DEP2004 MIDTERM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Marcus has stopped being so demanding and waits his turn when
playing with his friends. He also appears to be more interested in
others instead of himself. He is probably in what developmental
period?
Answer: Early childhood
◉ Marcus is 14 months old and having great difficulty when left with
the babysitter. His separation anxiety is an example of interaction
between which two types of development?
Answer: Cognitive and social
◉ Which of the following is true about physical development?
Answer: It interacts with cognitive, personality, and social
development at all ages.
◉ The inborn traits or characteristics we inherit from biological
parents are our
Answer: Heredity
,◉ Which topic would NOT have been addressed by the original
developmental researchers?
Answer: Menopause
◉ Developmental researchers refer to typical events that happen at
an atypical time, or atypical events that happen at a typical time, as
__________ events.
Answer: Nonnormative
◉ Which scientific goal is reflected by stating that most children
take their first steps at about a year?
Answer: Describe
◉ Which scientific goal is reflected by suggesting that high school
students who score a 1000 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test
(S.A.T.) will be successful in college?
Answer: Predict
◉ An in-depth case study of a culture or subculture is an __________
study.
Answer: Ethnographic
◉ A plan for conducting a scientific investigation is a
Answer: Research design
, ◉ "If children learn aggression from models, then children who
watch violent television shows should be more aggressive than
children who watch nonviolent shows." This is an example of a
- Theory (NOT)
- Finding
- Hypothesis
- Conclusion
Answer: MAYBE
Hypothesis
◉ Christa, a rather demonstrative 7-year-old, hits her brother for
laughing at her and feels guilty about it afterward. According to
Freud, Christa's guilty feelings reflect the operation of the
Answer: Superego
◉ A researcher who wants to find out if a statistical relationship
exists between variables should use a(n)
Answer: Correlational
AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
◉ Marcus has stopped being so demanding and waits his turn when
playing with his friends. He also appears to be more interested in
others instead of himself. He is probably in what developmental
period?
Answer: Early childhood
◉ Marcus is 14 months old and having great difficulty when left with
the babysitter. His separation anxiety is an example of interaction
between which two types of development?
Answer: Cognitive and social
◉ Which of the following is true about physical development?
Answer: It interacts with cognitive, personality, and social
development at all ages.
◉ The inborn traits or characteristics we inherit from biological
parents are our
Answer: Heredity
,◉ Which topic would NOT have been addressed by the original
developmental researchers?
Answer: Menopause
◉ Developmental researchers refer to typical events that happen at
an atypical time, or atypical events that happen at a typical time, as
__________ events.
Answer: Nonnormative
◉ Which scientific goal is reflected by stating that most children
take their first steps at about a year?
Answer: Describe
◉ Which scientific goal is reflected by suggesting that high school
students who score a 1000 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test
(S.A.T.) will be successful in college?
Answer: Predict
◉ An in-depth case study of a culture or subculture is an __________
study.
Answer: Ethnographic
◉ A plan for conducting a scientific investigation is a
Answer: Research design
, ◉ "If children learn aggression from models, then children who
watch violent television shows should be more aggressive than
children who watch nonviolent shows." This is an example of a
- Theory (NOT)
- Finding
- Hypothesis
- Conclusion
Answer: MAYBE
Hypothesis
◉ Christa, a rather demonstrative 7-year-old, hits her brother for
laughing at her and feels guilty about it afterward. According to
Freud, Christa's guilty feelings reflect the operation of the
Answer: Superego
◉ A researcher who wants to find out if a statistical relationship
exists between variables should use a(n)
Answer: Correlational
