Module 1 Exam

A  selective survival

B  selective sampling

C  attrition

D  cohort effect

A  time of measurement effect

B  age effect

C  cohort effect

D  gender effect

A  dependent; independent

B  quasi-experimental; correlational

C  correlational; quasi-experimental

D  independent; dependent

A  longitudinal research

B  quasi-experimental research

C  ethnographic research

D  cross-sectional research

A  correlation

B  theory

C  experiment

D  quasi-experiment

A  a semi-reliable design

B  a longitudinal design

C  a quasi-experimental design

D  a cross-sectional design

A  Variance from the mean; standardization

B  Validity; reliability

C  Standardization; variance from the mean

D  Reliability; validity

A  reliable; valid

B  non-numerical; numerical

C  internally measured; externally measured

D  informed consent; debriefing

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  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  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  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  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  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  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.

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  Debriefing; informed consent

B  Informed consent; debriefing

C  Reliability; confidentiality

D  Confidentiality; reliability

A  Institutional Review Board

B  Department of Research

C  Ethical Standard Board

D  University Research Sponsorship Department

A  reliability

B  validity

C  generalizability

D  standardization

A  hypothesis

B  population

C  theory

D  variable

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

B  a group of people who participate in a research study

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

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

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

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

A  forming a hypothesis

B  identifying a question of scientific interest

C  selecting a research method and a research design

D  collecting data

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

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  nearly everyone lives in a very similar culture

A  macrosystem

B  chronosystem

C  exosystem

D  mesosystem

A  parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers

B  cultural beliefs and values, and economic and governmental systems

C  schools, religious institutions, and the media

D  time and historical change

A  exosystem

B  mesosystem

C  microsystem

D  macrosystem

A  microsystem

B  macrosystem

C  exosystem

D  mesosystem

A  Erikson

B  Bronfenbrenner

C  Piaget

D  Freud

A  critical period

B  fixation

C  sensitivity

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  conscious, collective unconscious, subcortical unconscious

B  real self, fear self, future self

C  id, ego, superego

D  the self, the shadow, the anima

A  psychosexual

B  psychosocial

C  psychocognitive

D  psychobiological

A  behavioral therapy

B  psychoanalysis

C  humanistic psychology

D  psychosocial moratorium

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

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

A  high; low

B  high; moderate

C  low; high

D  moderate; low

A  social class status

B  socioeconomic status

C  education status

D  tax bracket status

A  minority culture

B  subcultural groups

C  ethnic populace

D  majority culture

A  conventional cultures

B  rural cultures

C  traditional cultures

D  agrarian cultures

A  60%

B  20%

C  40%

D  80%

A  developing country

B  collective culture

C  individualistic culture

D  developed country

A  Japan

B  Germany

C  the United States

D  Canada

A  18%, 82%

B  27%, 73%

C  47%, 57%

D  37%, 63%

A  Developing countries

B  Developed countries

C  Individualistic cultures

D  Collective cultures

A  developing countries

B  population-rich 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  South American countries

C  emerging countries

D  developing countries

A  births per woman

B  conceptions per woman

C  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

D  women on fertility drugs

A  small world syndrome

B  the Internet

C  globalization

D  social networks

A  the strength of their id

B  the expression of their phenotype

C  their genetic lineage

D  their culture

A  growth

B  evolution

C  development

D  change