Chapter 1: Introduction

Question 0

What is replication?

Answer 0

Repeating a study, usually using different participants, perhaps of another age, SES, or culture.

Question 1

Steps of the Scientific Method?

Answer 1

1. Pose a question
2. Develop a hypothesis
3. Test the hypothesis
4. Draw Conclusions
5. Report the results

Question 2

What is SIDS?

Answer 2

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

A situation in which a healthy infant, usually between 2 and 6 months, suddenly stops breathing and dies while asleep.

Question 3

Who discovered a way to prevent SIDS?

Answer 3

Susan Beal.

Question 4

Define Nature.

Answer 4

In development, nature refers to the traits, capacities, and limitations that each individual inherits genetically from their parents at the moment of conception.

Question 5

Define nurture.

Answer 5

In development, nurture includes all the all the environmental influences that affect the individual after conception. This included everything from the mother’s nutrition while pregnant to the cultural influences in the nation.