Question 1

When compared to those from middle- or upper-income families, individuals from lower-income families tend to

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A)  reach milestones of adulthood earlier.
B)  reach milestones of adulthood later.
C)  never reach milestones of adulthood.
D)  reach milestones of adulthood at the same time.

Question 2

The fact that a study participant needs to be aware of what they may experience while in a research study illustrates the concept of

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A)  informed consent.
B)  debriefing.
C)  protection from harm.
D)  confidentiality.

Question 3

Which best describes the relationship between maturation and genes?

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A)  Maturation is driven by a plan contained in the genes.
B)  Maturation is the nature side of development, and genes are the nurture side of development.
C)  Maturation is the process by which genes learn.
D)  Genes and maturation are unrelated concepts.

Question 4

The question of how biological and environmental forces impact development is referred to as the _____ issue.

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A)  continuity-discontinuity
B)  passive-active
C)  nature-nurture
D)  proximal-distal

Question 5

Faith wants to know whether there is a cause-effect relationship between the amount of time parents spend reading to their children and their children's attitudes toward reading. What type of research design should Faith use?

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A)  Cross-sectional
B)  Experimental
C)  Longitudinal
D)  Naturalistic observation

Question 6

The overall group from which a sample is drawn is called the _____.

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Question 7

Hermes is currently in the "emerging adulthood" stage of development. As such, he would most likely

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A)  be leading a very stable life.
B)  feel adultlike in all ways.
C)  be focused on others versus himself.
D)  believe in a life of limitless possibilities.

Question 8

A psychologist measures the IQs of 20 students who ingested a "smart pill" and 20 students who ingested a "sugar pill" in order to determine if the pill had an effect on intelligence. To ensure peak performance, she tests all of the students on Wednesdays. In this experiment, the independent variable is the

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A)  day of the week.
B)  pill type.
C)  IQ score.
D)  sex of the researcher.

Question 9

In the nineteenth century, scholars began to systematically record the growth and development of their own children. The published form of the observations were known as

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A)  quasi-experiments.
B)  time of measurement papers.
C)  meta-analyses.
D)  baby biographies.

Question 10

Which United States-born newborn would currently have the longest life expectancy?

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A)  Donny, who is a white male
B)  Marie, who is a white female
C)  Michael, who is an African-American male
D)  Janet, who is an African-American female

Question 11

A study is done examining whether rewarding children for good behavior increases the amount of time students spend studying. In this study, amount of time spent studying would be the _____ variable.

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A)  control
B)  dependent
C)  confounding
D)  independent

Question 12

Sol is investigating the effects of divorce on children's self-esteem. His initial sample consists of a group of 10 five-year-olds, which he plans to follow over a period of at least 15 years. When this group of children reaches age 15, Sol adds a second group of five-year-olds to his study, and plans to follow them for another 15 years. Sol's overall plan is best classified as a _____ research design.

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A)  correlational
B)  cross-sectional
C)  longitudinal
D)  sequential

Question 13

In his book Adolescence (1904) , G. Stanley Hall described the period between childhood and adulthood as a time of

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A)  senescence.
B)  plasticity.
C)  storm and stress.
D)  fun and exploration.

Question 14

In which type of study are the effects of age and the effects of time of measurement confounded with one another?

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A)  Correlational
B)  Cross-sectional
C)  Longitudinal
D)  Sequential

Question 15

According to the bioecological model, researchers need to

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A)  focus mainly on unconscious factors.
B)  conduct research in the laboratory and not in "real-life" settings.
C)  the first step is to separate out the contributions of nature and nurture.
D)  consider the relationship between the person, context, time, and the process through which a person interacts with his or her environment.

Question 16

The main limitation of physiological measures is that

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A)  responses to such measures are easy to fake.
B)  they cannot be used to assess emotional reactions.
C)  it is not always clear what is being assessed.
D)  they cannot be used to study infants.

Question 17

Which best exemplifies the concept of neuroplasticity?

Accepted Answer

A)  The ability to use your arm to draw after the arm was severely broken
B)  The development of thicker heart muscles in old age after beginning an aerobic exercise class
C)  The production of large amounts of testosterone during puberty
D)  The formation of new brain cell connections as the result of reading a book

Question 18

In the Friedrich and Stein study on the influence of television on aggression, the observed level of aggression the children displayed in the nursery school represented the ______ variable in the experiment.

Accepted Answer

A)  extraneous
B)  dependent
C)  independent
D)  confounding

Question 19

Tom finds a correlation of +.81 between number of years in school and salary of first job. This would mean that

Accepted Answer

A)  the more education one has, the lower his or her starting salary is likely to be.
B)  the more education one has, the higher his or her starting salary is likely to be.
C)  education level determines whether or not someone will get a job after graduation.
D)  increases in education level cause employers to offer higher salaries.

Question 20

Which distinct period of development was the first to be recognized?

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A)  Childhood
B)  Adolescence
C)  Middle age
D)  Old age

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