Module 1 Exam

A  selective survival

B  selective sampling

C  cohort effect

D  attrition

A  age effect

B  gender effect

C  time of measurement effect

D  cohort effect

A  dependent; independent

B  correlational; quasi-experimental

C  independent; dependent

D  quasi-experimental; correlational

A  longitudinal research

B  cross-sectional research

C  ethnographic research

D  quasi-experimental research

A  correlation

B  theory

C  quasi-experiment

D  experiment

A  a semi-reliable design

B  a quasi-experimental design

C  a cross-sectional design

D  a longitudinal design

A  Variance from the mean; standardization

B  Validity; reliability

C  Reliability; validity

D  Standardization; variance from the mean

A  non-numerical; numerical

B  internally measured; externally measured

C  informed consent; debriefing

D  reliable; valid

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  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 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  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  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  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  Informed consent; debriefing

B  Debriefing; informed consent

C  Confidentiality; reliability

D  Reliability; confidentiality

A  University Research Sponsorship Department

B  Department of Research

C  Ethical Standard Board

D  Institutional Review Board

A  reliability

B  generalizability

C  standardization

D  validity

A  population

B  variable

C  theory

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  the way the study is conducted and the data are collected

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

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

A  forming a hypothesis

B  collecting data

C  selecting a research method and a research design

D  identifying a question of scientific interest

A  nearly everyone lives in a very similar culture

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

A  chronosystem

B  macrosystem

C  exosystem

D  mesosystem

A  cultural beliefs and values, and economic and governmental systems

B  time and historical change

C  schools, religious institutions, and the media

D  parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers

A  mesosystem

B  exosystem

C  macrosystem

D  microsystem

A  macrosystem

B  microsystem

C  mesosystem

D  exosystem

A  Bronfenbrenner

B  Freud

C  Piaget

D  Erikson

A  fixation

B  crisis

C  sensitivity

D  critical period

A  sexuality was even more important than Freud did

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

A  real self, fear self, future self

B  conscious, collective unconscious, subcortical unconscious

C  id, ego, superego

D  the self, the shadow, the anima

A  psychosexual

B  psychocognitive

C  psychosocial

D  psychobiological

A  psychoanalysis

B  behavioral therapy

C  humanistic psychology

D  psychosocial moratorium

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

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

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

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

A  low; high

B  moderate; low

C  high; moderate

D  high; low

A  socioeconomic status

B  social class status

C  tax bracket status

D  education status

A  ethnic populace

B  subcultural groups

C  majority culture

D  minority culture

A  rural cultures

B  agrarian cultures

C  conventional cultures

D  traditional cultures

A  60%

B  80%

C  20%

D  40%

A  developing country

B  collective culture

C  individualistic culture

D  developed country

A  Japan

B  Canada

C  Germany

D  the United States

A  18%, 82%

B  27%, 73%

C  47%, 57%

D  37%, 63%

A  Developing countries

B  Individualistic cultures

C  Developed countries

D  Collective cultures

A  impoverished countries

B  developing countries

C  developed countries

D  population-rich countries

A  decrease

B  increase more than developing countries

C  increase slowly

D  remain stable in population

A  emerging countries

B  developed countries

C  South American countries

D  developing countries

A  women on fertility drugs

B  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

C  births per woman

D  conceptions per woman

A  globalization

B  the Internet

C  social networks

D  small world syndrome

A  the strength of their id

B  their culture

C  their genetic lineage

D  the expression of their phenotype

A  growth

B  change

C  evolution

D  development