PSYC 2076 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Longitudinal Study, Information Processing, David Elkind
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Chapter 1: issues in child development: when the findings from research are used by legislators to shape legislation that affects children or families, the research has: a. Influenced social policy: most children crawl first, and then they walk, and finally they can run. Qualitative change in development: the finding that orphans who were severely deprived during childhood can show great improvement if they are adopted into warm, well-functioning families is an example of the fact that: a. True: we develop increasing confidence in a research finding if: a. Other researchers are able to replicate results: psychopathology is the study of: a. How normal developmental process can go awry: children who have different experiences as they are growing up can still end up in the same place in terms of their developmental outcomes. a. Information about child development can help high-risk parents: a.
