CPSY 3301 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Alfred Binet developed the first intelligence test to: - Answers inform the assignment of duties to
army recruits.
rank all citizens according to mental worth.
predict the likelihood that individual children would be productive members of society.
-identify schoolchildren who could use special education instruction.
A psychologist plans to study the development of "intelligence" and his primary concern is whether
he will actually study intelligence rather than another phenomenon, such as "reading fluency." To
address this concern, he must ensure: - Answers reliability.
replicability.
-validity.
representative sampling.
Qualitatively new patterns of behavior during development, such as the change from crawling to
walking, are often referred to as: - Answers -stages.
differences.
passages.
breakthroughs.
According to Konrad Lorenz, all of the following are signs of "babyness" EXCEPT: - Answers a high,
protruding forehead
large eyes relative to the size of the face
-a small head relative to the size of the body
round, protruding cheeks
By studying the Wild Boy of Aveyron, Itard hoped to learn something about the: - Answers -role of
the environment in shaping development.
behavior of animals in their natural habitats.
causes of mental impairment.
behavior of the mentally ill.
Four-year-old Alia is eating spaghetti with her fingers. Her father explains to her that eating with her
hands is not acceptable and, shows her how to twirl the pasta around her fork. This interaction is an
example of how culture is transmitted via: - Answers social enhancement.
imitation.
social facilitation.
-explicit instruction.
The individual whose writings spurred interest in the study of human development as part of human
evolution was: - Answers Itard.
-Darwin.
Preyer.
Piaget.
In Erikson's theory, the main challenge of adolescence is: - Answers avoidance of guilt.
contributing in meaningful ways to society.
establishing positive relationships.
-the quest for identity.
Psychologists want their observations of human behavior to: - Answers vary across the same
conditions.
be unique from the observations of other psychologists.
support their beliefs about human development.
-be consistent across the same conditions.
Families, peers, schools, and communities, are ____________ of children's development. - Answers -
contexts
descriptions
domains
ethnographies
When observations made by two or more researchers on the same occasion or by one researcher on
two different occasions are in agreement, we say that the observations are: - Answers valid.
replicable.
objective.
Alfred Binet developed the first intelligence test to: - Answers inform the assignment of duties to
army recruits.
rank all citizens according to mental worth.
predict the likelihood that individual children would be productive members of society.
-identify schoolchildren who could use special education instruction.
A psychologist plans to study the development of "intelligence" and his primary concern is whether
he will actually study intelligence rather than another phenomenon, such as "reading fluency." To
address this concern, he must ensure: - Answers reliability.
replicability.
-validity.
representative sampling.
Qualitatively new patterns of behavior during development, such as the change from crawling to
walking, are often referred to as: - Answers -stages.
differences.
passages.
breakthroughs.
According to Konrad Lorenz, all of the following are signs of "babyness" EXCEPT: - Answers a high,
protruding forehead
large eyes relative to the size of the face
-a small head relative to the size of the body
round, protruding cheeks
By studying the Wild Boy of Aveyron, Itard hoped to learn something about the: - Answers -role of
the environment in shaping development.
behavior of animals in their natural habitats.
causes of mental impairment.
behavior of the mentally ill.
Four-year-old Alia is eating spaghetti with her fingers. Her father explains to her that eating with her
hands is not acceptable and, shows her how to twirl the pasta around her fork. This interaction is an
example of how culture is transmitted via: - Answers social enhancement.
imitation.
social facilitation.
-explicit instruction.
The individual whose writings spurred interest in the study of human development as part of human
evolution was: - Answers Itard.
-Darwin.
Preyer.
Piaget.
In Erikson's theory, the main challenge of adolescence is: - Answers avoidance of guilt.
contributing in meaningful ways to society.
establishing positive relationships.
-the quest for identity.
Psychologists want their observations of human behavior to: - Answers vary across the same
conditions.
be unique from the observations of other psychologists.
support their beliefs about human development.
-be consistent across the same conditions.
Families, peers, schools, and communities, are ____________ of children's development. - Answers -
contexts
descriptions
domains
ethnographies
When observations made by two or more researchers on the same occasion or by one researcher on
two different occasions are in agreement, we say that the observations are: - Answers valid.
replicable.
objective.
