DEP 2004 Exam 1 Review Questions And Answers With 100% Correct Answers
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DEP 2004
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DEP 2004
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A cross sectional research design is the quickest and most cost-effective method of estimating what
happens with age. - Answer-T
A person's phenotype is most accurately described as
a. a person's genetic inheritances.
b. the outcome of the interaction between a person's genotype and a part...
A cross sectional research design is the quickest and most cost-effective method of estimating what
happens with age. - Answer-T
A person's phenotype is most accurately described as
a. a person's genetic inheritances.
b. the outcome of the interaction between a person's genotype and a particular environment.
c. the result of the union between a sperm cell and egg cell.
d. those characteristics that do not have a genetic basis. - Answer-B
A positive correlation between viewing televised violence and aggressive behavior would indicate that:
a. children who watch less television tend to be less aggressive.
b. children who watch more television tend to be less aggressive.
c. increases in aggression are caused by watching more televised violence
d. watching televised violence is not related to level of aggressive behavior - Answer-A
A theorist who believes that humans progress through developmental stages is likely to believe in
a. discontinuous changes
b. continuous changes
c. quantitative changes
d. multiple paths of development - Answer-A
A zygote
a. merges with a sperm cell at conception to form a fertilized cell.
b. is a cell that will split and develop into fraternal twins.
c. contains only the sex chromosomes.
d. is a fertilized egg cell. - Answer-D
, All major organs begin to form between the second and the eighth week after conception. This period of
time is called the
a. embryonic period
b. germinal period
c. fetal period
d. age of viability - Answer-A
Another assumption of the life-span perspective is that there is plasticity in development This means
that
a. most of our acquisition of new skills will occur during infancy when our brains are not fully developed.
b. developmental changes can occur in response to our experiences across the life span.
c. development is never really complete
d. all skills can be developed at any time of the life span - Answer-B
Cross-sectional designs confound age effects with _________; longitudinal designs confound age effects
with________.
a. cohort effects; cohort effects
b. time of measurement effects; cohort effects
c. cohort effects; type of measurement effects
d. cohort effects; time of measurement effects - Answer-D
Cross-sectional designs provide information about age _________; longitudinal designs provide
information about age ________.
a. differences; changes
b. changes; differences
c. differences; differences
d. changes; changes - Answer-A
Whose theory places the greatest emphasis on the role of culture and history in human development?
a. Vygotsky
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