Human Development #3 (Theorist)

Which theorist made the attachment theory, which was that infants are born with a biological need to have contact comfort from their primary caregiver?

a) Author Jenson

b) Alfred Binet

c) Harry Hallow

c) Harry Hallow

Who Made The Bayley Scales of Infant Development?

a) Nancy Bayley

b) Albert Bandura

c) David Buss

a) Nancy Bayley

Which theorist: Observed that most organisms reproduce at tremendous rates, yet populations remain nearly constant.

- Reasoned that an intense, constant struggle for food, water, and resources must occur among the numerous young born.

- Theorized that survivors pass on their genes to the next generation.

- Believed that those who survive are superior to those who do not.

a) Charles Darwin

b) Judith Harris

c) Charles Nelson

a) Charles Darwin

Who made the Social learning theory: which emphasizes the importance of observing, modeling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others. Social learning theory considers how both environmental and cognitive factors interact to influence human learning and behavior.

1. Andrew Meltzoff

2. Albert Bandura

3. Alfred Binet

2) Albert Bandura

Which theorist defined intelligence as “the components of intelligence are reasoning, judgment, memory, and the power of abstraction. ”That intelligence as “general mental ability of individuals in intelligent behaviors.” He described intelligence testing as classifying, not measuring. invented the first practical IQ test, the Binet–Simon test.

a) Howard Gardner

b) Arnold Geseld

c) Alfred Binet

c) Alfred Binet

Who sparked a debate that intelligence is primarily inherited 

Believed that standardized IQ are tests are good indicator of intelligence 

supported their own theory with findings from twin studies:

• IQs of identical twin yield an average correlation of .82

• IQs of ordinary siblings yield an average correlation of .50 

• IQs of identical twins reared together yielded a correlation of .89

• IQs of identical twins reared apart yielded a correlation of .78

a) Author Jenson

b) David Busst

c) Arnold Gesell

a) Author Jenson

Which of the following theorists: spent much of their career arguing that average IQ differences between racial groups are due to genetic causes. Also research areas included studying brain size and the effects of racial admixture.

a) Judith Harris

b) J. Phillip Ruston

c) Wechsler 

b) J. Phillip Ruston

Which of the theorist claim children are influenced more by their genes and peers than by their parents and as children grow up, they socialize themselves, largely to conform to their peer group, but somewhat to maintain their role within the peer group.

a) Sir francis Galton

b) Judith Harris

c) Wechsler

a) Sir francis Galton

)Which person theory states that people learn behavior from their environment through observation, imitation, and modeling.

a) Wechsler

b) Albert Bandura

c) Howard Gardner

b) Albert Bandura

Who was the theorist that believed that evolution shapes both our physical features and pervasively influences how we make decisions, how aggressive we are, our fears, and our mating patterns.

a) David Buss

b) Piaget

c) Chales Nelson

a) David Buss

Whose theory states that multiple intelligences proposes that people are not born with all of the intelligence they will ever have. This theory challenged the traditional notion that there is one single type of intelligence, sometimes known as “g” for general intelligence, that only focuses on cognitive abilities.

a) Andrew Meltzoff

b) Howard Gardner

c) Arnold Gesell

b) Howard Gardner

Who was the theorist who believed intelligence is that it is an effect rather than a cause? Also had a Widely used test: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale or WAIS or Wechsler  Intelligence Scale for Children ( THIS is an aptitude test) 

a) Wechler

b) Sir Francis Galton 

c) Piaget

a) Wechler

Which theorists believe infants' Imitative abilities to be biologically based because they can imitate a facial expression within a few days after birth (ound that 9-month-old infants could imitate actions they had seen performed 24 hours earlier). Also they believe that imitation involves flexibility, adaptability, and Intermodal perception. 

a) Piaget

b) Arnold Gesell

c) Andrew Melzoff

b) Arnold Gesell

Who developed a measure used as a clinical tool to help sort out potentially normal babies from abnormal infants. The current version of their test has 4 categories: motor, language, adaptive, personal-social development. 

a) Arnold Gesell

b) Charles Nelson

c) Nancy Bayley

a) Arnold Gesell

Who believed that deferred imitation didn't occur until about 18 months of age.

a) Charles Nelson

b) Harry Hallow

c) Piaget

c) Piaget

Who is the theorist pioneering informative infant brain research using 128 electrodes attached to babies’ scalps and found that newborns produce distinctive brain waves that reveal they can distinguish their mother’s voice from another woman’s even while they’re asleep. Also found that by 8 months, babies can distinguish a picture of a wooden toy they were allowed to feel, but not see, from pictures of other toys

a) Author Jenson

b) Charles Nelson

c) Charles Darwin

b) Charles Nelson

Which theorist believes that evolution shapes our physical features and pervasively influences how we make decisions, how aggressive we are, our fears, and our mating patterns.

a) Albert Bandura

b) David Buss

c) Charles Dariwn

b) David Buss