Unit 1 Psych AOS 1 - Development

Developmental psychology involves

• Helping people achieve their goals in the community.

• Treating disorders in children.

• Diagnosing mental health problems.

• Explaining physical, cognitive, social and emotional changes throughout the lifespan

Which of the following is NOT an example of social and emotional development during infancy?

• The development of gender identity

• The development of self-recognition

• The development of an identity as a part of a social group (a family)

• The development of muscle control

Kalini can roll her tongue whereas her friend Sarah can’t. This is because

• Sarah does not have a tongue-rolling gene.

• Sarah does not have a pair of dominant tongue-rolling genes.

• Sarah has never practised.

• Kalini has a recessive tongue-rolling gene.

The nature versus nurture debate suggests that

• Environmental factors are more important than biological factors in human development.

• biological factors may be equally important as environmental factors in human development.

• environment is not important in human development.

• it is clear that biological factors are more important that environmental factors in human development.

Researchers often look at the similarities between twins who have been separated at birth because they are interested in

• how the adopted twin relates to non-biological parents.

• how the environment and genetics impact on the characteristics of twin in terms of how similar they are.

• how nature impacts on the separated twins.

• how each twin grows up.

Harry Harlow (1905–81) conducted experiments on infant attachment using rhesus monkeys. His experiments involved separating eight newborn monkeys from their mothers at birth and then isolating them in cages with either a cloth surrogate mother who provided food and a wire surrogate that did not, or a wire surrogate mother that provided food and a cloth surrogate that did not. He then measured the amount of time each monkey spent with either cloth or wire surrogate mothers to determine how important food was relative to comfort in forming attachments.

In the Harlow experiments, the independent variable was

• a wire or cloth surrogate mother.

• the provision of food by either a wire or cloth surrogate mother.

• the amount of time spent with the wire surrogate.

• the amount of time spent with the food-giving surrogate

Harry Harlow (1905–81) conducted experiments on infant attachment using rhesus monkeys. His experiments involved separating eight newborn monkeys from their mothers at birth and then isolating them in cages with either a cloth surrogate mother who provided food and a wire surrogate that did not, or a wire surrogate mother that provided food and a cloth surrogate that did not. He then measured the amount of time each monkey spent with either cloth or wire surrogate mothers to determine how important food was relative to comfort in forming attachments.

In the Harlow experiments, the dependent variable was

• a wire or cloth surrogate mother.

• the provision of food by either a wire or cloth surrogate mother.

• the amount of time spent with the food giving surrogate.

• the amount of time spent with the wire or cloth surrogates.

Harry Harlow (1905–81) conducted experiments on infant attachment using rhesus monkeys. His experiments involved separating eight newborn monkeys from their mothers at birth and then isolating them in cages with either a cloth surrogate mother who provided food and a wire surrogate that did not, or a wire surrogate mother that provided food and a cloth surrogate that did not. He then measured the amount of time each monkey spent with either cloth or wire surrogate mothers to determine how important food was relative to comfort in forming attachments.

Harlow concluded that

• contact comfort is more important than feeding in the formation of infant–mother attachment in rhesus monkeys.

• contact comfort is less important than feeding in the formation of infant–amother attachment in rhesus monkeys.

• feeding is more important than contact comfort in the formation of infant–mother attachment in rhesus monkeys.

• contact comfort is as important as feeding in the formation of infant–mother attachment in rhesus monkeys.

Harry Harlow (1905–81) conducted experiments on infant attachment using rhesus monkeys. His experiments involved separating eight newborn monkeys from their mothers at birth and then isolating them in cages with either a cloth surrogate mother who provided food and a wire surrogate that did not, or a wire surrogate mother that provided food and a cloth surrogate that did not. He then measured the amount of time each monkey spent with either cloth or wire surrogate mothers to determine how important food was relative to comfort in forming attachments.

If this experiment were to be repeated today, it would only be approved by an ethics committee if

• it could be assured that the monkeys would come to no harm.

• the monkeys were humanely euthanised.

• it could be shown that the harm caused to the monkeys due to the deprivation was justified in terms of the benefit to humankind.

• it could be shown that the harm caused to the monkeys due to the privation was justified in terms of the benefit to rhesus monkeys.

Developmental psychologists divide the lifespan into aged based stages. In this method infancy is the period of ______________ while childhood is the period of ___________.

• birth to one year, one year to ten years

• birth to six months, six months to ten years

• birth to eighteen months, eighteen months to eight years

• birth to two years, two years to ten years