Science is needed in the study of human development because:
research provides data and facts that will enable people to live full lives
Which step of the scientific method involves making a specific prediction?
develop a hypothesis
Other names for the nature vs. nurture debate include:
heredity vs. environment
A multidirectional perspective enables researchers to recognize:
that gains and losses can occur simultaneously
The impact of various physical and social environments is referred to as:
multicontextual
The difference between one developing person and the norm is:
not always considered a deficit
According to social scientists, race is:
a social construction
Human development includes insight and information from diverse academic disciplines referred to as:
multidisciplinary
In the dynamic-systems approach, the word "systems" emphasizes that:
a change in one area of a person's life impacts other areas
What is true about scientific observation?
it involves observing and recording behavior in a natural setting
The only research method that establishes a possible cause-and-effect relationship is:
an experiment
For which research method is the primary data source information gained from interviews and questionnaires?
survey
All research designs study changes over time, except:
survey
What does it mean when a correlation exists between two variables?
there is a relationship between two variables
Which is unethical research behavior?
changing the data to support the hypothesis