DEP 2004 MIDTERM EXAM COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\Q\.Some religious groups have taught children consistent traditions for weddings
and funerals.
Teaching these ways to the next generation is an example of - ANSWER-✔Culture
\Q\.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
\Q\.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
\Q\.Which of the following is true about physical development? - ANSWER-✔It
interacts with cognitive, personality, and social development at all ages.
\Q\.The inborn traits or characteristics we inherit from biological parents are our -
ANSWER✔Heredity
\Q\.Which topic would NOT have been addressed by the original developmental
researchers? - ANSWER-✔Menopause
,\Q\
\Q\.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
\Q\.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
\Q\.An in-depth case study of a culture or subculture is an __________ study. -
ANSWER✔Ethnographic
\Q\.A plan for conducting a scientific investigation is a - ANSWER-✔Research
design
\Q\."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
, \Q\
- Conclusion - ANSWER-✔MAYBE
Hypothesis
\Q\.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
\Q\.Organismic theorists emphasize __________ change, while mechanistic
theorists emphasize __________ change. - ANSWER-✔Qualitative; quantitative
\Q\.Piaget's term for the process of taking information and incorporating it into
existing ways of thinking is - ANSWER-✔Assimilitation
\Q\.Although parts of his theory have been heavily criticized, Freud's contribution
to the field of human growth included all of the following EXCEPT
- the importance of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and motivations.
- the role of childhood experiences. (NOT)
- the ambivalence of emotional responses.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\Q\.Some religious groups have taught children consistent traditions for weddings
and funerals.
Teaching these ways to the next generation is an example of - ANSWER-✔Culture
\Q\.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
\Q\.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
\Q\.Which of the following is true about physical development? - ANSWER-✔It
interacts with cognitive, personality, and social development at all ages.
\Q\.The inborn traits or characteristics we inherit from biological parents are our -
ANSWER✔Heredity
\Q\.Which topic would NOT have been addressed by the original developmental
researchers? - ANSWER-✔Menopause
,\Q\
\Q\.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
\Q\.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
\Q\.An in-depth case study of a culture or subculture is an __________ study. -
ANSWER✔Ethnographic
\Q\.A plan for conducting a scientific investigation is a - ANSWER-✔Research
design
\Q\."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
, \Q\
- Conclusion - ANSWER-✔MAYBE
Hypothesis
\Q\.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
\Q\.Organismic theorists emphasize __________ change, while mechanistic
theorists emphasize __________ change. - ANSWER-✔Qualitative; quantitative
\Q\.Piaget's term for the process of taking information and incorporating it into
existing ways of thinking is - ANSWER-✔Assimilitation
\Q\.Although parts of his theory have been heavily criticized, Freud's contribution
to the field of human growth included all of the following EXCEPT
- the importance of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and motivations.
- the role of childhood experiences. (NOT)
- the ambivalence of emotional responses.
