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During the nineteenth century, interest in child development was stimulated in part by which of the following pair of factors?
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Darwin’s theory of evolution and concerns about child labor
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. In order for research in developmental psychology to meet the criterion of reliability, the:
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Phenomenon under study must be repeatedly observable, and the observations made must be agreed upon by different observers.
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Experiments are most common in which type of research?
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Basic
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The study of children’s development is motivated by
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Finding ways to keep children healthy and safe.
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Jean-Marc Itard’s work with Victor was motivated in part by Itard’s belief that the:
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Social environment has a significant influence on human development
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Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of longitudinal design?
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Loss of sense of continuity
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Of the four grand theories in developmental psychology, which places the greatest emphasis on social interaction?
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Sociocultural
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A disadvantage of naturalistic observation is that:
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Research participants’ behaviors may change if they know that they are being studied.
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Which of the following is NOT a fundamental ethical standard of research conducted with children?
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Control of procedures
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Use of a control group is most closely associated with which of the following forms of data collection?
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Experiments
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The term critical period refers to the time in which:
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Specific events are required in order for normal development to occur.
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The microgenetic research design:
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Focuses on children’s development over short periods of time.
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In which of the following techniques are the procedures of data collection NOT uniform across participating individuals?
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Clinical interviews
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Which of the theoretical frameworks is most closely associated with the work of Jean Piaget?
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Constructivist
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Which of the following is in contrast to the notion that children’s development occurs in distinct stages?
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Children often appear to be in one stage for some behaviors and in another stage for other behaviors.
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