SOP3015 Chapter 1-7 Exam 2025/2026 Questions and Answers.
1. A common method for selecting representative samples is to select them.-
: randomly from the larger population
2. Children who behave more aggressively are often less popular with their
peers. This exemplifies a correlation.: Negative
3. In order to summarize or organize a series of observations in some mean-
ingful way, psychologists may develop.: Theories
4. Basic ethical guidelines for psychological researchers include.: ensuring
risks outweigh
5. To be confident that a cause-and-effect relationship exists, it is necessary
to: perform a controlled experiment
6. Development refers to the continuities and changes in the individual that
happen between conception and death.: True
7. Through the process of socialization children learn the beliefs, values and
behavior that are considered positive and acceptable in the society in which
they are raised.: True
8. A developmental psychologist is studying the difference between aggres-
sive behavior in Caucasian boys between the ages on 3 and 6 and Hispanic
boys of the same age. What type of research is she conducting?: Cross-Cultural
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, study
9. At each stage of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, people
experience a(n) that serves as a turning point.: Conflict
10. According to Erikson the stage that occurs between birth and one year of
age (infancy) is concerned with: Trust vs. Mistrust
11. The position that personality is composed of learned patterns is held
by: behaviorists or behavioral personality theorists
12. Criticisms of Freud's developmental theory have centered: the over-empha-
sis on sexuality in personality development
13. Which is true of Vygotsky's "zone of proximal development"?: It is a place
where a child can master a new understanding with guidance and scaffolding from
adults.
14. Which of the following provides the best example of the microsystem,
as described in Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory?: Students interact directly
with their teacher.
15. A common criticism of all evolutionary theories is that they:: Both of these
16. Ethologists can agree with that is(are) important to
human social development.: Both of these
17. The macrosystem is the larger cultural or subcultural context in which
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1. A common method for selecting representative samples is to select them.-
: randomly from the larger population
2. Children who behave more aggressively are often less popular with their
peers. This exemplifies a correlation.: Negative
3. In order to summarize or organize a series of observations in some mean-
ingful way, psychologists may develop.: Theories
4. Basic ethical guidelines for psychological researchers include.: ensuring
risks outweigh
5. To be confident that a cause-and-effect relationship exists, it is necessary
to: perform a controlled experiment
6. Development refers to the continuities and changes in the individual that
happen between conception and death.: True
7. Through the process of socialization children learn the beliefs, values and
behavior that are considered positive and acceptable in the society in which
they are raised.: True
8. A developmental psychologist is studying the difference between aggres-
sive behavior in Caucasian boys between the ages on 3 and 6 and Hispanic
boys of the same age. What type of research is she conducting?: Cross-Cultural
1/5
, study
9. At each stage of Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, people
experience a(n) that serves as a turning point.: Conflict
10. According to Erikson the stage that occurs between birth and one year of
age (infancy) is concerned with: Trust vs. Mistrust
11. The position that personality is composed of learned patterns is held
by: behaviorists or behavioral personality theorists
12. Criticisms of Freud's developmental theory have centered: the over-empha-
sis on sexuality in personality development
13. Which is true of Vygotsky's "zone of proximal development"?: It is a place
where a child can master a new understanding with guidance and scaffolding from
adults.
14. Which of the following provides the best example of the microsystem,
as described in Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory?: Students interact directly
with their teacher.
15. A common criticism of all evolutionary theories is that they:: Both of these
16. Ethologists can agree with that is(are) important to
human social development.: Both of these
17. The macrosystem is the larger cultural or subcultural context in which
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