Question 1

What developed country is projected to have the steepest decline in population between now and 2050?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States 
B)  Germany 
C)  Japan 
D)  Canada 
A)  The United States 
B)  Germany 
C)  Japan 
D)  Canada

Question 2

What type of design follows the same group of people over time and collects data on two or more occasions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Survey method 
B)  Longitudinal method 
C)  Cross-sectional method 
D)  Correlational method 
A)  Survey method 
B)  Longitudinal method 
C)  Cross-sectional method 
D)  Correlational method

Question 3

Which of the following is an example of a positive correlation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Exercise and physical health 
B)  Immunisations and illnesses 
C)  Poor weather conditions and motor vehicle accidents 
D)  Gas prices and the rate of driving 
A)  Exercise and physical health 
B)  Immunisations and illnesses 
C)  Poor weather conditions and motor vehicle accidents 
D)  Gas prices and the rate of driving

Question 4

Which of the following best describes a life stage from the Jewish holy book, the Talmud?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ages 35-42: A stage of maturity of mind and morals, when his mind, ever open to virtue, broadens and never inspires him to profitless deeds. 
B)  Age 13: The age of moral responsibility, when a boy has his Bar Mitzvah signifying that he is responsible for keeping the religious commandments, rather than his parents being responsible for him. 
C)  Age 60: The religious ideal in this stage is for a man to withdraw from the world and literally live in the forest, devoting himself to prayer and religious study, living only on alms and cultivating patience and compassion. 
D)  Ages 42-56: The renunciant goes even farther than the forest dweller in rejecting worldly attachments. The purpose of life in this stage is simply to prepare for the end of this life and entry into the next. 
A)  Ages 35-42: A stage of maturity of mind and morals, when his mind, ever open to virtue, broadens and never inspires him to profitless deeds. 
B)  Age 13: The age of moral responsibility, when a boy has his Bar Mitzvah signifying that he is responsible for keeping the religious commandments, rather than his parents being responsible for him. 
C)  Age 60: The religious ideal in this stage is for a man to withdraw from the world and literally live in the forest, devoting himself to prayer and religious study, living only on alms and cultivating patience and compassion. 
D)  Ages 42-56: The renunciant goes even farther than the forest dweller in rejecting worldly attachments. The purpose of life in this stage is simply to prepare for the end of this life and entry into the next.

Question 5

How long did it take the human population to double from 500 million to 1 billion?

Accepted Answer

A)  150 years 
B)  300 years 
C)  450 years 
D)  600 years 
A)  150 years 
B)  300 years 
C)  450 years 
D)  600 years

Question 6

Today, what is the status of Freud's stages of psychosexual stages in explaining human development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Few people who study human development adhere to the theory. 
B)  It is the accepted theory of how people's personalities develop. 
C)  There are some arguments regarding the theory, but overall it has met the test of time. 
D)  The first three stages have been very explanatory, but the two last are not. 
A)  Few people who study human development adhere to the theory. 
B)  It is the accepted theory of how people's personalities develop. 
C)  There are some arguments regarding the theory, but overall it has met the test of time. 
D)  The first three stages have been very explanatory, but the two last are not.

Question 7

According to Freud, traumatic events during childhood that are buried in the unconscious mind are also known as ____ memories.

Accepted Answer

A)  repressed 
B)  expressed 
C)  conscious 
D)  conditioned 
A)  repressed 
B)  expressed 
C)  conscious 
D)  conditioned

Question 8

____ is a life stage in which most people are not as dependent on their parents as they were in childhood and adolescence but have not yet made commitments to the stable roles in love and work that structure adult life for most people.

Accepted Answer

A)  Emerging adulthood 
B)  Young adulthood 
C)  Middle adulthood 
D)  Late adulthood 
A)  Emerging adulthood 
B)  Young adulthood 
C)  Middle adulthood 
D)  Late adulthood

Question 9

Describe a research question an evolutionary psychologist might investigate.

Accepted Answer

Varies. An evolutionary psycho

Question 10

What is the main disadvantage of the ethnographic method?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a flawed method. 
B)  Most groups usually will not allow researchers to study them. 
C)  Researchers do not place any validity on the design. 
D)  It requires a great deal of time and sacrifice on the part of the researcher. 
A)  It is a flawed method. 
B)  Most groups usually will not allow researchers to study them. 
C)  Researchers do not place any validity on the design. 
D)  It requires a great deal of time and sacrifice on the part of the researcher.

Question 11

In the textbook, A Cultural Approach to Human Development, after the stage of adolescence there are ____ stages of adulthood.

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  5 
A)  2 
B)  3 
C)  4 
D)  5

Question 12

____ is the number of births per woman.

Accepted Answer

A)  Total fertility rate 
B)  Expressive births 
C)  Implicit calculation of replacement 
D)  The sum of replacement 
A)  Total fertility rate 
B)  Expressive births 
C)  Implicit calculation of replacement 
D)  The sum of replacement

Question 13

Which of the following best describes when findings from the sample make it possible to draw conclusions about the larger population than the sample is intended to represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Generalisability 
B)  Validity 
C)  Reliability 
D)  Standardisation 
A)  Generalisability 
B)  Validity 
C)  Reliability 
D)  Standardisation

Question 14

Describe two ways that Homo sapiens was different from earlier Homo species.

