Module 1 Exam

A  selective survival

B  attrition

C  selective sampling

D  cohort effect

A  cohort effect

B  age effect

C  time of measurement effect

D  gender effect

A  quasi-experimental; correlational

B  correlational; quasi-experimental

C  dependent; independent

D  independent; dependent

A  ethnographic research

B  cross-sectional research

C  longitudinal research

D  quasi-experimental research

A  quasi-experiment

B  experiment

C  theory

D  correlation

A  a quasi-experimental design

B  a longitudinal design

C  a semi-reliable design

D  a cross-sectional design

A  Reliability; validity

B  Validity; reliability

C  Variance from the mean; standardization

D  Standardization; variance from the mean

A  reliable; valid

B  internally measured; externally measured

C  informed consent; debriefing

D  non-numerical; numerical

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

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  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  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  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 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  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  University Research Sponsorship Department

B  Department of Research

C  Ethical Standard Board

D  Institutional Review Board

A  generalizability

B  standardization

C  validity

D  reliability

A  theory

B  hypothesis

C  variable

D  population

A  a group of people who participate in a research study

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

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

A  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

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

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

D  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

A  identifying a question of scientific interest

B  selecting a research method and a research design

C  forming a hypothesis

D  collecting data

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

B  nearly everyone lives in a very similar culture

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

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

A  chronosystem

B  exosystem

C  macrosystem

D  mesosystem

A  schools, religious institutions, and the media

B  parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers

C  cultural beliefs and values, and economic and governmental systems

D  time and historical change

A  mesosystem

B  microsystem

C  exosystem

D  macrosystem

A  macrosystem

B  microsystem

C  exosystem

D  mesosystem

A  Freud

B  Bronfenbrenner

C  Piaget

D  Erikson

A  sensitivity

B  critical period

C  fixation

D  crisis

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

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

A  the self, the shadow, the anima

B  id, ego, superego

C  conscious, collective unconscious, subcortical unconscious

D  real self, fear self, future self

A  psychobiological

B  psychosexual

C  psychocognitive

D  psychosocial

A  psychosocial moratorium

B  humanistic psychology

C  behavioral therapy

D  psychoanalysis

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

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

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

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

A  moderate; low

B  high; moderate

C  low; high

D  high; low

A  socioeconomic status

B  education status

C  social class status

D  tax bracket status

A  majority culture

B  ethnic populace

C  minority culture

D  subcultural groups

A  agrarian cultures

B  traditional cultures

C  rural cultures

D  conventional cultures

A  80%

B  20%

C  40%

D  60%

A  collective culture

B  developing country

C  individualistic culture

D  developed country

A  Germany

B  Japan

C  the United States

D  Canada

A  27%, 73%

B  18%, 82%

C  37%, 63%

D  47%, 57%

A  Individualistic cultures

B  Developing countries

C  Developed countries

D  Collective cultures

A  population-rich countries

B  developed countries

C  developing countries

D  impoverished countries

A  increase slowly

B  remain stable in population

C  increase more than developing countries

D  decrease

A  developing countries

B  emerging countries

C  South American countries

D  developed countries

A  conceptions per woman

B  births per woman

C  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

D  women on fertility drugs

A  globalization

B  small world syndrome

C  the Internet

D  social networks

A  their genetic lineage

B  their culture

C  the expression of their phenotype

D  the strength of their id

A  growth

B  evolution

C  change

D  development