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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Participants over the same ages but in different years
B The same group of participants repeatedly at different ages
C Participants of the same age at the same point in time
D Groups of participants differencing in age at the same point in time
Question #2
A Participants over the same ages but in different years
B Groups of participants differing in age at the same point in time
C The same grow
D Group of participants repeatedly at different ages
Question #3
A Sequential
B Correlational
C Cross-sectional
D Longitudinal
Question #4
A Biased sampling
B Cohort effects
C Practice effects
D Random assignment
Question #5
A Cross- sectional
B Correctional
C Longitudinal
D Sequential
Question #6
A Correlational
B Longitudinal
C Cross-sectional
D Experimental
Question #7
A Participants are studied repeatedly, and changes are noted as they get older
B Researchers study participants of the same age at the same point in time
C Researchers study participants over the same ages but in different years
D Researchers study groups of participants differing in age at the same point in time
Question #8
A Systematic
B Correlational
C Sequential
D Random
Question #9
A Independent variable
B Correlation coefficient
C Control group
D Dependent variable
Question #10
A Structural
B Experimental
C Observational
D Correlational
Question #11
A A decline in a surviving partners physical health can cause the death of a spouse
B The death of a spouse is related to a decline in the surviving partners health
C A third variable, such as memory loss, causes a surviving partners decline in physical heath
D The death of a spouse causes a decline in the surviving partners health
Question #12
A Investigators cannot infer cause and effect
B Researchers cannot replicate the studies
C Researchers randomly assign participants and manipulate their experiences
D Age-related changes may be distorted
Question #13
A Correlational
B Observational
C Experimental
D Variable
Question #14
A Observational, experimental
B Variable, observational
C Correlational, experimental
D Observational, correlational
Question #15
A The fastest growing sector of the U.S. youth population
B More likely than their age mates to commit delinquent and violent acts
C More likely that their age mates to have early sex
D More likely than their age mates to miss school due to illness
Question #16
A Clinical interview
B Structured interview
C Naturalistic observation
D Clinical interview
Question #17
A The same set of questions in the same way to each research participant
B A different set of questions for each participant
C Questions in a large group of participants
D Only yes/no, multiple choice, and true/false questions
Question #18
A May not result in accurate reporting of information
B Does not reveal depth of information
C Does not reflect the way participants think in everyday life
D Only provides a small amount of information
Question #19
A Allows researchers to see the behavior of interest as it occurs in natural setting
B Is directed toward understanding a culture or distinct social group
C Can provide a large amount of information in a fairly brief period
D Makes comparing individuals’ responses very easy
Question #20
A Naturalistic observation
B Self-report
C Naturalistic observation
D Structured observation
Question #21
A It does not reflect the way participants actually behave in everyday life
B It may not result in accurate reporting of information
C Not all participants have the same opportunity to display a particular behavior in everyday life
D it tells more about the participants’ reasoning and motivation than it does about their typical behavior
Question #22
A Yields richly detailed narratives that offer valuable insight into the many factors that affect development
B Allows researchers to see directly the behavior of interest as it occurs in everyday setting
C Is useful for studying behaviors that investigators rarely have an opportunity to see in everyday life.
D Permits participants to display their thoughts in terms that are so close as possible to the way they think in everyday life
Question #23
A Uses a flexible, conversational style to probe for the participants point of view
B Sets up a laboratory situation that evokes the behavior of interest
C Asks each participant the same set of questions in the same way
D Goes into the field and records the behavior of interest
Question #24
A Research methods
B Research designs
C Hypothesis
D Theories
Question #25
A Psychosocial
B Psychosexual
C Cognitive- Developmental
D Behaviorism
Question #26
A the clarity of the concept of ego functioning
B the ease of empirically testing its ideas
C its emphasis on understanding the individuals unique life history
D Its use of a wide variety of research methods
Question #27
A Primarily focused on the importance of early life experiences
B viewed children as taking a more active role in their own development
C Pointed out the normal development must be understood in relation to each culture’s life situation
D Minimized the role of culture in individual development
Question #28
A Was the first to stress the influence of the early parent-child relationship on development
B Was eventually criticized because it underemphasized the influence of sexual feelings in development
C Applied in all cultures
D Ignored personality development
Question #29
A On the basis of interviews with institutionalized children and adolescents
B On the basis of his adult patients’ memories of painful childhood events
C By conducting studies of animal behavior
D By carefully observing his own children
Question #30
A model the behavior of parents and other caregivers
B Acquire increasingly complex information-processing skills
C Confront conflicts between biological drives and social expectations
D Actively explore the environment
Question #31
A Conduction child observations and parent interviews
B Launching the normative approach
C Constructing the first successfully intelligence test
D Writing the first parenting books
Question #32
A Normative
B Psychometric
C Genetic
D Nonnormative
Question #33
A Constructed the first standardized intelligence test
B Regarded development as a maturational process
C Inspired Charles Darwin’s research
D Were the forefathers of psychoanalytic theory
Question #34
A Charles Darwin
B G. Stanley Hall
C Benjamin Spock
D Arnold Gesell
Question #35
A Psychosocial theory
B Psychoanalytic theory
C Theory of evolution
D Normative approach
Question #36
A Are typical or average
B Include age-graded and history-graded influences
C Affect large numbers of people in a similar way
D Do not follow a predictable timetable
Question #37
A Vocational success over family obligations
B Marriage at an early age and a focus on family responsibilities
C Political aspirations, financial wealth and personal achievements
D The search for personal meaning, self-expression, and social responsibility
Question #38
A Age-graded influences become more powerful with age
B Age-graded influences become more powerful with age
C History-graded influences are normative
D History- graded influences are fairly predictable as to when they occur
Question #39
A Ari, a temperamental artist
B Jack, a highly intelligent athlete
C Ana, a child who has no strong bond with an adult
D Jaynie, a shy, emotionally reactive child
Question #40
A Resilience
B Assimilation
C Stamina
D Plasticity
Question #41
A Early childhood
B Adolescence
C No single age range period
D The parental period
Question #42
A Static and stable
B Continuous, rather than discontinuous
C Largely the result of heredity
D Multidirectional and multidimensional
Question #43
A Having substantial plasticity
B Mostly influenced by heredity
C Driven by early life experiences
D Mostly stable
Question #44
A Stability
B Nurture
C Stages
D Nature
Question #45
A Nature
B Early experiences
C Nurture
D Stages
Question #46
A Social-cognitive
B Continous- discontinuous
C Stability- Plasticity
D Nature-nurture
Question #47
A Continuous
B Nurture
C Nature
D Discontinuous
Question #48
A It deals with answering questions about development throughout the lifespan
B It is motivated largely by scientific curiosity
C Investigators from a variety of fields collaborate on research projects
D Findings are used for practical purposes to improve people’s lives
Question #49
A Genetic factors that contribute to longevity
B Those factors that influence consistencies and transformations in people from conception to death.
C Those factors that lead to abnormal development in children and adolescents
D Genetic factors that contribute to longevity