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The traditional approach to development emphasizes that developmental change occurs during adulthood as well as during childhood. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Individuals raised during the Great Depression were influenced by different normative age-graded experiences than those raised today. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The stage consisting of the most biological growth is the prenatal period. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Meryl is 55 years old. This is an example of his biological age. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Piaget's theory represents discontinuity in development. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A hypothesis is an interrelated, coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and make predictions. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Erik Erikson believed that development depends primarily on the unconscious mind and is heavily couched in emotion. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Information processing theorists liken the physical brain to a computer's software. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Behaviorists believe that behavior is shaped through a series of rewards and punishments. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Imprinting is rapid, innate learning within a limited critical period of time that involves attachment to the first moving object seen. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Individuals do not have active roles in their macrosystems. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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An eclectic orientation does not follow any single theoretical approach, but rather selects and uses what is considered the best in each theory. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A laboratory setting is always the best place to make a systematic, accurate observation. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A benefit of a case-study is that results can be easily generalized to the broad population. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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A correlation coefficient of -0.95 implies a weak correlation. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Experimenters manipulate the independent variable and measure effects on the dependent variable. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Informed consent means that researchers are responsible for keeping all of the data they gather on individuals completely confidential and when possible, completely anonymous. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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