Question 1

What are the components of SES?

Accepted Answer

Education

Question 2

What trend is occurring with the worldwide total fertility rate (TFR) over the past 10 years?

Accepted Answer

A)  The TFR is continuing to increase sharply. 
B)  The TFR is continuing to decrease sharply. 
C)  The TFR has continued to hold steady for the past 10 years. 
D)  The TFR is continuing to increase gradually. 
A)  The TFR is continuing to increase sharply. 
B)  The TFR is continuing to decrease sharply. 
C)  The TFR has continued to hold steady for the past 10 years. 
D)  The TFR is continuing to increase gradually.

Question 3

What principle describes an individual's ability to seek satisfaction within the constraints imposed by the superego?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pleasure principle 
B)  Reality principle 
C)  Balancing principle 
D)  Libido principle 
A)  Pleasure principle 
B)  Reality principle 
C)  Balancing principle 
D)  Libido principle

Question 4

The Jewish holy book, the Talmud, describes the lifespan as consisting of ___ segments.

Accepted Answer

A)  10 
B)  14 
C)  20 
D)  25 
A)  10 
B)  14 
C)  20 
D)  25

Question 5

According to the sacred law books of the Hindu religion, what is the purpose of life during the final stage (renunciant)?

Accepted Answer

A)  To withdraw from the world 
B)  To prepare for the end of life and entry into the next 
C)  To embrace the world and gain material possessions to pass to the next generation 
D)  To reach the highest level of spirituality 
A)  To withdraw from the world 
B)  To prepare for the end of life and entry into the next 
C)  To embrace the world and gain material possessions to pass to the next generation 
D)  To reach the highest level of spirituality

Question 6

Jean Piaget based his ideas about infants' cognitive development on his detailed observations of his own three children. This is an example of what research method?

Accepted Answer

A)  survey 
B)  interview 
C)  case study 
D)  experiment 
A)  survey 
B)  interview 
C)  case study 
D)  experiment

Question 7

What research term refers to the consistency of measurements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Validity 
B)  Reliability 
C)  Correlation 
D)  Generalisation 
A)  Validity 
B)  Reliability 
C)  Correlation 
D)  Generalisation

Question 8

Which of the following best describes a questionnaire with a closed-question format?

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 9

Which of the following best describes a questionnaire with an open-ended question format?

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 10

How much of the world is made up of developed countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  22% 
B)  43% 
C)  55% 
D)  83% 
A)  22% 
B)  43% 
C)  55% 
D)  83%

Question 11

Which of the following is when researchers are ethically required to take steps to ensure that all information provided by participants in human development research will not be shared with anyone outside the immediate research group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Informed consent prior to participation 
B)  Confidentiality 
C)  Deception and debriefing 
D)  Protection from physical and psychological harm 
A)  Informed consent prior to participation 
B)  Confidentiality 
C)  Deception and debriefing 
D)  Protection from physical and psychological harm

Question 12

According to Freud, what is the most important stage in his theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anal 
B)  Phallic 
C)  Latency 
D)  Genital 
A)  Anal 
B)  Phallic 
C)  Latency 
D)  Genital

Question 13

According to Erikson, what is the developmental challenge during late adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identity vs. identity confusion 
B)  Intimacy vs. isolation 
C)  Generativity vs. stagnation 
D)  Ego integrity vs. despair 
A)  Identity vs. identity confusion 
B)  Intimacy vs. isolation 
C)  Generativity vs. stagnation 
D)  Ego integrity vs. despair

Question 14

What is ethnographic research and are there any disadvantages?

Accepted Answer

Ethnographic research is often conducted

Question 15

Globalisation is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the number of births per woman 
B)  the ways people grow and change across the life span 
C)  the total pattern of a group's customs, beliefs, art and technology 
D)  the increasing connections between different parts of the world in trade, travel, migration and communication 
A)  the number of births per woman 
B)  the ways people grow and change across the life span 
C)  the total pattern of a group's customs, beliefs, art and technology 
D)  the increasing connections between different parts of the world in trade, travel, migration and communication

What are the components of SES?

What trend is occurring with the worldwide total fertility rate (TFR) over the past 10 years?

What principle describes an individual's ability to seek satisfaction within the constraints imposed by the superego?

The Jewish holy book, the Talmud, describes the lifespan as consisting of ___ segments.

According to the sacred law books of the Hindu religion, what is the purpose of life during the final stage (renunciant)?

Jean Piaget based his ideas about infants' cognitive development on his detailed observations of his own three children. This is an example of what research method?

What research term refers to the consistency of measurements?

Which of the following best describes a questionnaire with a closed-question format?

Which of the following best describes a questionnaire with an open-ended question format?

How much of the world is made up of developed countries?

Which of the following is when researchers are ethically required to take steps to ensure that all information provided by participants in human development research will not be shared with anyone outside the immediate research group?

According to Freud, what is the most important stage in his theory?

According to Erikson, what is the developmental challenge during late adulthood?

What is ethnographic research and are there any disadvantages?

Globalisation is ____.

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 are the components of SES?

What trend is occurring with the worldwide total fertility rate (TFR) over the past 10 years?

What principle describes an individual's ability to seek satisfaction within the constraints imposed by the superego?

The Jewish holy book, the Talmud, describes the lifespan as consisting of ___ segments.

According to the sacred law books of the Hindu religion, what is the purpose of life during the final stage (renunciant)?

Jean Piaget based his ideas about infants' cognitive development on his detailed observations of his own three children. This is an example of what research method?

What research term refers to the consistency of measurements?

Which of the following best describes a questionnaire with a closed-question format?

Which of the following best describes a questionnaire with an open-ended question format?

How much of the world is made up of developed countries?

Which of the following is when researchers are ethically required to take steps to ensure that all information provided by participants in human development research will not be shared with anyone outside the immediate research group?

According to Freud, what is the most important stage in his theory?

According to Erikson, what is the developmental challenge during late adulthood?

What is ethnographic research and are there any disadvantages?

Globalisation is ____.

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