DEP2002- Broward College
Developmental Psychology: Revel
Textbook Chapter 1 Vocab Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
ethnographic research - ✔✔research method that involves spending extensive time
among the people being studied
procedure - ✔✔the way a study is conducted and the data are collected.
culture - ✔✔the total pattern of a group's customs, beliefs, art, and technology,
transmitted through language.
cognitive-developmental approach - ✔✔focus on how cognitive abilities change with
age in stage sequence of development, pioneered by Piaget and since taken up by other
researchers.
sample - ✔✔subset of a population for which data are collected in a scientific study.
theory - ✔✔framework that presents a set of interconnected ideas in an original way
and inspires further research.
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, longitudinal research - ✔✔research design in which the same persons are followed over
time and data are collected on two or more occasions.
cohort effect - ✔✔in scientific research, an explanation of group differences among
people of different ages based on the fact that they grew up in different cohorts or
historical periods.
microculture - ✔✔within a country, groups whose members share characteristics such
as ethnicity, religion, or language.
majority culture - ✔✔within a country, the cultural group that sets most of the norms
and standards and holds most of the positions of political, economic, intellectual, and
media power.
hunter-gatherer - ✔✔social and economic system in which economic life is based on
hunting (mostly by males) and gathering edible plants (mostly by females).
hypothesis - ✔✔in the scientific process, a researcher's idea about one possible answer
to the question proposed for investigation.
developing countries - ✔✔countries that have lower levels of income and education
than developed countries but are experiencing rapid economic growth.
state - ✔✔centralized political system that is an essential feature of a civilization.
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Developmental Psychology: Revel
Textbook Chapter 1 Vocab Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
ethnographic research - ✔✔research method that involves spending extensive time
among the people being studied
procedure - ✔✔the way a study is conducted and the data are collected.
culture - ✔✔the total pattern of a group's customs, beliefs, art, and technology,
transmitted through language.
cognitive-developmental approach - ✔✔focus on how cognitive abilities change with
age in stage sequence of development, pioneered by Piaget and since taken up by other
researchers.
sample - ✔✔subset of a population for which data are collected in a scientific study.
theory - ✔✔framework that presents a set of interconnected ideas in an original way
and inspires further research.
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, longitudinal research - ✔✔research design in which the same persons are followed over
time and data are collected on two or more occasions.
cohort effect - ✔✔in scientific research, an explanation of group differences among
people of different ages based on the fact that they grew up in different cohorts or
historical periods.
microculture - ✔✔within a country, groups whose members share characteristics such
as ethnicity, religion, or language.
majority culture - ✔✔within a country, the cultural group that sets most of the norms
and standards and holds most of the positions of political, economic, intellectual, and
media power.
hunter-gatherer - ✔✔social and economic system in which economic life is based on
hunting (mostly by males) and gathering edible plants (mostly by females).
hypothesis - ✔✔in the scientific process, a researcher's idea about one possible answer
to the question proposed for investigation.
developing countries - ✔✔countries that have lower levels of income and education
than developed countries but are experiencing rapid economic growth.
state - ✔✔centralized political system that is an essential feature of a civilization.
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