Review for DEP2004 Test One Chapters 1-6 comprehensive Questions and
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1. The period of development referred to as infancy refers to the time between _____ and _____. -
(ANSWER)birth, age 3
2. The interaction between _______________ and _______________ forces both contribute to how
development unfolds and their influences are intertwined. - (ANSWER)biological, environmental
3. A person experiences a traumatic event during childhood. A developmental psychologist would view
the traumatic event as an example of an _______________. - (ANSWER)social context
4. _______________ is clearly the result of primarily environmental forces acting on the person? -
(ANSWER)learning
5. About _______________ % of parents spank their children at least occasionally. - (ANSWER)90
6. Individuals from collectivist cultures tend to emphasize _______________; individuals from
individualist cultures tend to emphasize _______________. - (ANSWER)interdependence and
cooperation, competition and personal achievement
7. According to ______________________________ individuals within a species vary, and those with the
best adapted characteristics survive to reproduce, thereby passing their genes to future generations. -
(ANSWER)natural selection
8. Although no one has ever taught Kenna how to behave in church, when she goes there, she seems to
understand that it is a place to be quiet, to sit calmly, and to do what other people do. Kenna's church
behavior is best thought of as developing through _______________. - (ANSWER)context cues
9. Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages of development focus on predictable _______________ throughout
the lifespan. - (ANSWER)social interactions
10. Jimmy notices that the time is twelve o'clock noon. After looking at his watch, he begins to feel
hungry. His hunger response is best thought of as an example of _______________. - (ANSWER)classical
conditioning
, Review for DEP2004 Test One Chapters 1-6 comprehensive Questions and
Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
11. Sixteen-year-old Dave was an exchange student in Europe for a year. When he returned,
he had altered many of his ways of thinking about people, because his new experiences did not fit his
old concepts. _______________is the Piagetian process at work here. - (ANSWER)cognitive-
developmental theories (Piaget's theory of cognitive development)
12. A researcher collects data on a group of children age 4 and another group age 6. He then waits three
years, and collects similar data on these same groups of children, who now are age 7 and 9. His research
design is an example of a _______________ design: - (ANSWER)longitudinal
13. Suppose a researcher wishes to study the relationship between a high-protein diet and school
performance. She asks students to record their eating habits for a week and compares their protein
consumption to their grade point average in school. If she finds that students who eat more protein
generally get better grades, it would be appropriate to conclude that she has identified a
_______________. - (ANSWER)correlation
14. A researcher investigating the effect of peer tutoring on reading skills studies two groups of children
in remedial reading classes. One group receives peer tutoring three times a week for three months, the
other group does not. At the end of the three months, the two groups are tested in reading skills. In this
experiment the dependent variable is ______________________________. - (ANSWER)student's ability
to read
15. A researcher studies how the scores children receive on a spelling test are affected by the amount of
sugar they consumed for breakfast. She identifies a group of children and feeds half of them a high-sugar
breakfast and feeds the other half a low-sugar breakfast. She gives them the spelling test three hours
later. In this study, the independent variable is ______________________________. - (ANSWER)the diet
the children are provided with
16. Suppose you collect data about child abuse and find that mothers who have their first child before
age 18 are more likely to be abusive than mothers who are older. However, you also note that young
mothers are also more likely to be poor and have less access to prenatal care. Therefore, you cannot
draw conclusions about maternal age and child abuse. The reason you cannot draw this conclusion is
because your study involved a _______________. - (ANSWER)questionable cause. (Also known as a
casual fallacy, or a false cause. "Correlation does not imply causality."
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1. The period of development referred to as infancy refers to the time between _____ and _____. -
(ANSWER)birth, age 3
2. The interaction between _______________ and _______________ forces both contribute to how
development unfolds and their influences are intertwined. - (ANSWER)biological, environmental
3. A person experiences a traumatic event during childhood. A developmental psychologist would view
the traumatic event as an example of an _______________. - (ANSWER)social context
4. _______________ is clearly the result of primarily environmental forces acting on the person? -
(ANSWER)learning
5. About _______________ % of parents spank their children at least occasionally. - (ANSWER)90
6. Individuals from collectivist cultures tend to emphasize _______________; individuals from
individualist cultures tend to emphasize _______________. - (ANSWER)interdependence and
cooperation, competition and personal achievement
7. According to ______________________________ individuals within a species vary, and those with the
best adapted characteristics survive to reproduce, thereby passing their genes to future generations. -
(ANSWER)natural selection
8. Although no one has ever taught Kenna how to behave in church, when she goes there, she seems to
understand that it is a place to be quiet, to sit calmly, and to do what other people do. Kenna's church
behavior is best thought of as developing through _______________. - (ANSWER)context cues
9. Erik Erikson's psychosocial stages of development focus on predictable _______________ throughout
the lifespan. - (ANSWER)social interactions
10. Jimmy notices that the time is twelve o'clock noon. After looking at his watch, he begins to feel
hungry. His hunger response is best thought of as an example of _______________. - (ANSWER)classical
conditioning
, Review for DEP2004 Test One Chapters 1-6 comprehensive Questions and
Answers with 100% Correct Answers | Latest Version
11. Sixteen-year-old Dave was an exchange student in Europe for a year. When he returned,
he had altered many of his ways of thinking about people, because his new experiences did not fit his
old concepts. _______________is the Piagetian process at work here. - (ANSWER)cognitive-
developmental theories (Piaget's theory of cognitive development)
12. A researcher collects data on a group of children age 4 and another group age 6. He then waits three
years, and collects similar data on these same groups of children, who now are age 7 and 9. His research
design is an example of a _______________ design: - (ANSWER)longitudinal
13. Suppose a researcher wishes to study the relationship between a high-protein diet and school
performance. She asks students to record their eating habits for a week and compares their protein
consumption to their grade point average in school. If she finds that students who eat more protein
generally get better grades, it would be appropriate to conclude that she has identified a
_______________. - (ANSWER)correlation
14. A researcher investigating the effect of peer tutoring on reading skills studies two groups of children
in remedial reading classes. One group receives peer tutoring three times a week for three months, the
other group does not. At the end of the three months, the two groups are tested in reading skills. In this
experiment the dependent variable is ______________________________. - (ANSWER)student's ability
to read
15. A researcher studies how the scores children receive on a spelling test are affected by the amount of
sugar they consumed for breakfast. She identifies a group of children and feeds half of them a high-sugar
breakfast and feeds the other half a low-sugar breakfast. She gives them the spelling test three hours
later. In this study, the independent variable is ______________________________. - (ANSWER)the diet
the children are provided with
16. Suppose you collect data about child abuse and find that mothers who have their first child before
age 18 are more likely to be abusive than mothers who are older. However, you also note that young
mothers are also more likely to be poor and have less access to prenatal care. Therefore, you cannot
draw conclusions about maternal age and child abuse. The reason you cannot draw this conclusion is
because your study involved a _______________. - (ANSWER)questionable cause. (Also known as a
casual fallacy, or a false cause. "Correlation does not imply causality."
