Lifespan - Web quiz Chapter 1 Test Bank
A culture that values social harmony over individual achievement is called:
A) collectivist.
B) individualistic.
C) developed.
D) developing. - ANS A
\A person's ìfifty-fiftyî chance at birth of living to a given age is called:
A) medium lifespan.
B) average life expectancy.
C) the twentieth-century life expectancy revolution.
D) maximum lifespan. - ANS B
\A potential bias of the longitudinal Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development
Study, conducted in 1972ñ1973, lies with:
A) infants.
B) researchers.
C) parents.
D) teachers. - ANS C
\According to traditional behaviorists, activities that are _____ or rewarded will be
learned.
A) improved
B) increased
C) reinforced
D) ignored - ANS C
\According to traditional behaviorists, all voluntary actions are determined by:
A) operant conditioning.
B) classical conditioning.
C) social learning theory.
D) attachment theory. - ANS A
\Behaviorists emphasize the crucial role of _____ on behavior.
A) environmental influences
B) genetic influences
C) cognitive processes
D) normative and non-normative influences - ANS A
\Built-in temperamental tendencies may cause people to act in specific ways. The term
for this nature/nurture interaction is:
A) evocative forces.
B) unidirectional forces.
C) latent forces.
D) heritability. - ANS A
\Cassie is conducting a study of the relationship between depression and anxiety. Cassie
is performing _____ research.
, A) experimental
B) correlational
C) causal
D) unidirectional - ANS B
\Cognitive behaviorists/social learning theorists place primary emphasis on:
A) learning through observation.
B) attachment theory.
C) genetics.
D) the use of operant conditioning. - ANS A
\Developmentalists seek to understand all of the following EXCEPT:
A) the universal and predictable ways in which a person develops.
B) individual differences in human development.
C) the impact of life transitions.
D) the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. - ANS D
\Dr. Beech uses many different approaches to understand behavior and is interested in
the ways in which these influences interact. Dr. Beech is adopting the _____ approach.
A) nature vs. nurture
B) developmental systems
C) humanistic
D) behavioral genetics - ANS B
\Dr. Immaculata tests groups of people and uses numerical scales and statistics. She is
conducting:
A) interview research.
B) naturalistic observation.
C) qualitative research.
D) quantitative research. - ANS D
\Dr. Lee is interested in determining the degree to which genetics influence intelligence,
so she compares the intelligence test scores of identical and fraternal twins. Dr. Lee's
field of study is:
A) behavioral genetics.
B) evolutionary psychology.
C) attachment theory.
D) developmentalism. - ANS A
\Dr. Styler studies universal human tendencies that are shared by all people. He
speculates that these are biological predispositions that helped promote human survival.
Dr. Styler MOST likely is a(n):
A) traditional behaviorist.
B) cognitive behaviorist.
C) behavioral genetics researcher.
D) evolutionary psychologist. - ANS D
\Dr. Williams was interested in studying anxiety levels and physical healthy and activity
among 12-, 25-, 35-, and 45-year-old individuals. Dr. Williams provided the participants
with a measure of anxiety and then had them participate in certain physical activities.
This would be an example of a _____ study.
A culture that values social harmony over individual achievement is called:
A) collectivist.
B) individualistic.
C) developed.
D) developing. - ANS A
\A person's ìfifty-fiftyî chance at birth of living to a given age is called:
A) medium lifespan.
B) average life expectancy.
C) the twentieth-century life expectancy revolution.
D) maximum lifespan. - ANS B
\A potential bias of the longitudinal Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development
Study, conducted in 1972ñ1973, lies with:
A) infants.
B) researchers.
C) parents.
D) teachers. - ANS C
\According to traditional behaviorists, activities that are _____ or rewarded will be
learned.
A) improved
B) increased
C) reinforced
D) ignored - ANS C
\According to traditional behaviorists, all voluntary actions are determined by:
A) operant conditioning.
B) classical conditioning.
C) social learning theory.
D) attachment theory. - ANS A
\Behaviorists emphasize the crucial role of _____ on behavior.
A) environmental influences
B) genetic influences
C) cognitive processes
D) normative and non-normative influences - ANS A
\Built-in temperamental tendencies may cause people to act in specific ways. The term
for this nature/nurture interaction is:
A) evocative forces.
B) unidirectional forces.
C) latent forces.
D) heritability. - ANS A
\Cassie is conducting a study of the relationship between depression and anxiety. Cassie
is performing _____ research.
, A) experimental
B) correlational
C) causal
D) unidirectional - ANS B
\Cognitive behaviorists/social learning theorists place primary emphasis on:
A) learning through observation.
B) attachment theory.
C) genetics.
D) the use of operant conditioning. - ANS A
\Developmentalists seek to understand all of the following EXCEPT:
A) the universal and predictable ways in which a person develops.
B) individual differences in human development.
C) the impact of life transitions.
D) the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness. - ANS D
\Dr. Beech uses many different approaches to understand behavior and is interested in
the ways in which these influences interact. Dr. Beech is adopting the _____ approach.
A) nature vs. nurture
B) developmental systems
C) humanistic
D) behavioral genetics - ANS B
\Dr. Immaculata tests groups of people and uses numerical scales and statistics. She is
conducting:
A) interview research.
B) naturalistic observation.
C) qualitative research.
D) quantitative research. - ANS D
\Dr. Lee is interested in determining the degree to which genetics influence intelligence,
so she compares the intelligence test scores of identical and fraternal twins. Dr. Lee's
field of study is:
A) behavioral genetics.
B) evolutionary psychology.
C) attachment theory.
D) developmentalism. - ANS A
\Dr. Styler studies universal human tendencies that are shared by all people. He
speculates that these are biological predispositions that helped promote human survival.
Dr. Styler MOST likely is a(n):
A) traditional behaviorist.
B) cognitive behaviorist.
C) behavioral genetics researcher.
D) evolutionary psychologist. - ANS D
\Dr. Williams was interested in studying anxiety levels and physical healthy and activity
among 12-, 25-, 35-, and 45-year-old individuals. Dr. Williams provided the participants
with a measure of anxiety and then had them participate in certain physical activities.
This would be an example of a _____ study.
