UKY FAM 357 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
Above the mean represents? Correct Answers 50%
Below the mean represents ? Correct Answers 50%
Describe *Bronfenbrenner's* Ecological Model of Human
Development Correct Answers
Describe Achievement Correct Answers - educational and
occupational goals and decisions
Describe anthropological theories Correct Answers it compares
individuals from one society with those from another
Describe Autonomy Correct Answers - independence
- separating emotionally from parents, self-governance
- the drive to establish yourself
Describe critical multiplism Correct Answers collecting data
from multiple angles/using methods
- the more methods we use, the more accurate we can be in
making a prediction
Describe cross sectional study design Correct Answers - when
you collect data form a group of people
Describe descriptive statistics (frequency, mean) Correct
Answers we use it all the time
,- it describes the distribution of scores in a class --> the mean
Describe Ethics Correct Answers the rules that govern how
people go about research in order to protect human rights
Describe historical theories Correct Answers - they have a
relative stance, and compare adolescents from different times,
using time and history to make comparisons such as identifying
social, political, and economical factors that shape adolescents
- "it depends" on how an adolescent grows up
Describe Identity Correct Answers role experimentation,
affects our self-esteem and self-concept, "who are you"
Describe inferential statistics (positive correlation, negative
correlation, no correlation, regression analysis) Correct
Answers expressed as small *r* ranging from *-1, 0, 1*
Describe Intimacy Correct Answers - ability to form
meaningful relationships
- refers to *relational* intimacy
- you have to invest in order to maintain an intimate relationship
Describe learning Correct Answers the process by which
experiences bring about relatively permanent changes in
behavior
Describe longitudinal study design Correct Answers collects
two or more points of date from the same group
, Describe maturation Correct Answers the biological unfolding
of the plan that's contained in you DNA including physical and
emotional changes
- ex: individuals are not able to drive a car before the age of 14-
16 because there is a certain level of maturation that has to take
place in order for learning how to drive to take place
- it's the hereditary material that is passed from parent to
children at conception
Describe Mediation Correct Answers how do hormones affect
sexual behavior ?
- the effect of hormones is direct but is also indirect through peer
interactions
hormones --> peers --> sexual behavior
Describe Moderation Correct Answers biological sex
conditions moderate the relationship between aggression and
delinquency
- sex conditions the relationship
- that means that the relationship between aggression and
deliquincey is different for males vs. females
Describe psychosocial problems Correct Answers - drugs
- alcohol
- delinquency
- depression
SOLUTIONS
Above the mean represents? Correct Answers 50%
Below the mean represents ? Correct Answers 50%
Describe *Bronfenbrenner's* Ecological Model of Human
Development Correct Answers
Describe Achievement Correct Answers - educational and
occupational goals and decisions
Describe anthropological theories Correct Answers it compares
individuals from one society with those from another
Describe Autonomy Correct Answers - independence
- separating emotionally from parents, self-governance
- the drive to establish yourself
Describe critical multiplism Correct Answers collecting data
from multiple angles/using methods
- the more methods we use, the more accurate we can be in
making a prediction
Describe cross sectional study design Correct Answers - when
you collect data form a group of people
Describe descriptive statistics (frequency, mean) Correct
Answers we use it all the time
,- it describes the distribution of scores in a class --> the mean
Describe Ethics Correct Answers the rules that govern how
people go about research in order to protect human rights
Describe historical theories Correct Answers - they have a
relative stance, and compare adolescents from different times,
using time and history to make comparisons such as identifying
social, political, and economical factors that shape adolescents
- "it depends" on how an adolescent grows up
Describe Identity Correct Answers role experimentation,
affects our self-esteem and self-concept, "who are you"
Describe inferential statistics (positive correlation, negative
correlation, no correlation, regression analysis) Correct
Answers expressed as small *r* ranging from *-1, 0, 1*
Describe Intimacy Correct Answers - ability to form
meaningful relationships
- refers to *relational* intimacy
- you have to invest in order to maintain an intimate relationship
Describe learning Correct Answers the process by which
experiences bring about relatively permanent changes in
behavior
Describe longitudinal study design Correct Answers collects
two or more points of date from the same group
, Describe maturation Correct Answers the biological unfolding
of the plan that's contained in you DNA including physical and
emotional changes
- ex: individuals are not able to drive a car before the age of 14-
16 because there is a certain level of maturation that has to take
place in order for learning how to drive to take place
- it's the hereditary material that is passed from parent to
children at conception
Describe Mediation Correct Answers how do hormones affect
sexual behavior ?
- the effect of hormones is direct but is also indirect through peer
interactions
hormones --> peers --> sexual behavior
Describe Moderation Correct Answers biological sex
conditions moderate the relationship between aggression and
delinquency
- sex conditions the relationship
- that means that the relationship between aggression and
deliquincey is different for males vs. females
Describe psychosocial problems Correct Answers - drugs
- alcohol
- delinquency
- depression
