homework 5

Question 1

What type of study design did Moffitt et al employ?

Answer 1

Longitudinal, correlational

Question 2

What were Moffitt’s central research questions?

Answer 2

• Whether even small changes in self-control can lead to measurably different outcomes
• Whether self-control as young as age 3 is predictive of later-life outcomes
• Whether choices during adolescence are important to later life outcomes

Question 3

In the Scientific American article, one major issue with studies on spanking is that they __________, so in their meta-analysis, the authors __________?

Answer 3

Often make measurements at only one time; compared cross-sectional & longitudinal designs

Question 4

Why function does white matter play in the prefrontal cortex?

Answer 4

It plays a role in managing the many impulses flying around in the brain

Question 5

Which of the following is a reason, mentioned in the videos, that children might often act out even when they don’t mean to?

Answer 5

They struggle to regulate their impulses

Question 6

What describes the types of drugs that are most often used to treat early-childhood ADHD?

Answer 6

Stimulants

Question 7

Negative impacts of divorce on children used to be very high, but those negative impacts aren’t observed to be strong in recent studies. Why might that be?

Answer 7

Divorce is more now socially accepted than in the past

Question 8

Based on findings summarized in the videos, which of the following children are most at risk of emotional and moral developmental difficulty?

Answer 8

Geber, whose parents are recently divorced and who will live with his father

Question 9

Which outcome is most representative of studies investigating the effect of religiosity on children’s moral development?

Answer 9

Small (negative) effect of religiosity on sharing, if any

Question 10

In the United States, belief in god tends to correlate with…

Answer 10

older demographics, higher happiness