Module 1 Exam

A  selective survival

B  selective sampling

C  attrition

D  cohort effect

A  time of measurement effect

B  age effect

C  gender effect

D  cohort effect

A  correlational; quasi-experimental

B  dependent; independent

C  quasi-experimental; correlational

D  independent; dependent

A  longitudinal research

B  cross-sectional research

C  quasi-experimental research

D  ethnographic research

A  theory

B  quasi-experiment

C  experiment

D  correlation

A  a longitudinal design

B  a semi-reliable design

C  a cross-sectional design

D  a quasi-experimental design

A  Reliability; validity

B  Variance from the mean; standardization

C  Standardization; variance from the mean

D  Validity; reliability

A  internally measured; externally measured

B  non-numerical; numerical

C  reliable; valid

D  informed consent; debriefing

A  Personal information will not be shared with anyone outside the immediate research group and any results from the research will not identify any of the participants by name.

B  They are usually comprised of people who have research experience themselves and therefore have experience that enables them to judge whether the research being proposed follows reasonable ethical guidelines.

C  Subjects must be told the true purpose of the study and the reason for any deception that may have been part of the study.

D  Subjects are told what the purposes of the study are, what participation in the study involves, what risks (if any) are involved in participating, and what the person can expect to receive in return for participation.

A  Subjects are told what the purposes of the study are, what participation in the study involves, what risks (if any) are involved in participating, and what the person can expect to receive in return for participation.

B  They are usually comprised of people who have research experience themselves and therefore have experience that enables them to judge whether the research being proposed follows reasonable ethical guidelines.

C  Subjects must be told the true purpose of the study and the reason for any deception that may have been part of the study.

D  Personal information will not be shared with anyone outside the immediate research group and any results from the research will not identify any of the participants by name.

A  They are usually comprised of people who have research experience themselves and therefore have experience that enables them to judge whether the research being proposed follows reasonable ethical guidelines.

B  Subjects are told what the purposes of the study are, what participation in the study involves, what risks (if any) are involved in participating, and what the person can expect to receive in return for participation.

C  Personal information will not be shared with anyone outside the immediate research group and any results from the research will not identify any of the participants by name.

D  Subjects must be told the true purpose of the study and the reason for any deception that may have been part of the study.

A  Confidentiality; reliability

B  Reliability; confidentiality

C  Debriefing; informed consent

D  Informed consent; debriefing

A  Ethical Standard Board

B  Department of Research

C  Institutional Review Board

D  University Research Sponsorship Department

A  validity

B  generalizability

C  reliability

D  standardization

A  population

B  theory

C  variable

D  hypothesis

A  a framework that presents a set of interconnected ideas in an original way and inspires further research

B  a group of people who participate in a research study

C  a statement indicating that participation in the study is voluntary, and that persons may withdraw from participation in the study at any time

D  the way the study is conducted and the data are collected

A  observe the environment; generate a theory of the phenomenon to be studied; generate possible hypotheses; systematically vary variables; and conduct an experiment

B  generate a conclusion; isolate variables; determine how variables are related to the conclusion; conduct the research study; and published the findings

C  identify a question to be investigated; form a hypothesis; choose a research method and a research design; collect data to test the hypothesis; and draw conclusions that lead to new questions and hypotheses

D  collect data to test a theory; manipulate variables within a laboratory setting; conduct a statistical analysis of the data; synthesize the results; and publish the findings

A  collecting data

B  forming a hypothesis

C  identifying a question of scientific interest

D  selecting a research method and a research design

A  culture is damaging and can be devastating to a young child’s development

B  culture should be factored out to determine what really influences development

C  nearly everyone lives in a very similar culture

D  cultural beliefs are the basis for many other conditions of children’s development

A  mesosystem

B  exosystem

C  chronosystem

D  macrosystem

A  exosystem

B  macrosystem

C  chronosystem

D  mesosystem

A  schools, religious institutions, and the media

B  time and historical change

C  cultural beliefs and values, and economic and governmental systems

D  parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers

A  macrosystem

B  microsystem

C  mesosystem

D  exosystem

A  exosystem

B  mesosystem

C  macrosystem

D  microsystem

A  Freud

B  Erikson

C  Piaget

D  Bronfenbrenner

A  fixation

B  crisis

C  critical period

D  sensitivity

A  sexuality was even more important than Freud did

B  development continued throughout the lifespan, and Freud believed that only the early years were important

C  biological factors were more important in terms of development, and Freud believed that culture was more important

D  personality was set at birth, while Freud thought that it was completed by age 6

A  conscious, collective unconscious, subcortical unconscious

B  id, ego, superego

C  real self, fear self, future self

D  the self, the shadow, the anima

A  psychosocial

B  psychocognitive

C  psychosexual

D  psychobiological

A  psychosocial moratorium

B  psychoanalysis

C  humanistic psychology

D  behavioral therapy

A  low-SES; high-SES; low-SES mothers are less likely to receive prenatal care

B  high-SES; low-SES; high-SES mothers are not likely to consume fluoride in their drinking water

C  middle-SES; low-SES; middle-SES mothers are more likely to live in rural parts of the country

D  middle-SES; high-SES; middle-SES fathers are more likely to be absent from the family

A  low; high

B  moderate; low

C  high; low

D  high; moderate

A  socioeconomic status

B  social class status

C  tax bracket status

D  education status

A  majority culture

B  ethnic populace

C  subcultural groups

D  minority culture

A  agrarian cultures

B  rural cultures

C  traditional cultures

D  conventional cultures

A  about half of the middle class

B  the wealthy elite

C  about one fourth of the middle class

D  most of the population

A  50%

B  30%

C  70%

D  90%

A  40%

B  20%

C  80%

D  60%

A  80%

B  20%

C  60%

D  40%

A  collective culture

B  individualistic culture

C  developing country

D  developed country

A  Canada

B  Germany

C  Japan

D  the United States

A  18%, 82%

B  47%, 57%

C  37%, 63%

D  27%, 73%

A  Collective cultures

B  Developing countries

C  Developed countries

D  Individualistic cultures

A  population-rich countries

B  impoverished countries

C  developed countries

D  developing countries

A  remain stable in population

B  decrease

C  increase slowly

D  increase more than developing countries

A  South American countries

B  developed countries

C  developing countries

D  emerging countries

A  women on fertility drugs

B  births per woman

C  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

D  conceptions per woman

A  social networks

B  globalization

C  small world syndrome

D  the Internet

A  the strength of their id

B  the expression of their phenotype

C  their genetic lineage

D  their culture

A  growth

B  development

C  change

D  evolution