Exam 1: Understanding Life-Span Human Development

Dr.Johnson focuses her research on how people adapt to economic,psychological,and physical changes in old age.Given this emphasis,Dr.Johnson appears to be a(n)

Which characteristic does NOT belong on a list of key aspects of physical development?

Which of the following correlation coefficients indicates the strongest relationship between two variables? 

In which type of research might participants be able to "game the system" through repeated application of data collection tools?

The question of how biological and environmental forces impact development is referred to as the _____ issue.

Albert,a developmental psychologist,conducts research on children's emotional reactions to studying math in school.Albert is concerned with children's _____ development.

The main limitation of the case study method is that

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

A theory is a specific prediction generated by a hypothesis.

A brain scan is most accurately categorized as a

Developmental psychologist Dr.Wiggles is interested in preschool children's helping behavior.He spends hours watching children at the campus preschool,taking great care not to interfere with the children or to influence their behavior in any way.What data collection technique is Dr.Wiggles using?

While considering a new study,Creed is concerned that the stimulus he is using might frighten the infants he is testing.This indicates that Creed is focusing on

Which best describes the relationship between maturation and genes?

Who is using a longitudinal research design?

Cohort effects concern the impact of being born in one particular historical context rather than another.

Nature is to nurture as

Montell had a theory that decreasing teens' use of social media would increase their level of anxiety.He conducted a correlational study that produced a correlation coefficient of +.73 between the two variables.Based on this study,Montell felt his theory was validated.What error did Montell make in attempting to prove his theory?

The fact that many adult males who lived through the Great Depression later had erratic careers and unstable marriages exemplifies

Development of the idea of adolescence occurred as

Zack was recently hired as the fourth project director for a study that for seven years has been tracking the cognitive development of a group of people who began first grade in 2005.What type of research is Zack overseeing?