Child Development Review

Which theory of child development proposes that systems and interrelationships that surround a child affect all aspects of child's development?

• social learning theory

• ecological systems theory

• cognitive developmental theory

• sociocultural theory

By using the ________ method, researchers investigate whether an observed behavior or a measured trait is related to another trait or characteristic.

• naturalistic observation

• case study

• correlational

• structured observation

The longitudinal method compares the performance or observations across ages by taking repeated measurements from ________.

• the same people across time

• different people across time

• different people on the same day.

• the same people on the same day.

What are the 3 primary areas of focus in child development?

• cognitive, socioemotional, and behavior genetics

• physical, cognitive, and socioemotional

• physical, cognitive, and cultural

• socioemotional, behavior genetics, and cultural

Poverty, malnutrition, and a lack of adequate medical care are examples of

• nature.

• socioemotional development.

• nurture.

• behavior genetics.

Nature refers to

• interactive forces that impact development.

• biological forces that impact development.

• cognitive forces that impact development.

• environmental forces that impact development

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Epigenetics genetics postulates that

• nurture has a larger impact than nature on a child's development.

• nature has a larger impact than nurture on a child's development.

• both nature and nurture have an impact on a child's development.

• neither nature nor nurture have an impact on a child's development.

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Ethology has its roots in

• Sigmund Freud's theory of psychoanalysis.

• Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

• John Watson's theory of operant conditioning.

• Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural theory.

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of

• cognitive theory

• psychoanalysis

• behavioral psychology

• theory of evolution

____________________ is the development a gradual, continuous process or a sequence of separate stages

• Medical Model

• Early/Late

  Experiences

• Nature/Nurture

• Continuity/Stages