Module 1 Exam

A  cohort effect

B  selective sampling

C  attrition

D  selective survival

A  cohort effect

B  time of measurement effect

C  gender effect

D  age effect

A  correlational; quasi-experimental

B  independent; dependent

C  dependent; independent

D  quasi-experimental; correlational

A  cross-sectional research

B  ethnographic research

C  quasi-experimental research

D  longitudinal research

A  experiment

B  correlation

C  quasi-experiment

D  theory

A  a quasi-experimental design

B  a longitudinal design

C  a semi-reliable design

D  a cross-sectional design

A  Variance from the mean; standardization

B  Reliability; validity

C  Standardization; variance from the mean

D  Validity; reliability

A  non-numerical; numerical

B  internally measured; externally measured

C  reliable; valid

D  informed consent; debriefing

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  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  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  Debriefing; informed consent

B  Reliability; confidentiality

C  Informed consent; debriefing

D  Confidentiality; reliability

A  University Research Sponsorship Department

B  Ethical Standard Board

C  Department of Research

D  Institutional Review Board

A  generalizability

B  reliability

C  standardization

D  validity

A  hypothesis

B  theory

C  population

D  variable

A  a group of people who participate in a research study

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

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

B  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

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  identifying a question of scientific interest

B  collecting data

C  selecting a research method and a research design

D  forming a hypothesis

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

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

C  nearly everyone lives in a very similar culture

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

A  macrosystem

B  exosystem

C  mesosystem

D  chronosystem

A  cultural beliefs and values, and economic and governmental systems

B  schools, religious institutions, and the media

C  time and historical change

D  parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers

A  mesosystem

B  microsystem

C  exosystem

D  macrosystem

A  mesosystem

B  exosystem

C  macrosystem

D  microsystem

A  Piaget

B  Freud

C  Erikson

D  Bronfenbrenner

A  crisis

B  critical period

C  fixation

D  sensitivity

A  sexuality was even more important than Freud did

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

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

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

A  id, ego, superego

B  real self, fear self, future self

C  the self, the shadow, the anima

D  conscious, collective unconscious, subcortical unconscious

A  psychosexual

B  psychobiological

C  psychosocial

D  psychocognitive

A  psychoanalysis

B  humanistic psychology

C  psychosocial moratorium

D  behavioral therapy

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

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

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  moderate; low

B  high; moderate

C  low; high

D  high; low

A  social class status

B  education status

C  socioeconomic status

D  tax bracket status

A  minority culture

B  ethnic populace

C  subcultural groups

D  majority culture

A  agrarian cultures

B  conventional cultures

C  traditional cultures

D  rural cultures

A  60%

B  40%

C  80%

D  20%

A  developed country

B  developing country

C  individualistic culture

D  collective culture

A  Japan

B  Canada

C  Germany

D  the United States

A  27%, 73%

B  47%, 57%

C  37%, 63%

D  18%, 82%

A  Collective cultures

B  Developing countries

C  Individualistic cultures

D  Developed countries

A  developing countries

B  population-rich countries

C  impoverished countries

D  developed countries

A  increase more than developing countries

B  decrease

C  increase slowly

D  remain stable in population

A  developing countries

B  South American countries

C  emerging countries

D  developed countries

A  women on fertility drugs

B  conceptions per woman

C  births per woman

D  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

A  the Internet

B  globalization

C  small world syndrome

D  social networks

A  the strength of their id

B  their genetic lineage

C  their culture

D  the expression of their phenotype

A  change

B  evolution

C  growth

D  development