Module 1 Exam

A  selective sampling

B  cohort effect

C  selective survival

D  attrition

A  gender effect

B  cohort effect

C  time of measurement effect

D  age effect

A  quasi-experimental; correlational

B  correlational; quasi-experimental

C  dependent; independent

D  independent; dependent

A  ethnographic research

B  quasi-experimental research

C  cross-sectional research

D  longitudinal research

A  theory

B  quasi-experiment

C  correlation

D  experiment

A  a semi-reliable design

B  a longitudinal design

C  a quasi-experimental design

D  a cross-sectional design

A  Reliability; validity

B  Validity; reliability

C  Variance from the mean; standardization

D  Standardization; variance from the mean

A  reliable; valid

B  informed consent; debriefing

C  internally measured; externally measured

D  non-numerical; numerical

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  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.

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  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 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  Confidentiality; reliability

B  Reliability; confidentiality

C  Debriefing; informed consent

D  Informed consent; debriefing

A  University Research Sponsorship Department

B  Department of Research

C  Ethical Standard Board

D  Institutional Review Board

A  standardization

B  validity

C  generalizability

D  reliability

A  hypothesis

B  theory

C  population

D  variable

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

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

C  a group of people who participate in a research study

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

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

B  forming a hypothesis

C  selecting a research method and a research design

D  identifying a question of scientific interest

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

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  nearly everyone lives in a very similar culture

A  exosystem

B  chronosystem

C  mesosystem

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  microsystem

B  mesosystem

C  exosystem

D  macrosystem

A  Erikson

B  Freud

C  Bronfenbrenner

D  Piaget

A  sensitivity

B  critical period

C  crisis

D  fixation

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

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

A  conscious, collective unconscious, subcortical unconscious

B  the self, the shadow, the anima

C  real self, fear self, future self

D  id, ego, superego

A  psychobiological

B  psychosocial

C  psychosexual

D  psychocognitive

A  humanistic psychology

B  psychosocial moratorium

C  behavioral therapy

D  psychoanalysis

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

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

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

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

A  moderate; low

B  high; low

C  low; high

D  high; moderate

A  socioeconomic status

B  education status

C  tax bracket status

D  social class status

A  ethnic populace

B  minority culture

C  subcultural groups

D  majority culture

A  traditional cultures

B  rural cultures

C  agrarian cultures

D  conventional cultures

A  20%

B  60%

C  80%

D  40%

A  collective culture

B  developing country

C  developed country

D  individualistic culture

A  Germany

B  Canada

C  Japan

D  the United States

A  27%, 73%

B  47%, 57%

C  18%, 82%

D  37%, 63%

A  Collective cultures

B  Developed countries

C  Individualistic cultures

D  Developing countries

A  impoverished countries

B  developed countries

C  population-rich countries

D  developing countries

A  remain stable in population

B  increase slowly

C  increase more than developing countries

D  decrease

A  South American countries

B  developed countries

C  developing countries

D  emerging countries

A  women on fertility drugs

B  conceptions per woman

C  births per woman

D  fetuses that were spontaneously aborted

A  small world syndrome

B  the Internet

C  globalization

D  social networks

A  the strength of their id

B  their culture

C  the expression of their phenotype

D  their genetic lineage

A  development

B  change

C  evolution

D  growth