Question 1

____ is the number of births per woman.

Accepted Answer

A)  Total fertility rate 
B)  Expressive births 
C)  Implicit calculation of replacement 
D)  The sum of replacement 
A)  Total fertility rate 
B)  Expressive births 
C)  Implicit calculation of replacement 
D)  The sum of replacement

Question 2

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the cross-sequential design?

Accepted Answer

A)  participants often drop out of the study over time 
B)  traveling is required 
C)  participants become too old to study 
D)  the results are only correlational 
A)  participants often drop out of the study over time 
B)  traveling is required 
C)  participants become too old to study 
D)  the results are only correlational

Question 3

Professor Smith is conducting a research study on discrimination; however,he is afraid that if he tells subjects the true nature of his research,they might provide a socially desirable response and skew his results.To minimize socially desired responses and skewed results,Professor Smith may use ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  deception 
B)  informed consent 
C)  an intuitional review board 
D)  a debriefing 
A)  deception 
B)  informed consent 
C)  an intuitional review board 
D)  a debriefing

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  "Space exploration benefits our world and the United States needs to increase funding for NASA." 
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 the United States needs to increase funding for NASA." 
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 5

What is the main disadvantage of the ethnographic method?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a flawed method. 
B)  Most groups usually will not allow researchers to study them. 
C)  Researchers do not place any validity on the design. 
D)  It requires a great deal of time and sacrifice on the part of the researcher. 
A)  It is a flawed method. 
B)  Most groups usually will not allow researchers to study them. 
C)  Researchers do not place any validity on the design. 
D)  It requires a great deal of time and sacrifice on the part of the researcher.

Question 6

What portion of the United States' population will increase from 16 to 30 percent by 2050?

Accepted Answer

A)  African American 
B)  Anglo American 
C)  Asian American 
D)  Latino 
A)  African American 
B)  Anglo American 
C)  Asian American 
D)  Latino

Question 7

Your roommate is a smoker.He really would like to quit and has been reading about Freudian theory.He thinks that he is fixated at the oral stage and that he should make an appointment with a clinician who specializes in psychosexual therapy.What would you tell him?

Accepted Answer

A)  Few professionals adhere to Freud's theory, even psychoanalysts, so he should try something else. 
B)  He should probably try it. Freud would say that he was orally fixated. 
C)  It sounds to you like he is actually anally fixated. 
D)  It will take time, but psychoanalysis should probably work for him. 
A)  Few professionals adhere to Freud's theory, even psychoanalysts, so he should try something else. 
B)  He should probably try it. Freud would say that he was orally fixated. 
C)  It sounds to you like he is actually anally fixated. 
D)  It will take time, but psychoanalysis should probably work for him.

Question 8

Behaviorists are called learning theorists because _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  one has to learn a lot in order to practice in this field 
B)  learning is not instinctual 
C)  all behavior is learned step by step and can be shaped by the responses of others 
D)  learning automatically occurs 
A)  one has to learn a lot in order to practice in this field 
B)  learning is not instinctual 
C)  all behavior is learned step by step and can be shaped by the responses of others 
D)  learning automatically occurs

Question 9

The first step in the scientific method is to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  collect data to test the hypothesis 
B)  identify a question of scientific interest 
C)  form a hypothesis 
D)  choose a research method and a research design 
A)  collect data to test the hypothesis 
B)  identify a question of scientific interest 
C)  form a hypothesis 
D)  choose a research method and a research design

Question 10

Weisner's (1996)ecocultural theory is similar to Bronfenbrenner's framework as it asserts _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ecological niche features exist on different levels 
B)  children are only affected by their parents 
C)  biological influences are most important to development 
D)  systems in the environment do not interact to affect development 
A)  ecological niche features exist on different levels 
B)  children are only affected by their parents 
C)  biological influences are most important to development 
D)  systems in the environment do not interact to affect development

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  psychosexual therapy 
B)  psychodynamic theory 
C)  dream analysis 
D)  psychoanalysis 
A)  psychosexual therapy 
B)  psychodynamic theory 
C)  dream analysis 
D)  psychoanalysis

Question 12

The way people grow and change from conception through emerging adulthood is referred to as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  child development 
B)  child evolution 
C)  change 
D)  growth 
A)  child development 
B)  child evolution 
C)  change 
D)  growth

Question 13

Daquon,who is 4 years old,at times notices that his penis becomes erect and is fascinated by this "strange" phenomenon.According to Freud,Daquon is in the ____ stage of psychosexual development.

Accepted Answer

A)  oral 
B)  anal 
C)  phallic 
D)  fixation 
A)  oral 
B)  anal 
C)  phallic 
D)  fixation

Question 14

Also referred to as a person's social class,his or her ____ includes their level of education,income,and occupational status.

Accepted Answer

A)  socioeconomic status 
B)  ethnicity 
C)  culture 
D)  sociohistorical index 
A)  socioeconomic status 
B)  ethnicity 
C)  culture 
D)  sociohistorical index

Question 15

Which of the following is the best example of continuous development?

