Module 1 Exam

A  attrition

B  selective survival

C  selective sampling

D  cohort effect

A  cohort effect

B  time of measurement effect

C  gender effect

D  age effect

A  dependent; independent

B  independent; dependent

C  quasi-experimental; correlational

D  correlational; quasi-experimental

A  cross-sectional research

B  ethnographic research

C  quasi-experimental research

D  longitudinal research

A  quasi-experiment

B  experiment

C  correlation

D  theory

A  a longitudinal design

B  a cross-sectional design

C  a quasi-experimental design

D  a semi-reliable design

A  Validity; reliability

B  Standardization; variance from the mean

C  Reliability; validity

D  Variance from the mean; standardization

A  non-numerical; numerical

B  internally measured; externally measured

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

C  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.

D  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Debriefing; informed consent

B  Confidentiality; reliability

C  Reliability; confidentiality

D  Informed consent; debriefing

A  University Research Sponsorship Department

B  Department of Research

C  Institutional Review Board

D  Ethical Standard Board

A  standardization

B  validity

C  reliability

D  generalizability

A  theory

B  hypothesis

C  variable

D  population

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

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

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

D  a group of people who participate in a research study

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

B  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

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

A  selecting a research method and a research design

B  collecting data

C  identifying a question of scientific interest

D  forming a hypothesis

A  nearly everyone lives in a very similar culture

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

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

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

A  chronosystem

B  macrosystem

C  exosystem

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  exosystem

B  microsystem

C  macrosystem

D  mesosystem

A  microsystem

B  mesosystem

C  exosystem

D  macrosystem

A  Erikson

B  Piaget

C  Freud

D  Bronfenbrenner

A  fixation

B  critical period

C  crisis

D  sensitivity

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

B  sexuality was even more important than Freud did

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

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

A  real self, fear self, future self

B  id, ego, superego

C  the self, the shadow, the anima

D  conscious, collective unconscious, subcortical unconscious

A  psychosocial

B  psychocognitive

C  psychosexual

D  psychobiological

A  psychoanalysis

B  psychosocial moratorium

C  behavioral therapy

D  humanistic psychology

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

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

A  high; low

B  low; high

C  high; moderate

D  moderate; low

A  tax bracket status

B  education status

C  social class status

D  socioeconomic status

A  majority culture

B  subcultural groups

C  minority culture

D  ethnic populace

A  conventional cultures

B  rural cultures

C  agrarian cultures

D  traditional cultures

A  60%

B  80%

C  20%

D  40%

A  individualistic culture

B  developed country

C  developing country

D  collective culture

A  the United States

B  Canada

C  Japan

D  Germany

A  18%, 82%

B  47%, 57%

C  37%, 63%

D  27%, 73%

A  Developing countries

B  Collective cultures

C  Individualistic cultures

D  Developed countries

A  population-rich countries

B  developing countries

C  developed countries

D  impoverished countries

A  increase slowly

B  increase more than developing countries

C  decrease

D  remain stable in population

A  developed countries

B  emerging countries

C  developing countries

D  South American countries

A  births per woman

B  conceptions per woman

C  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

D  women on fertility drugs

A  globalization

B  social networks

C  the Internet

D  small world syndrome

A  their genetic lineage

B  the strength of their id

C  the expression of their phenotype

D  their culture

A  development

B  evolution

C  growth

D  change