Between now and 2050, the increase in the population of the united states will be nearly entirely caused by what?
Immigration
S. is a young girl who lives in a rural area of a developing country. Her family adheres strongly to the historical traditions of their culture. S lives in a(n) __________ culture.
Traditional
A. and W. are brothers and work together, A, owns a cleaning business, and his brother W, helps when the jobs are too big for A. to do alone. Thes ebrothers most likely live in a(n) ____________ culture
Collectivistic
Dr. Wu is conducting research and plans to measure the socioeconomic status (SES) of his participants, His measure of SES will most likely include which of the following?
Income level, education level, and occupational status
Phoebe is very proud of her ability to speak Japanese, her parents' natie language , and she has taught herself a number of traditional Japanese dances and songs. Phoebe is proud of her __________
Ethnicity
Unlike earlier hominids, Homo Sapiens had __________
Smaller teeth and jaws
Which of the following statements best describes the effects of natural selection?
Species change little by little with each generation, and over a long period of time they can develop into new species
The dramatic change in the development of the human species that took place during the Upper Paleolithic perid was that, for the first time, _________
Art appeared
Dr. Jenks is interested in how mate selection is shaped by our evolutionary history. She most likely considers herself a(n) ____________
Evolutionary psychologist
Which of the following is TRUE?
The development of larger brains allowed our species to be capable of altering our environment
According to Freud ________________
Everything important in development happened before adulthood
One critique of Freud's theory's is that __________
Freud never studied children
Bram does not evern want to get married. The idea of a lifetime commitment makes him anxious and uncomfortable, and any time a girlfriend brings up the subject of marriage, he breaks up with her According to Erikson, Bram will not successfully resolve the
Generativity versus Stagnation
Belinda's parents are divorced, but they work together t be sure that they can have open lines of communication with their daughter's teacher and attend as many school functions as possible. The strong interconnection between Belinda's parents and the var
Mesosystem
Which statement concerning the developmental period known as emerging adulthood is most accurate according to Arnett?
It is a life stage in which most people have not yet made commitments to the stable roles of love and work that structure adult life for most people.
Dr. Kim decided to conduct interviews with middle school children rather than administering questionnaires because she wanted to hear from them in their own words. Her use of interviews is an example of ___________
The research method
Even though Dr. Hernandez is not administering drugs, but merely asking adolescents questions about various drugs, she still needs to submit her proposal to the the _____________ to prevent potential ethical violations
Institutional Review Board
Hypothesis refer to
forming a possible answer to a research question
When Dr. McIntyre conducted her research with elementary and middle schools students, rather than having a space for a name, students were asked to come up with a password and write it on the top of their questionnaire packet. This was done to ensure ____
Confidentiality
Shaleen is a student in an introductory Psychology class and is participating in a study at her university. Which of the following is likely to happen first?
Her demographic data will be analyzed
For his post-doctorate research, Yani plans to study human development among indigenous cultures in the mountains of Peru. he plans to move to Peru to integrate with his study subjects, make social connections with them, and observe their daily lief up cl
Ethnographic research
Which of the following is TRUE reguarding reserach methods?
the main drawback of the experimental method is that the findings may not generalize in real-life settings
Bernice is planning to conduct a cross-sectional study for her dissertation, Which of the following is a limitation that she and her advisor discuss before she begins to collect her data?
Differences may be due to cohort differences
You are interested in studying the potential changes in intelligence over the lifespan. You have selected 250 people who are currently two years old and you plan to assess them every five years for 40 years. What type of study are you planning on conducti
Longitudinal
What type of correlation describes the situation in which the more hours spent sitting or in sedentary activity on the job, the higher the person's body mass index (BMI)?
a positive correlation
The United States _________
is one of the few developed countries that will experience an increase in population , due largely to immigration
If a researcher wanted to measure the socioeconomic status of her adult participants, she would need to ask them about which of the following?
Educational level
Unlike early hominids, Homo sapiens had
Smaller jaws
Which of the following occured during the Neolithic period?a
The domestication of animals developed
Which of the following best represents the impact of evolution of human development?
Culture shape the raw material of biology into widely different paths throughout the life span.
The Dharmashastras, the sacred law books of the Hindu religion describe
Four
The three traditional conceptions of life differ
In the way that they divide the life span
According to Freud, _____________ is the driving force behind human development.
Sexual desire
Although Shanamae makes a good salary in sales, she is questioning whether her work in the retail industry is making a meaningful contribution to society. She is thinking of going back to school to train to be a nurse, so that she can give back to society
Generativity vs Stagnation
The United States belief in the value of individual freedom, as demonstrated in its capitalist economic system and its governmental system of representative democracy, reflects which system of Bronfenbenner's theory?
Microsystem
Where does the developmental life stage of emerging adulthood usually appear?
In developed countries
____________ generates hypotheses that can be tested in research
A theory
In the famous case of Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman's cancer cells were removed from her cervix without her knowledge by a surgeon right before her death in 1951. Researchers wanted to study these cells to learn about the genes that case canc
Informed consent
Which of the following statements is true reguarding research methods?
The ethnographic method allows the researcher to learn how people behave in their daily lives.
Which of the following is a problem with cross- sectional research?
It yields correlation, which may be difficult to interpret.