 30. Naturalisticobservationcanbeusedtostudyathletesfromdifferentsports.a. Trueb. False 31. Accordingtoethologists,fixedactionpatternsarelearnedbehaviours.a. Trueb. False 32. Researchersrarelyconcernthemselvesaboutethicalconsiderationswhendesigninganexperiment.a. Trueb. False Name: Class: Date: CopyrightCengageLearning. PoweredbyCognero. Page4 33. Stagetheoriesconsiderdevelopmentasadiscontinuousprocess.a. Trueb. False 34. Thecohorteffectisapotentialproblemincross-sectionalresearch.a. Trueb. False 35. Tabularasameansblankslate.a. Trueb. False 36. Classicalconditioninginvolvestraininganindividualtorespondtoanewstimulusbypairingitwithanunconditionedstimulus.a. Trueb. False 37. Childrenadapttotheirenvironmentsthroughassimilationandaccommodation,accordingtoPiagetscognitive-developmentaltheory.a. Trueb. False 38. Accordingtobehaviourists,onceabehaviourhasbeenlearned,itcannotbeextinguished.a. Trueb. False 39. AkeyVygotskianconceptisthezoneofproximaldevelopment.a. Trueb. False 40. Thescientificmethodisanunethicalmeansofresearchinghumandevelopment.a. Trueb. False 41. Aconditionedstimulusoccurswithoutpriorlearning.a. Trueb. False 42. Information-processingtheoryusesthecomputerasametaphorforhumanthinkingandmemory.a. Trueb. False 43. Thenatureandnurturecontroversydebateswhetherdevelopmentiscontinuousoraseriesofstages.a. Trueb. False Name: Class: Date: CopyrightCengageLearning. PoweredbyCognero. Page5 44.