HDFS (Colorado State University) Exam 1
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Developed countries - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - more affluence
- 18% of world population
- population stabilizing
Developing countries - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - less wealth
- 82% of world population
- population growing
USA variation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - total fertility rate is (1.9) low, but higher than
most developed countries.
- USA allows more illegal immigration than most developed countries
Induvidualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- most developed
Collectivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mostly developing
Bidirectional effects - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- two-way developmental influences
between family members
Transactional model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cumulative effects of ongoing two-way
influences between children and parents
Interdependence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the dependance of two or more people or
things on each other
Circular Causality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mutual interactions of causes and
consequences
,Interdependent polarization to maintain balance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Strong - Weak,
Strict - Permissive, Seeker - Sought
Bronfrenbrenner's Bioecological Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- microsystem,
mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem
Freud's Psychosexual Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- stages focused on areas of
sensation and fixation (sex and aggression drive human development)
ID - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- basis is pleasure principle
Superego - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- basis of conscience
Ego - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- basis of reality
What age is personality complete by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 6
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- social and cultural environment
Scientific method: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Identify research question
- Hypothesis
- Choose research method
- Collect data
- Draw conclusions
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- consistency of measurement
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- truthfulness of the measure; does it measure what it
claims to measure?
, Research Design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - longitudinal
- cross sectional
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mathematical calculation to determine relationships
between behaviors and/or traits
Correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mathematical number between +1.00
and -1.00
Experiments - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- help to establish cause and effect
Independent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- group
Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- post-test
Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Random assignment to experimental or control
group
Natural experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- use naturally occurring groups
Ethical guidelines include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - protection from physical and
psychological harm
- informed consent prior to participation
- confidentiality
- deception and debriefing
Chromosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 23 pairs (46 total)
DNA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- double spiral (helix)
Genes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Segments of DNA within chromosomes
UPDATED Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Developed countries - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - more affluence
- 18% of world population
- population stabilizing
Developing countries - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - less wealth
- 82% of world population
- population growing
USA variation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - total fertility rate is (1.9) low, but higher than
most developed countries.
- USA allows more illegal immigration than most developed countries
Induvidualism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- most developed
Collectivism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mostly developing
Bidirectional effects - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- two-way developmental influences
between family members
Transactional model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- cumulative effects of ongoing two-way
influences between children and parents
Interdependence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the dependance of two or more people or
things on each other
Circular Causality - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mutual interactions of causes and
consequences
,Interdependent polarization to maintain balance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Strong - Weak,
Strict - Permissive, Seeker - Sought
Bronfrenbrenner's Bioecological Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- microsystem,
mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem
Freud's Psychosexual Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- stages focused on areas of
sensation and fixation (sex and aggression drive human development)
ID - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- basis is pleasure principle
Superego - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- basis of conscience
Ego - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- basis of reality
What age is personality complete by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 6
Erikson's Psychosocial Theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- social and cultural environment
Scientific method: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Identify research question
- Hypothesis
- Choose research method
- Collect data
- Draw conclusions
Reliability - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- consistency of measurement
Validity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- truthfulness of the measure; does it measure what it
claims to measure?
, Research Design - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - longitudinal
- cross sectional
Correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mathematical calculation to determine relationships
between behaviors and/or traits
Correlation coefficient - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- mathematical number between +1.00
and -1.00
Experiments - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- help to establish cause and effect
Independent Variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- group
Dependent variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- post-test
Experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Random assignment to experimental or control
group
Natural experiment - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- use naturally occurring groups
Ethical guidelines include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - protection from physical and
psychological harm
- informed consent prior to participation
- confidentiality
- deception and debriefing
Chromosomes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 23 pairs (46 total)
DNA - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- double spiral (helix)
Genes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Segments of DNA within chromosomes