Accepted Answer

Homo sapiens have sm

Question 15

In an experiment, what group does NOT receive the treatment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Experimental group 
B)  Comparison group 
C)  Cohort group 
D)  Control group 
A)  Experimental group 
B)  Comparison group 
C)  Cohort group 
D)  Control group

Question 16

According to the text, for most of history the total human population was under ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  1 million 
B)  10 million 
C)  100 million 
D)  1 billion 
A)  1 million 
B)  10 million 
C)  100 million 
D)  1 billion

Question 17

Your professor assigns a presentation and requires that all sources come from peer-reviewed journals. What does peer-reviewed mean?

Accepted Answer

This means that the editor of

Question 18

If you are diabetic, you want a glucose monitor that accurately tests your blood sugar. It would be dangerous if it gave you an inaccurate reading. Using this criteria, a good glucose monitor would be one that has high

Accepted Answer

A)  validity. 
B)  reliability. 
C)  correlation. 
D)  generalisation. 
A)  validity. 
B)  reliability. 
C)  correlation. 
D)  generalisation.

Question 19

Which of the following best highlights phylogenetic development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jenny grows from 3 to 5 feet in the period of two years. 
B)  Manuel gets married after he finishes university and soon has two children. 
C)  Amalia is the top reader in her class. Last year, she struggled in this area. 
D)  Irene has red hair. Her entire family has red hair because of a genetic mutation that was passed down for centuries. 
A)  Jenny grows from 3 to 5 feet in the period of two years. 
B)  Manuel gets married after he finishes university and soon has two children. 
C)  Amalia is the top reader in her class. Last year, she struggled in this area. 
D)  Irene has red hair. Her entire family has red hair because of a genetic mutation that was passed down for centuries.

Question 20

____ is characterised by cities, written language, specialisation of work and differences among people with wealth and status.

Accepted Answer

A)  A civilisation 
B)  The ethnicity of a group 
C)  Nationality 
D)  A race of people 
A)  A civilisation 
B)  The ethnicity of a group 
C)  Nationality 
D)  A race of people

What developed country is projected to have the steepest decline in population between now and 2050?

What type of design follows the same group of people over time and collects data on two or more occasions?

Which of the following is an example of a positive correlation?

Which of the following best describes a life stage from the Jewish holy book, the Talmud?

How long did it take the human population to double from 500 million to 1 billion?

Today, what is the status of Freud's stages of psychosexual stages in explaining human development?

According to Freud, traumatic events during childhood that are buried in the unconscious mind are also known as ____ memories.

____ is a life stage in which most people are not as dependent on their parents as they were in childhood and adolescence but have not yet made commitments to the stable roles in love and work that structure adult life for most people.

Describe a research question an evolutionary psychologist might investigate.

What is the main disadvantage of the ethnographic method?

In the textbook, A Cultural Approach to Human Development, after the stage of adolescence there are ____ stages of adulthood.

____ is the number of births per woman.

Which of the following best describes when findings from the sample make it possible to draw conclusions about the larger population than the sample is intended to represent?

Describe two ways that Homo sapiens was different from earlier Homo species.

In an experiment, what group does NOT receive the treatment?

According to the text, for most of history the total human population was under ______.

Your professor assigns a presentation and requires that all sources come from peer-reviewed journals. What does peer-reviewed mean?

If you are diabetic, you want a glucose monitor that accurately tests your blood sugar. It would be dangerous if it gave you an inaccurate reading. Using this criteria, a good glucose monitor would be one that has high

Which of the following best highlights phylogenetic development?

____ is characterised by cities, written language, specialisation of work and differences among people with wealth and status.

Genetics and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Child

Infancy

Toddlerhood

Early Childhood

Middle Childhood

Adolescence

Emerging Adulthood

Young Adulthood

Middle Adulthood

Late Adulthood

Death and Afterlife Beliefs

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Exam 1: A Cultural Approach to Human Development

What developed country is projected to have the steepest decline in population between now and 2050?

What type of design follows the same group of people over time and collects data on two or more occasions?

Which of the following is an example of a positive correlation?

Which of the following best describes a life stage from the Jewish holy book, the Talmud?

How long did it take the human population to double from 500 million to 1 billion?

Today, what is the status of Freud's stages of psychosexual stages in explaining human development?

According to Freud, traumatic events during childhood that are buried in the unconscious mind are also known as ____ memories.

____ is a life stage in which most people are not as dependent on their parents as they were in childhood and adolescence but have not yet made commitments to the stable roles in love and work that structure adult life for most people.

Describe a research question an evolutionary psychologist might investigate.

What is the main disadvantage of the ethnographic method?

In the textbook, A Cultural Approach to Human Development, after the stage of adolescence there are ____ stages of adulthood.

____ is the number of births per woman.

Which of the following best describes when findings from the sample make it possible to draw conclusions about the larger population than the sample is intended to represent?

Describe two ways that Homo sapiens was different from earlier Homo species.

In an experiment, what group does NOT receive the treatment?

According to the text, for most of history the total human population was under ______.

Your professor assigns a presentation and requires that all sources come from peer-reviewed journals. What does peer-reviewed mean?

If you are diabetic, you want a glucose monitor that accurately tests your blood sugar. It would be dangerous if it gave you an inaccurate reading. Using this criteria, a good glucose monitor would be one that has high

Which of the following best highlights phylogenetic development?

____ is characterised by cities, written language, specialisation of work and differences among people with wealth and status.

Genetics and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Child

Infancy

Toddlerhood

Early Childhood

Middle Childhood

Adolescence

Emerging Adulthood

Young Adulthood

Middle Adulthood

Late Adulthood

Death and Afterlife Beliefs

Filters