Module 1 Exam

A  selective sampling

B  attrition

C  selective survival

D  cohort effect

A  gender effect

B  age effect

C  cohort effect

D  time of measurement effect

A  dependent; independent

B  quasi-experimental; correlational

C  independent; dependent

D  correlational; quasi-experimental

A  cross-sectional research

B  longitudinal research

C  quasi-experimental research

D  ethnographic research

A  experiment

B  correlation

C  theory

D  quasi-experiment

A  a longitudinal design

B  a cross-sectional design

C  a semi-reliable design

D  a quasi-experimental design

A  Reliability; validity

B  Variance from the mean; standardization

C  Standardization; variance from the mean

D  Validity; reliability

A  informed consent; debriefing

B  reliable; valid

C  non-numerical; numerical

D  internally measured; externally measured

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  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  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  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  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  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  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  Reliability; confidentiality

B  Informed consent; debriefing

C  Confidentiality; reliability

D  Debriefing; informed consent

A  Ethical Standard Board

B  University Research Sponsorship Department

C  Institutional Review Board

D  Department of Research

A  reliability

B  validity

C  generalizability

D  standardization

A  hypothesis

B  variable

C  population

D  theory

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

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

D  a group of people who participate in a research study

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

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

A  selecting a research method and a research design

B  collecting data

C  identifying a question of scientific interest

D  forming a hypothesis

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

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

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

D  nearly everyone lives in a very similar culture

A  mesosystem

B  exosystem

C  macrosystem

D  chronosystem

A  mesosystem

B  exosystem

C  chronosystem

D  macrosystem

A  time and historical change

B  parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers

C  cultural beliefs and values, and economic and governmental systems

D  schools, religious institutions, and the media

A  macrosystem

B  microsystem

C  mesosystem

D  exosystem

A  exosystem

B  mesosystem

C  microsystem

D  macrosystem

A  Piaget

B  Freud

C  Erikson

D  Bronfenbrenner

A  critical period

B  sensitivity

C  fixation

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  psychocognitive

B  psychobiological

C  psychosocial

D  psychosexual

A  psychosocial moratorium

B  psychoanalysis

C  humanistic psychology

D  behavioral therapy

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

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

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

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

A  moderate; low

B  low; high

C  high; moderate

D  high; low

A  tax bracket status

B  education status

C  social class status

D  socioeconomic status

A  subcultural groups

B  majority culture

C  minority culture

D  ethnic populace

A  conventional cultures

B  rural cultures

C  traditional cultures

D  agrarian cultures

A  about half of the middle class

B  about one fourth of the middle class

C  the wealthy elite

D  most of the population

A  30%

B  90%

C  50%

D  70%

A  20%

B  60%

C  80%

D  40%

A  40%

B  60%

C  80%

D  20%

A  developing country

B  developed country

C  individualistic culture

D  collective culture

A  Germany

B  Japan

C  Canada

D  the United States

A  37%, 63%

B  47%, 57%

C  27%, 73%

D  18%, 82%

A  Developing countries

B  Collective cultures

C  Developed countries

D  Individualistic cultures

A  impoverished countries

B  developing countries

C  population-rich countries

D  developed countries

A  increase slowly

B  decrease

C  increase more than developing countries

D  remain stable in population

A  emerging countries

B  South American countries

C  developing countries

D  developed countries

A  births per woman

B  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

C  conceptions per woman

D  women on fertility drugs

A  the Internet

B  small world syndrome

C  globalization

D  social networks

A  their genetic lineage

B  their culture

C  the strength of their id

D  the expression of their phenotype

A  development

B  growth

C  evolution

D  change