Explain why developmental researchers employ the cognitive perspective.

If a developmental researcher is studying how traumatic events in childhood are remembered later in life, or how problem-solving skills change over the lifetime, in what developmental area is the researcher interested?

Based on information in the textbook, what are some criticisms of the evolutionary perspective?

Which perspective contains the two major theories of Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological approach and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory?

Which statement illustrates an accepted ethical guideline developed for researchers by the Society for Research in Child Development and the American Psychological Association?

Provide reasons why Erikson’s principles of psychosocial theory have been called into question.

What has become an important alternative to Piagetian approaches?

In an experiment, the __________ is what researchers manipulate.

A historical event, such as the terrorist attacks in New York City on September 11, 2001, would be considered by Bronfenbrenner to fall within which system?

Which perspective seeks to identify behavior that is the result of our genetic inheritance from our ancestors?