Accepted Answer

A)  James goes from crawling to walking overnight. 
B)  Jose says his first word on his first birthday. 
C)  Jenny learns how to play the piano by first learning notes, and then playing them in a sequence. 
D)  Jalisa takes a class and learns how to knit at the end of the hour. 
A)  James goes from crawling to walking overnight. 
B)  Jose says his first word on his first birthday. 
C)  Jenny learns how to play the piano by first learning notes, and then playing them in a sequence. 
D)  Jalisa takes a class and learns how to knit at the end of the hour.

Question 16

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 17

Qualitative data is ____,whereas quantitative data is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  informed consent; debriefing 
B)  reliable; valid 
C)  non-numerical; numerical 
D)  internally measured; externally measured 
A)  informed consent; debriefing 
B)  reliable; valid 
C)  non-numerical; numerical 
D)  internally measured; externally measured

Question 18

What type of correlation occurs when both variables increase in the same direction together?

Accepted Answer

A)  positive correlation 
B)  negative correlation 
C)  inverse correlation 
D)  multiple correlation 
A)  positive correlation 
B)  negative correlation 
C)  inverse correlation 
D)  multiple correlation

Question 19

Professor Parks is conducting a research study where he is asking individuals to rate their satisfaction with their first year of college.His questionnaire is based upon a scale where students respond to questions by choosing one of the following descriptors: "5.very satisfied; 4.somewhat satisfied; 3.not very satisfied; 2.not at all satisfied." Professor Parks is gathering ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  valid data 
B)  quantitative data 
C)  qualitative data 
D)  reliable data 
A)  valid data 
B)  quantitative data 
C)  qualitative data 
D)  reliable data

Question 20

To study adolescents' attitudes toward contraceptive use,a researcher recruits subjects from a waiting room of a community clinic that offers free contraceptive services to all.This researcher has a sample that is ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  not representative of all adolescents 
B)  similar to the general population of adolescents 
C)  representative of adolescents in America, but not other developed nations 
D)  representative of female adolescents and not males 
A)  not representative of all adolescents 
B)  similar to the general population of adolescents 
C)  representative of adolescents in America, but not other developed nations 
D)  representative of female adolescents and not males

____ is the number of births per woman.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the cross-sequential design?

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

What is the main disadvantage of the ethnographic method?

What portion of the United States' population will increase from 16 to 30 percent by 2050?

Your roommate is a smoker.He really would like to quit and has been reading about Freudian theory.He thinks that he is fixated at the oral stage and that he should make an appointment with a clinician who specializes in psychosexual therapy.What would you tell him?

Behaviorists are called learning theorists because _____.

The first step in the scientific method is to _____.

Weisner's (1996)ecocultural theory is similar to Bronfenbrenner's framework as it asserts _____.

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

The way people grow and change from conception through emerging adulthood is referred to as ____.

Daquon,who is 4 years old,at times notices that his penis becomes erect and is fascinated by this "strange" phenomenon.According to Freud,Daquon is in the ____ stage of psychosexual development.

Also referred to as a person's social class,his or her ____ includes their level of education,income,and occupational status.

Which of the following is the best example of continuous development?

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?

Qualitative data is ,whereas quantitative data is .

What type of correlation occurs when both variables increase in the same direction together?

To study adolescents' attitudes toward contraceptive use,a researcher recruits subjects from a waiting room of a community clinic that offers free contraceptive services to all.This researcher has a sample that is ____.

Genetics and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Child

Infancy

Toddlerhood

Early Childhood

Adolescence

Middle Childhood

Emerging Adulthood

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Exam 1: A Cultural Approach to Child Development

____ is the number of births per woman.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of the cross-sequential design?

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

What is the main disadvantage of the ethnographic method?

What portion of the United States' population will increase from 16 to 30 percent by 2050?

Your roommate is a smoker.He really would like to quit and has been reading about Freudian theory.He thinks that he is fixated at the oral stage and that he should make an appointment with a clinician who specializes in psychosexual therapy.What would you tell him?

Behaviorists are called learning theorists because _____.

The first step in the scientific method is to _____.

Weisner's (1996)ecocultural theory is similar to Bronfenbrenner's framework as it asserts _____.

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

The way people grow and change from conception through emerging adulthood is referred to as ____.

Daquon,who is 4 years old,at times notices that his penis becomes erect and is fascinated by this "strange" phenomenon.According to Freud,Daquon is in the ____ stage of psychosexual development.

Also referred to as a person's social class,his or her ____ includes their level of education,income,and occupational status.

Which of the following is the best example of continuous development?

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?

Qualitative data is ____,whereas quantitative data is ____.

What type of correlation occurs when both variables increase in the same direction together?

To study adolescents' attitudes toward contraceptive use,a researcher recruits subjects from a waiting room of a community clinic that offers free contraceptive services to all.This researcher has a sample that is ____.

Genetics and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Child

Infancy

Toddlerhood

Early Childhood

Adolescence

Middle Childhood

Emerging Adulthood

Filters

Qualitative data is ,whereas quantitative data is .