Exam 1: Ways of Thinking About Children

The graph shown depicts which of the following?

Samuel, who is 12, lives with both of his parents, who work in local fast food restaurants. Their neighbors are mostly unemployed or work in low level non-union jobs in the automobile industry. His parents did not graduate from high school and don't know much about college or how to apply to college. Which of the following does Samuel  likely experience at this time?

What happens to the positive effects of compensatory preschool for at risk children after children the leave the program?

When two things, orks and lopas, are positively correlated,

Selena has loved sports from the time she was born. Her parents recognized this love and signed her up for soccer, little league baseball, gymnastics, and other sports. Which type of gene-environment interaction is being described?

A researcher wants to find out whether increased time on task causes increased achievement. Which research design should she use?

When scientists say that siblings share 50% of their genes, the scientists are referring to

A researcher wishes to investigate how students of different ages view their parents, so he has students in grades 6, 9, and 12 fill out questionnaires. This type of research is

Why do Japanese schools prefer large classes?

By the time a well-designed longitudinal study has been going for 10 years and has something relevant to tell us about adolescence, the findings may not be relevant to today's youth because of

Consider the story of Olly Neal, who stole books from the school library as a youth and later became a judge. As presented in the textbook, his story focused on

Which of the following is most clearly a component of a child's nurture?

Which U.S. ethnic group tends to have the highest achievement?

The plot shown below represents a correlation of

According to a table in the text, which of the following has a negative effect size?

Regarding starting school, an environmentalist is likely to believe that

In their studies of heritability, whom do behavioral geneticists tend to study?

A researcher wants to know whether successful principles tend to be extroverted. Which research design does this imply?

A counselor observed a strong tendency for students who drink a lot of alcohol to have lower test scores. This correlation would best be represented by which of the following correlation coefficients?

Joe's parents were professional athletes, so he inherited genes relevant to sports, and he has been exposed to sports and training for sports from birth. Which type of gene-environment interaction is being described?