Quiz #1

Freud viewed the personality as complete by age ______ and that parental interactions during the first three stages of psychosexual development determined motives for adult behaviors

6

Nearly 80% of the world's population exists on approximately _____ of annual family income.

6,000

Chang is collecting data on the number of hours people sleep. Over a period of two weeks, he gathers information about the number of daily hours of sleep of 125 people at each of the following ages- 15, 25, 35, 45, 55, 65, and 75 years and searches for any apparent differences. Which type of developmental research design is Chang using?

Cross-sectional

Adoption is a good example of a ______ frequently used in child development research.

Natural experimentation

as one variable increases, the other variable decreases. This represents a ______ correlation.

Negative

Which of the following components is included in the definition of ethnic identity?

Religion

Developmental researchers wishing to explore the differences between 12-year-old Tomas, a native of the Czech Republic, and 12-year-old Joaquin, a native of Argentina, will likely approach their work focusing on a ______ level.

Sociocultural

Marcia and Peter attend a predominately Caucasian, religiously affiliated private school. The race and religious influences in their educational setting contribute important _________ for Marcia and Peter's development.

Contexts

The correct order of Freud's psychosexual stages are _______.

Oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital

The most commonly used measurement tool in social science research is the _______.

Questionnaire

Beginning in the early 20th century to current thought, what aspect in the lives of adolescents has accounted for the change in defining the age at which adolescence ends?

The increase in growth of secondary school attendance

The primary changes in human development occurring during the upper Paleolithic period included _________.

The invention of the first boats, which allowed humans to reach and populate Australia

The field of child development experienced a burst of publications focused on psychological development between the years of ________ and _________.

1890;1910

The number of births per woman, or total fertility rate, is currently _______ and is expected to decline to _______ by the year 2050.

2.5;2.1

The species of modern humans known as Homo sapiens evolved from the hominin line approximately ____________ years ago.

200,000

A good example of the continued expansion in the field of child development is the creation of the society for the study of emerging adulthood, founded in ________.

2013

Scientific evidence shows humans lived in the Arctic at least ________years ago.

45,000

What percentage of the world's population lives in the United States?

5%

The Upper Paleolithic Period of human development was from about ________ years ago.

50,000 to 10,000

What statement accurately reflects the likely educational attainment scenario of young people across the globe? Swee

Aria, a 12-year-old female from California, is likely to finish secondary school.

According to cultural expectations noted in your textbook, which statement accurately depicts the most likely scenario?

Charlotte, a 22-year-old Australian female, is in her senior year of college.

What do scienctists believe was the primary contributor to the dramatic changes experienced during the Neolithic period?

Climate change

Which of the options below correctly identifies she fourth step of the scientific method?

Collect data to test hypothesis

_______ is the life stage in developed countries lasting from about _________ to _________ years of age, in which people explore interests and responsibilities in both work and relationships.

Emerging adulthood; 19; 25

Group identity that may include things such as race, religion, language, cultural traditions and cultural origin is referred to as ________.

Ethnicity

Which developed countries are expected to experience the greatest declines in population by 2050?

Germany, Taiwan, and Japan

Which statement accurately differentiates the evolutionary characteristics of Homo sapiens from those of chimpanzees and gorillas?

Homo sapiens' brain became three times as large as that of chimpanzees and early hominins.

Which statement accurately describes a difference between how Homo sapiens has lived throughout history compared to how modern humans live?

Human females may have given birth to at least eight children but today have one, two, three, or none.

___________ is a standard requirement in social scientific studies that involves informing potential participants of what their participation will involve, including any risks.

Informed consent

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 is referred to as the

Majority culture

Which statement correctly characterizes an advantage across research measurement process?

Observations recorded in the natural environment provide actual behavior rather than self-reported behavior.

Which statement accurately differentiates the terms "ontogenetic development" and "phylogenetic development "

Ontogenetic development is the development of individuals while phylogenetic development is the development of the human species

Which statement correctly describes the differences amount people in developing countries?

People in rural areas tend to adhere more closely to the historical trading their culture then people living in urban areas.

Raquel, a nurse practitioner, is convinced that playing sounds of ocean waves will reduce the anxiety of first-time mothers during labor and will increase their reported satisfaction with their care at her clinic. Raquel randomly assigns mothers to give birth in a room either with or without the ocean wave sounds. In this example, the independent variable is the ________.

Presence or absence of ocean wave sounds

The first scientific theory of psychological development was proposed by ________ and was the dominant view of psychological development throughout the first half of the 20th century.

Sigmund Freud

The creation and widespread administration of intelligence tests in developed countries _______.

Signaled the increased importance of primary school education

G. Stanley Hall was the founder of

The American psychological association

Chad was involved in a hit and run accident and was rushed to the emergency room. Although the is having difficulty speaking, he remembers banging his head on the windshield and nothing after that. To assess damage to the language centers in the brain, the ER doctor orders a/an _______ to record changes in blood flow and oxygen uses in the brain.

fMRI

Which statement correctly describes the current state of affairs in India?

About half of adult women and three fourths of adult men are literate.

Erik Erikson's theory of lifespan development singles out ________ as the key period for establishing one's identity.

Adolescence

Economically speaking, what region is considered the poorest in the world?

Africa

Homo spiens as a species originated in the grasslands and forests of ________.

Africa

The rise in human population before the year 1800 is attributed to ________ while significant increases since the 20th century are largely credited to _____.

Agriculture and domestication of animals; elimination of deadly diseases