Define and describe the five characteristics of development
What will be an ideal response
Refer to Table 1.3 for a brief overview of each characteristic: multidirectional,
multidisciplinary, multicontextual, multicultural, and plasticity.
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The three goals of science are to a. describe, research, and explain
b. describe, predict, and research. c. predict, explain, and research. d. describe, predict, and explain.
Historically speaking, the case of Phineas Gage, a railroad worker who was injured in 1848, is important because it provides evidence for a link between
a. verbal and motor behavior. b. the brain and complex psychological processes. c. near-death experiences and motivation. d. intellectual faculties and equilibrium.
Automobile accidents:
a. are the leading cause of death in U.S. children. b. have declined significantly in the U.S. over the past decade. c. are the 6th leading cause of death in U.S. children. d. occur more often among children from higher economic status families.
One severe limitation of standard experimental design is that whereas there are
many subjects, there is typically only one situation. Yet researchers routinely generalize about situations as well as subjects. One way to deal with this is (a) random assignment of subjects to groups (b) random sampling of subjects (c) assigning subjects to groups in turn, so that the first subject who shows up is put in one group, the second into the other, etc. (d) sampling of situations