Question 1

Freud developed the first method of psychotherapy, which he called ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychoanalysis 
B)  psychosocial moratorium 
C)  behavioural therapy 
D)  humanistic psychology 
A)  psychoanalysis 
B)  psychosocial moratorium 
C)  behavioural therapy 
D)  humanistic psychology

Question 2

Evolutionary biologists believe that the larger brains of early Homo babies meant that babies were born less mature than they were for earlier hominids, resulting in ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  a greater likelihood of death at birth 
B)  a longer time before the rest of the body could support the head in infancy 
C)  a longer period of dependency of infants on their parents 
D)  a great likelihood that its head would get stuck in the pelvic opening 
A)  a greater likelihood of death at birth 
B)  a longer time before the rest of the body could support the head in infancy 
C)  a longer period of dependency of infants on their parents 
D)  a great likelihood that its head would get stuck in the pelvic opening

Question 3

What per cent of individuals in developed countries receive tertiary education or other post-secondary training?

Accepted Answer

A)  30% 
B)  50% 
C)  70% 
D)  90% 
A)  30% 
B)  50% 
C)  70% 
D)  90%

Question 4

What per cent of the current world's population lives in the most affluent countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  18% 
B)  34% 
C)  51% 
D)  68% 
A)  18% 
B)  34% 
C)  51% 
D)  68%

Question 5

Describe one similarity and one difference in the way that the conception of the life course is outlined in the Dharmashastras, the view of the ancient Greek philosopher, Solon and the Talmud.

Accepted Answer

They are similar in that all have a time

Question 6

According to Erik Erikson, a toddler who is 3 years old and develops a sense of self distinct from others is in which of the following psychosocial stages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Trust vs. mistrust 
B)  Autonomy vs. shame and doubt 
C)  Initiative vs. guilt 
D)  Industry vs. inferiority 
A)  Trust vs. mistrust 
B)  Autonomy vs. shame and doubt 
C)  Initiative vs. guilt 
D)  Industry vs. inferiority

Question 7

How much larger are the brains of Homo sapiens than the brains of the early Homo species that immediately preceded us?

Accepted Answer

A)  100 cc 
B)  300 cc 
C)  500 cc 
D)  700 cc 
A)  100 cc 
B)  300 cc 
C)  500 cc 
D)  700 cc

Question 8

At what point does the total fertility rate (TFR) become the replacement rate?

Accepted Answer

A)  1.4 
B)  2.1 
C)  2.8 
D)  3.2 
A)  1.4 
B)  2.1 
C)  2.8 
D)  3.2

Question 9

Although women are capable of giving birth to at least eight children in the course of their reproductive lives, how many children do most women have today?

Accepted Answer

A)  0 to 3 
B)  4 
C)  5 
D)  6 or more 
A)  0 to 3 
B)  4 
C)  5 
D)  6 or more

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of a scientific hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  'Space exploration benefits our world and Australia needs to increase funding it's space program. 
B)  'Marital satisfaction tends to improve when the youngest child is grown and leaves the home because parents now have more time and energy for the marital relationship.' 
C)  'HIV causes AIDS, and AIDS is a disease and will never be cured.' 
D)  'If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it; does it make a sound?' 
A)  'Space exploration benefits our world and Australia needs to increase funding it's space program. 
B)  'Marital satisfaction tends to improve when the youngest child is grown and leaves the home because parents now have more time and energy for the marital relationship.' 
C)  'HIV causes AIDS, and AIDS is a disease and will never be cured.' 
D)  'If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to hear it; does it make a sound?'

Question 11

What is the most important consideration in human development research in terms of ethical standards? That the participants will ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  gain knowledge about themselves 
B)  have fun participating 
C)  not be harmed 
D)  learn something from the study 
A)  gain knowledge about themselves 
B)  have fun participating 
C)  not be harmed 
D)  learn something from the study

Question 12

Which of the following experienced global temperatures that resemble the temperatures of today?

Accepted Answer

A)  Neolithic period 
B)  Upper Palaeolithic period 
C)  Early Civilisation period 
D)  Monolithic period 
A)  Neolithic period 
B)  Upper Palaeolithic period 
C)  Early Civilisation period 
D)  Monolithic period

Question 13

According to Freud, what balances the demands of the id and the superego?

Accepted Answer

A)  Id 
B)  Ego 
C)  Superego 
D)  Libido 
A)  Id 
B)  Ego 
C)  Superego 
D)  Libido

Question 14

Which of the following best describes ethnographic research?

Accepted Answer

A)  Observing people and recording their behaviour either through filming or through written records 
B)  Participants are allowed to state their own responses following the question 
C)  Researchers spend a considerable amount of time among the people they wish to study, often by actually living among them 
D)  Participants are provided with specific responses to choose from 
A)  Observing people and recording their behaviour either through filming or through written records 
B)  Participants are allowed to state their own responses following the question 
C)  Researchers spend a considerable amount of time among the people they wish to study, often by actually living among them 
D)  Participants are provided with specific responses to choose from

Question 15

According to the text, a framework that represents a set of interconnected ideas in an original way and inspires further research is the definition of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  a research study 
B)  a hypothesis 
C)  a theory 
D)  the scientific method 
A)  a research study 
B)  a hypothesis 
C)  a theory 
D)  the scientific method

Question 16

Your professor hands you a sealed bag of potato chips and asks you to open the bag and take out two scoops of chips. The scoops of chips are analogous to

Accepted Answer

A)  a sample. 
B)  a population. 
C)  a hypothesis. 
D)  a generalisable scoop. 
A)  a sample. 
B)  a population. 
C)  a hypothesis. 
D)  a generalisable scoop.

