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Development is defined as the pattern of movement or ___________ across the life span. |
| | A) | growth |
| | B) | change |
| | C) | decline |
| | D) | Stability |
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Which of the following is TRUE regarding biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes? |
| | A) | Each is distinct from the others. |
| | B) | The cognitive and socioemotional processes are more closely related than the cognitive and biological processes. |
| | C) | They are intricately interwoven. |
| | D) | They are more obvious in the early years of life. |
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Penny is seven years old and learning the fundamental skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic. She is in the __________ period of development. |
| | A) | middle childhood |
| | B) | late childhood |
| | C) | adolescent |
| | D) | early childhood |
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__________ typically marks the end of the early childhood period of development. |
| | A) | Walking without assistance |
| | B) | The emergence of the first word |
| | C) | First grade |
| | D) | The onset of puberty |
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Which period of development is characterized by establishing independence, developing an identity, and thinking more abstractly? |
| | A) | middle childhood |
| | B) | late childhood |
| | C) | adolescence |
| | D) | early adulthood |
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Bernice Neugarten has emphasized reemerging life themes in development. Her observations have led her to conclude that: |
| | A) | life stages are important for understanding development. |
| | B) | each person relives his or her childhood during later development. |
| | C) | we must focus on the later developmental periods. |
| | D) | age is becoming less important for understanding development. |
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Rozee is 86 years young. She continues to learn phrases in new languages, she writes poetry, and she enjoys going to museums to see the latest up-and-coming artists. These examples of her adaptive capacities demonstrate: |
| | A) | chronological age. |
| | B) | biological age. |
| | C) | psychological age. |
| | D) | social age. |
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Researchers who are proponents of the nurture perspective would argue that: |
| | A) | genetics determines all behaviour. |
| | B) | the environment a person is raised in determines longevity. |
| | C) | how long an individual's parents lived is the best predictor of longevity. |
| | D) | genetics and the environment in which an individual is raised will jointly determine longevity. |
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In studying changes in the way we think as we age, Dr. Long notes a child moves from not being able to think abstractly about the world to being able to, which is a qualitative change in processing information. Dr. Long is emphasizing: |
| | A) | continuity. |
| | B) | discontinuity. |
| | C) | stability. |
| | D) | maturation. |
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An important dimension of the ____________ issue is the extent to which early experiences or later experiences are the key determinants of a person's development. |
| | A) | stability-change |
| | B) | nature-nurture |
| | C) | continuity-discontinuity |
| | D) | multidimensional |
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Most life-span developmentalists recognize that: |
| | A) | nature, continuity, and stability are the primary determinants of behaviour. |
| | B) | nurture, discontinuity, and change are the primary determinants of behaviour. |
| | C) | the key to development is in the interaction of nature and nurture, continuity and discontinuity, and stability and change. |
| | D) | while nurture (the environment) is important, nature (heredity) plays the stronger role. |
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The answers to questions about the issues of nature-nurture, continuity-discontinuity, and stability-change: |
| | A) | influence public policy decisions and how people live their lives. |
| | B) | have little influence on public policy decisions, but do influence how people live their lives. |
| | C) | influence public policy decisions, but have little influence on how people live their lives. |
| | D) | are primarily concerns for psychologists, but end up having little impact on policy or people's lifestyle choices. |
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As he was studying life-span development, Tyrell had to learn several interrelated, coherent sets of ideas that would help him explain and make predictions about development. Tyrell had to learn: |
| | A) | theories. |
| | B) | hypotheses. |
| | C) | models. |
| | D) | scientific methods. |
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An assumption or prediction that can be tested to determine its accuracy is a: |
| | A) | theory. |
| | B) | hypothesis. |
| | C) | model. |
| | D) | scientific method. |
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One difficulty of conducting research in the laboratory setting is that: |
| | A) | it is an artificial setting so findings cannot be generalized to the real world. |
| | B) | random assignment is impossible. |
| | C) | extraneous factors are difficult to control. |
| | D) | participants tend to be unaware that they are in an experiment. |
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The main advantage of the naturalistic observation technique is: |
| | A) | real world validity. |
| | B) | great control over extraneous variables. |
| | C) | the ability to utilize inferential statistics. |
| | D) | a lack of ethical controls. |
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Dr. Somberg is using a method of gathering information that gives an in-depth look at one individual. She is using: |
| | A) | the interview. |
| | B) | laboratory observation. |
| | C) | participant observation. |
| | D) | the case study. |
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Which of the following questions would best be answered using a correlational study? |
| | A) | Does depression increase with age? |
| | B) | Are people more depressed before or after retirement? |
| | C) | Does exercise decrease depression? |
| | D) | How depressed are 14-year-olds? |
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A common caution for correlational studies is: |
| | A) | they are difficult to administer. |
| | B) | correlation does not equal causation. |
| | C) | correlations do not reveal the direction of a relationship. |
| | D) | correlations do not indicate the strength of a relationship. |
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Which type of research allows researchers to determine the causes of behaviour? |
| | A) | correlational |
| | B) | archival |
| | C) | experimental |
| | D) | case study |
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An experiment involves the effects of aerobic exercise by pregnant women on their newborns' breathing and sleeping patterns. In this experiment, the newborns' breathing and sleeping patterns are the ____variables. |
| | A) | random |
| | B) | dependent |
| | C) | independent |
| | D) | confounding |
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A ___________ design compares individuals of different ages (e.g., 30-year-olds, 40-year-olds, and 50-year-olds) at one testing time. |
| | A) | cross-sectional |
| | B) | longitudinal |
| | C) | Latin squares |
| | D) | correlational |
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Research effects due to a participant's time of birth or generation, but not due to actual age, are referred to as ___________ effects. |
| | A) | subjective |
| | B) | cohort |
| | C) | confounding |
| | D) | historical |
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What is involved in debriefing research subjects? |
| | A) | obtaining informed consent |
| | B) | describing the purpose of the study prior to the subject's participation in research tasks |
| | C) | informing subjects of the psychological risks of participating in the study before they give their consent to participate |
| | D) | describing the actual intentions of the study after the procedures have been completed |
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_________ refers to using an ethnic label, such as Egyptian- Canadian, in a superficial way that makes an ethnic group look more homogeneous than it really is. |
| | A) | Ethnic gloss |
| | B) | Ethnic bias |
| | C) | Stereotyping |
| | D) | Xenophobia |
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