HDFS EXAM 1 CH. 1-4 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
____ cultures emphasize independence and self-expression, whereas ____ cultures emphasize
obedience and group harmony. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Individualistic; collective
Who sets most of the norms and standards and holds most of the positions of political,
economic, intellectual, and media power in most countries? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
majority culture
What will happen to the populations of developed countries during the next few decades and
beyond? They will _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- decrease
Which of the following most contributed to the large increase in world population that
occurred around the 1800s to 1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- More people lived due to
the discovery of vaccinations and medical treatments for deadly diseases.
Erikson believed that each stage had a distinctive developmental challenge, which he referred
to as a - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- crisis
What is an example of a qualitative research design? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- interview
Which of the following best describes informed consent within scientific research? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Subjects are told what the purposes of the study are, what
participation in the study involves, what risks (if any) are involved in participating, and what
the person can expect to receive in return for participation.
What happens when a person who had difficulty with the developmental challenge in one
stage enters the next stage? He or she is ______. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- at high risk for
being unsuccessful at the next stage as well
What type of design collects data on a sample of people on a single occasion? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- cross-sectional method
, Unlike Freud, Erikson proposed that human development continues ____ and is not solely
determined by the years of childhood. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- throughout lifespan
Which of the following are components of the microsystem from Bronfenbrenner's ecological
theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers
What is Bronfenbrenner's term for the broad system of cultural beliefs and values and the
economic and governmental systems that are built on those beliefs and values? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- macrosystem
____ occurs at the beginning of the research study, whereas the ____ occurs at the end. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Informed consent; debriefing
The scientific method involves five basic steps: ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- identify a
question to be investigated; form a hypothesis; choose a research method and a research
design; collect data to test the hypothesis; and draw conclusions that lead to new questions
and hypotheses
Whose theory is not a stage theory of human development, but rather a theory that focuses on
the multiple influences that shape human development in the social environment? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bronfenbrenner
According to Freud, when did everything important to development occur? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- before adulthood
What embryonic structure will become the brain and spinal cord? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- neural tube
Which period of prenatal development is considered the critical period and also a time in
which teratogens can have a profound effect that endure into adulthood? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- embryonic period
Which of the following is an example of an incomplete dominant inheritance? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- sickle-cell anemia
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
____ cultures emphasize independence and self-expression, whereas ____ cultures emphasize
obedience and group harmony. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Individualistic; collective
Who sets most of the norms and standards and holds most of the positions of political,
economic, intellectual, and media power in most countries? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
majority culture
What will happen to the populations of developed countries during the next few decades and
beyond? They will _____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- decrease
Which of the following most contributed to the large increase in world population that
occurred around the 1800s to 1900s? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- More people lived due to
the discovery of vaccinations and medical treatments for deadly diseases.
Erikson believed that each stage had a distinctive developmental challenge, which he referred
to as a - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- crisis
What is an example of a qualitative research design? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- interview
Which of the following best describes informed consent within scientific research? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Subjects are told what the purposes of the study are, what
participation in the study involves, what risks (if any) are involved in participating, and what
the person can expect to receive in return for participation.
What happens when a person who had difficulty with the developmental challenge in one
stage enters the next stage? He or she is ______. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- at high risk for
being unsuccessful at the next stage as well
What type of design collects data on a sample of people on a single occasion? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- cross-sectional method
, Unlike Freud, Erikson proposed that human development continues ____ and is not solely
determined by the years of childhood. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- throughout lifespan
Which of the following are components of the microsystem from Bronfenbrenner's ecological
theory? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- parents, siblings, peers and friends, and teachers
What is Bronfenbrenner's term for the broad system of cultural beliefs and values and the
economic and governmental systems that are built on those beliefs and values? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- macrosystem
____ occurs at the beginning of the research study, whereas the ____ occurs at the end. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Informed consent; debriefing
The scientific method involves five basic steps: ____. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- identify a
question to be investigated; form a hypothesis; choose a research method and a research
design; collect data to test the hypothesis; and draw conclusions that lead to new questions
and hypotheses
Whose theory is not a stage theory of human development, but rather a theory that focuses on
the multiple influences that shape human development in the social environment? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Bronfenbrenner
According to Freud, when did everything important to development occur? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- before adulthood
What embryonic structure will become the brain and spinal cord? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- neural tube
Which period of prenatal development is considered the critical period and also a time in
which teratogens can have a profound effect that endure into adulthood? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- embryonic period
Which of the following is an example of an incomplete dominant inheritance? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- sickle-cell anemia
