Module 1 Exam

A  selective survival

B  selective sampling

C  cohort effect

D  attrition

A  cohort effect

B  age effect

C  time of measurement effect

D  gender effect

A  quasi-experimental; correlational

B  independent; dependent

C  dependent; independent

D  correlational; quasi-experimental

A  quasi-experimental research

B  cross-sectional research

C  ethnographic research

D  longitudinal research

A  quasi-experiment

B  correlation

C  experiment

D  theory

A  a semi-reliable design

B  a longitudinal design

C  a cross-sectional design

D  a quasi-experimental design

A  Standardization; variance from the mean

B  Reliability; validity

C  Validity; reliability

D  Variance from the mean; standardization

A  internally measured; externally measured

B  informed consent; debriefing

C  non-numerical; numerical

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  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  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  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  Debriefing; informed consent

B  Confidentiality; reliability

C  Reliability; confidentiality

D  Informed consent; debriefing

A  University Research Sponsorship Department

B  Institutional Review Board

C  Ethical Standard Board

D  Department of Research

A  reliability

B  validity

C  generalizability

D  standardization

A  theory

B  population

C  variable

D  hypothesis

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

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

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

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  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  collecting data

D  selecting a research method and a research design

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

B  culture should be factored out to determine what really influences 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  chronosystem

B  mesosystem

C  exosystem

D  macrosystem

A  schools, religious institutions, and the media

B  parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers

C  time and historical change

D  cultural beliefs and values, and economic and governmental systems

A  exosystem

B  mesosystem

C  microsystem

D  macrosystem

A  exosystem

B  macrosystem

C  microsystem

D  mesosystem

A  Freud

B  Piaget

C  Erikson

D  Bronfenbrenner

A  critical period

B  crisis

C  sensitivity

D  fixation

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

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

C  sexuality was even more important than Freud did

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

A  conscious, collective unconscious, subcortical unconscious

B  the self, the shadow, the anima

C  id, ego, superego

D  real self, fear self, future self

A  psychosexual

B  psychobiological

C  psychosocial

D  psychocognitive

A  humanistic psychology

B  behavioral therapy

C  psychosocial moratorium

D  psychoanalysis

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

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

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

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

A  low; high

B  moderate; low

C  high; moderate

D  high; low

A  socioeconomic status

B  tax bracket status

C  education status

D  social class status

A  majority culture

B  ethnic populace

C  minority culture

D  subcultural groups

A  rural cultures

B  agrarian cultures

C  traditional cultures

D  conventional cultures

A  60%

B  40%

C  20%

D  80%

A  individualistic culture

B  developing country

C  collective culture

D  developed country

A  the United States

B  Germany

C  Canada

D  Japan

A  18%, 82%

B  27%, 73%

C  47%, 57%

D  37%, 63%

A  Collective cultures

B  Individualistic cultures

C  Developing countries

D  Developed countries

A  developed countries

B  population-rich countries

C  impoverished countries

D  developing countries

A  increase slowly

B  increase more than developing countries

C  remain stable in population

D  decrease

A  South American countries

B  developing countries

C  developed countries

D  emerging countries

A  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

B  births per woman

C  women on fertility drugs

D  conceptions per woman

A  globalization

B  social networks

C  small world syndrome

D  the Internet

A  the strength of their id

B  the expression of their phenotype

C  their genetic lineage

D  their culture

A  change

B  evolution

C  development

D  growth