Homework One

enter a 5-7 digit code that I can use to post your grades on the web.  It should be something you will recognize yet be confidential.  I will use it all semester to post your grades.  It can be any combination of letters or numbers you choose.  Note it must be the correct length or the system will not accept your submission.  If you've already done this from the schedule page, then
you don't need to do it a second time.

1. Which of the following best describes an aspect of a child's environment that exerts an 'indirect' influence on the child's development:
a child's relationship to his or her siblings
a child's relationship to his or her parents
the quality relationship between a child's parents
none of the above are indirect influences

2. is a number that describes how two variables in a study are mathematically related.

3. In addition to parental consent (which is required for conducting research on minors, it is often appropriate for researchers of child development to obtain consent from: .

4.  The ________ view of development regards the difference between the immature and mature being as one of amount or complexity of behavior.  This view stands in contrast to views that see maturity as reflecting distinctly different behaviors that are simply not possible in the less mature being.
discontinuous
continuous
pathwise
stable

5. Correlational studies provide information that allows a researcher to draw conclusions about causal relationships between variables under study:
true
false