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Question 1

1. The way people grow and change across the lifespan is referred to as ____.

   		development
   		evolution
   		change
   		growth

1 points

Question 2

1. What is the total pattern of a group’s customs, beliefs, art, and technology?

   		clan
   		society
   		culture
   		beliefs

1 points

Question 3

1. Which of the following most contributed to the large increase in world population that occurred around the 1800s to 1900s?

   		Families increased the average number of children per household from one to three children.
   		Less women were dying in childbirth because they waited longer to have children.
   		The domestication of animals provided a larger food supply.
   		More people lived due to the discovery of vaccinations and medical treatments for deadly diseases.

1 points

Question 4

1. Nearly all of the population growth in the decades to come will take place in ____.

   		developed countries
   		developing countries
   		emerging countries
   		South America

1 points

Question 5

1. Statistically speaking, a child born today will most likely be from ______.

   		a developing country
   		a developed country
   		an economically wealthy country
   		a high socioeconomic status culture

1 points

Question 6

1. ____ cultures emphasize independence and self-expression, whereas ____ cultures emphasize obedience and group harmony.

   		Individualistic; collectivistic
   		Collectivistic; individualistic
   		Developed; developing
   		Developing; developed

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Question 7

1. What term is used to refer to people in the rural areas of developing countries, who tend to adhere more closely to the historical aspects of their culture than do people in urban areas?

   		agrarian cultures
   		conventional cultures
   		traditional cultures
   		rural cultures

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Question 8

1. Also referred to as a person’s social class, his or her __________ includes level of education, income, and occupational status.

   		socioeconomic status
   		ethnicity
   		culture
   		sociohistorical index

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Question 9

1. Which of the following best describes natural selection?

   		Individuals are striving to find consistency between their ideal self, their real self, and their fear self.
   		Humans are born as blank slates and they are conditioned unknowingly and without free will by their environment.
   		Humans are in a constant struggle to control their unconscious urges for physical gratification and aggressive impulses.
   		Species change little by little with each generation, and over a long period of time they can develop into new species.

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Question 10

1. Evolutionary biologists believe that the larger brains of early Homo babies meant that babies were born less mature than they were for earlier hominids, resulting in ____.

   		a greater likelihood of death at birth
   		a longer time before the rest of the body could support the head in infancy
   		a longer period of dependency of infants on their parents
   		a great likelihood that its head would get stuck in the pelvic opening

1 points

Question 11

1. What did Freud believe was the force that drove human development?

   		biology
   		culture
   		sexual desire
   		family life

1 points

Question 12

1. Today, what is the status of Freud’s stages of psychosexual stages in explaining human development?

   		Few people who study human development adhere to the theory.
   		It is the accepted theory of how people’s personalities develop.
   		There are some arguments regarding the theory, but overall it has met the test of time.
   		The first three stages have been very explanatory, but the two last are not.

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Question 13

1. What was one of the ways that Erikson’s theory differed from Freud’s theory? Erikson believed that _____.

   		sexuality was even more important than Freud did
   		personality was set at birth, while Freud thought that it was completed by age 6
   		development continued throughout the lifespan, and Freud believed that only the early years were important
   		biological factors were more important in terms of development, and Freud believed that culture was more important

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Question 14

1. Urie Bronfenbrenner’s __________ theory focuses on __________ that shape human development in the social environment.

   		environmental; biological
   		psychodynamic; genetic inputs
   		evolutionary; instinctive drives
   		ecological; multiple influences

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Question 15

1. Human development can be viewed from a stage perspective, or as a gradual, __________ process.

   		continuous
   		disjointed
   		sloping
   		inverted

1 points

Question 16

1. A researcher is interested in whether toddlers who are taught to solve a puzzle can remember the strategy two weeks later. What would be the population of interest?

   		all toddlers
   		the toddlers in the study
   		all children
   		only toddlers who are in preschool

1 points

Question 17

1. Which of the following research questions would be best examined by a questionnaire?

   		What is the rate of alcohol use of high school students?
   		What are the cognitive abilities of a 3-year-old?
   		How does damage to the brain affect one’s cognitive and behavioral abilities?
   		How do antidepressant drugs minimize depressive symptoms?

1 points

Question 18

1. A basic statistical principle of scientific research is that correlation _____.

   		indicates causation
   		does not imply causation
   		implies causation if it is significantly positive
   		implies causation if it is significantly negative

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Question 19

1. Dr. Mitchell is conducting a research study on temperament. As a basis of this study, he plans to follow 1,000 subjects from the age of 5 to the age of 35. At periodic times he will revisit subjects and their temperament. Dr. Mitchell’s research study is planned to last for 30 years. Which of the following best describes the type of research Dr. Mitchell is conducting?

   		ethnographic research
   		quasi-experimental research
   		longitudinal research
   		cross-sectional research

1 points

Question 20

1. One disadvantage of the case study method is that the results are __________.

   		not valid
   		difficult to generalize
   		usually exaggerated by the participant
   		too difficult to analyze

Answer 1

Ans Q 1 The way people grow and change across the lifespan is referred to as development.

Ans Q 2 Culture is the total pattern of a group’s customs, beliefs, art, and technology

Ans Q 4 Nearly all of the population growth in the decades to come will take place in developing  countries

Ans Q 5 Statistically speaking, a child born today will most likely be from a developing country

Ans Q 8 Also referred to as a person’s social class, his or her  socio economic status includes level of education, income, and occupational status.

Ans Q 9 Natural Selection is defined as Species change little by little with each generation, and over a long period of time they can develop into new species.

Ans Q 11 Freud believed that sexual desire was the force that drove human development.

Ans Q 13 Erikson believed that development continued throughout the lifespan, and Freud believe that the only the early years were important.

development continued throughout the lifespan, and Freud believed that only the early years were important

  

development continued throughout the lifespan, and Freud believed that only the early years were important