Exam 1: Understanding Life-Span Human Development

Currently, development is characterized as multidirectional, multiple influenced, and characterized by lifelong plasticity. What does this mean?

Mara finds that the correlation between variables A and B is +.43, while the correlation between variables A and C is -.78. These results indicate that

Which is the best example of the macrosystem of a child?

Which type of study always involves an in-depth examination of one specific individual or a very small number of individuals?

Professor Plumb is interested in the impact of fruit consumption on memory. He identifies a group of college students to serve as research participants. Then he randomly assigns them to one of three conditions. In condition 1, the students eat no fruit for a week. In condition 2, students eat one pound of fruit each day for one week. Those students assigned to condition 5 eat five pounds of fruit each day for one week. At the end of the week, Professor Plumb measures the students' memory recall for a list of 20 words. Given this description, Professor Plumb appears to be using a(n) _____ research technique.

In a sequential design, time of measurement is confounded with cohort effects.

Which statement concerning the pre-seventeenth century conception of childhood is most accurate?

The main limitation of the case study methods is that

_____ aspects of development follow the "gain-stability-loss" model.

Which is best described as a linkage between two microsystems?

A researcher is interested in what children of different ages understand about their parents' jobs. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of verbal-report, naturalistic observations, and structured observations in conducting a study on this issue.

Dr. Johnson exclusively researches how people adapt to economic, psychological, and physical changes in old age. Given this emphasis, Dr. Johnson appears to be

A specific prediction about what will hold true if we observe a phenomenon is called a

John Tatum

_____ developed the bioecological model that stresses how biology and environment interact to produce development.

The term emerging adulthood refers to individuals from about age

Which best describes the basic premise of the cross-sectional research design?

The average life expectancy for a newborn in the United States is _____ years.

The title of Dr. Doublemint's latest bestseller is Why Identical Twins Differ from Each Other! Given this title, it is safe to assume that Dr. Doublemint's primary interest is in the _____ goal of psychology.

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 dependent variable is the