Module 1 Exam

A  cohort effect

B  attrition

C  selective sampling

D  selective survival

A  cohort effect

B  time of measurement effect

C  age effect

D  gender effect

A  independent; dependent

B  dependent; independent

C  correlational; quasi-experimental

D  quasi-experimental; correlational

A  quasi-experimental research

B  cross-sectional research

C  longitudinal research

D  ethnographic research

A  theory

B  experiment

C  quasi-experiment

D  correlation

A  a longitudinal design

B  a semi-reliable design

C  a quasi-experimental design

D  a cross-sectional design

A  Variance from the mean; standardization

B  Standardization; variance from the mean

C  Reliability; validity

D  Validity; reliability

A  internally measured; externally measured

B  reliable; valid

C  informed consent; debriefing

D  non-numerical; numerical

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

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 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  Confidentiality; reliability

B  Debriefing; informed consent

C  Reliability; confidentiality

D  Informed consent; debriefing

A  Ethical Standard Board

B  Institutional Review Board

C  University Research Sponsorship Department

D  Department of Research

A  standardization

B  generalizability

C  reliability

D  validity

A  population

B  hypothesis

C  variable

D  theory

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

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

C  a group of people who participate in a research study

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

A  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

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

C  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

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

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

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

D  nearly everyone lives in a very similar culture

A  exosystem

B  chronosystem

C  macrosystem

D  mesosystem

A  schools, religious institutions, and the media

B  time and historical change

C  parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers

D  cultural beliefs and values, and economic and governmental systems

A  exosystem

B  macrosystem

C  mesosystem

D  microsystem

A  microsystem

B  macrosystem

C  mesosystem

D  exosystem

A  Bronfenbrenner

B  Piaget

C  Erikson

D  Freud

A  crisis

B  sensitivity

C  critical period

D  fixation

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

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

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

D  sexuality was even more important than Freud did

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  psychosexual

B  psychocognitive

C  psychobiological

D  psychosocial

A  psychosocial moratorium

B  psychoanalysis

C  behavioral therapy

D  humanistic psychology

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

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

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

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

A  high; low

B  moderate; low

C  low; high

D  high; moderate

A  social class status

B  tax bracket status

C  education status

D  socioeconomic status

A  minority culture

B  subcultural groups

C  ethnic populace

D  majority culture

A  agrarian cultures

B  conventional cultures

C  rural cultures

D  traditional cultures

A  40%

B  80%

C  20%

D  60%

A  individualistic culture

B  developed country

C  collective culture

D  developing country

A  Japan

B  the United States

C  Canada

D  Germany

A  37%, 63%

B  47%, 57%

C  18%, 82%

D  27%, 73%

A  Developing countries

B  Developed countries

C  Individualistic cultures

D  Collective cultures

A  developing countries

B  impoverished countries

C  population-rich countries

D  developed countries

A  increase more than developing countries

B  remain stable in population

C  decrease

D  increase slowly

A  emerging countries

B  developing countries

C  South American countries

D  developed countries

A  conceptions per woman

B  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

C  women on fertility drugs

D  births per woman

A  social networks

B  globalization

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  growth

C  evolution

D  change