Question 17

What is Bronfenbrenner's term for the immediate environment, the settings where people experience their daily lives?

Accepted Answer

A)  Microsystem 
B)  Mesosystem 
C)  Exosystem 
D)  Macrosystem 
A)  Microsystem 
B)  Mesosystem 
C)  Exosystem 
D)  Macrosystem

Question 18

Which of the following best describes natural selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individuals are striving to find consistency between their ideal self, their real self and their fear self. 
B)  Humans are born as blank slates and they are conditioned unknowingly and without free will by their environment. 
C)  Humans are in a constant struggle to control their unconscious urges for physical gratification and aggressive impulses. 
D)  Species change little by little with each generation, and over a long period of time they can develop into new species. 
A)  Individuals are striving to find consistency between their ideal self, their real self and their fear self. 
B)  Humans are born as blank slates and they are conditioned unknowingly and without free will by their environment. 
C)  Humans are in a constant struggle to control their unconscious urges for physical gratification and aggressive impulses. 
D)  Species change little by little with each generation, and over a long period of time they can develop into new species.

Question 19

Developed countries roughly make up ____ of the world's population, whereas, developing countries make up ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  18%, 82% 
B)  27%, 73% 
C)  37%, 63% 
D)  47%, 57% 
A)  18%, 82% 
B)  27%, 73% 
C)  37%, 63% 
D)  47%, 57%

Question 20

One important difference among the three ancient conceptions of human development - the Dharmashastras, the Talmud and the philosopher Solon - is that they have very different ways of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  dividing the lifespan into segments or stages 
B)  defining the afterlife 
C)  developing a sense of the lifespan based on their religious thoughts 
D)  expressing their theories regarding development 
A)  dividing the lifespan into segments or stages 
B)  defining the afterlife 
C)  developing a sense of the lifespan based on their religious thoughts 
D)  expressing their theories regarding development

Freud developed the first method of psychotherapy, which he called ______.

Evolutionary biologists believe that the larger brains of early Homo babies meant that babies were born less mature than they were for earlier hominids, resulting in ____.

What per cent of individuals in developed countries receive tertiary education or other post-secondary training?

What per cent of the current world's population lives in the most affluent countries?

Describe one similarity and one difference in the way that the conception of the life course is outlined in the Dharmashastras, the view of the ancient Greek philosopher, Solon and the Talmud.

According to Erik Erikson, a toddler who is 3 years old and develops a sense of self distinct from others is in which of the following psychosocial stages?

How much larger are the brains of Homo sapiens than the brains of the early Homo species that immediately preceded us?

At what point does the total fertility rate (TFR) become the replacement rate?

Although women are capable of giving birth to at least eight children in the course of their reproductive lives, how many children do most women have today?

Which of the following is an example of a scientific hypothesis?

What is the most important consideration in human development research in terms of ethical standards? That the participants will ____.

Which of the following experienced global temperatures that resemble the temperatures of today?

According to Freud, what balances the demands of the id and the superego?

Which of the following best describes ethnographic research?

According to the text, a framework that represents a set of interconnected ideas in an original way and inspires further research is the definition of ____.

Your professor hands you a sealed bag of potato chips and asks you to open the bag and take out two scoops of chips. The scoops of chips are analogous to

What is Bronfenbrenner's term for the immediate environment, the settings where people experience their daily lives?

Which of the following best describes natural selection?

Developed countries roughly make up of the world's population, whereas, developing countries make up .

One important difference among the three ancient conceptions of human development - the Dharmashastras, the Talmud and the philosopher Solon - is that they have very different ways of ____.

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

Freud developed the first method of psychotherapy, which he called ______.

Evolutionary biologists believe that the larger brains of early Homo babies meant that babies were born less mature than they were for earlier hominids, resulting in ____.

What per cent of individuals in developed countries receive tertiary education or other post-secondary training?

What per cent of the current world's population lives in the most affluent countries?

Describe one similarity and one difference in the way that the conception of the life course is outlined in the Dharmashastras, the view of the ancient Greek philosopher, Solon and the Talmud.

According to Erik Erikson, a toddler who is 3 years old and develops a sense of self distinct from others is in which of the following psychosocial stages?

How much larger are the brains of Homo sapiens than the brains of the early Homo species that immediately preceded us?

At what point does the total fertility rate (TFR) become the replacement rate?

Although women are capable of giving birth to at least eight children in the course of their reproductive lives, how many children do most women have today?

Which of the following is an example of a scientific hypothesis?

What is the most important consideration in human development research in terms of ethical standards? That the participants will ____.

Which of the following experienced global temperatures that resemble the temperatures of today?

According to Freud, what balances the demands of the id and the superego?

Which of the following best describes ethnographic research?

According to the text, a framework that represents a set of interconnected ideas in an original way and inspires further research is the definition of ____.

Your professor hands you a sealed bag of potato chips and asks you to open the bag and take out two scoops of chips. The scoops of chips are analogous to

What is Bronfenbrenner's term for the immediate environment, the settings where people experience their daily lives?

Which of the following best describes natural selection?

Developed countries roughly make up ____ of the world's population, whereas, developing countries make up ____.

One important difference among the three ancient conceptions of human development - the Dharmashastras, the Talmud and the philosopher Solon - is that they have very different ways of ____.

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

Developed countries roughly make up of the world's population, whereas, developing countries make up .