The fact that Tatiana likes to listen to the Hives (a 2000s band) and her grandmother prefers listening to Bill Haley and the Comets (a 1950s band) is probably best explained by correct answers cohort effects
Which word is the best description of the meaning of the term "reliability?" correct an...
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The fact that Tatiana likes to listen to the Hives (a 2000s band) and her grandmother prefers
listening to Bill Haley and the Comets (a 1950s band) is probably best explained by correct
answers cohort effects
Which word is the best description of the meaning of the term "reliability?" correct answers
consistency
The advantage of the ____design is that it allows a researcher to synthesize data from across
numerous studies. correct answers meta-analysis
Which research method must always occur in a real-life setting? correct answers naturalistic
observation
Qualitative research differs from quantitative research because it correct answers seeks to gain an
understanding of what governs behavior
Which researcher is most likely doing a cross-sectional study? correct answers one who is
studying several different-aged groups at the same time
According to the American Psychological Association, researchers must correct answers
minimize risk to participants.
As a result of reading several research articles on the long-term effects of daycare, a state
legislature passes a new law mandating that all daycare providers modify their practices to be in
concordance with this research. This action reflects correct answers how research can affect
social policy
Virtually all studies done in psychology rely on studying people representative of a larger group.
The groups of people who participate in these studies are most commonly known as correct
answers samples
Results from individual research participants should be correct answers confidential
Smita studies two different cohorts over a 50-year period, testing each subject every five years.
Smita is using a ____design. correct answers sequential
Validity is to reliability as correct answers accuracy is to consistency
In an experiment, the dependent variable is the behavior that is being correct answers observed
Which type of variable is manipulated by an experimenter? correct answers independent
,The selective optimization with compensation model is primarily associated with the ____
perspective. correct answers life-span
The fact that a teen growing up during the Vietnam War will develop in a different manner than
a teen growing up during the Iraq War is best explained in terms of correct answers historical
context
Which method of measuring behavior is most likely to be used in combination with other
behavioral measures? correct answers physiological measures
Greta wants to do a study on how self-efficacy changes over the life span. Her primary concerns
are economic. She needs to do the study in the way that will cost the least in terms of time and
money. Given these concerns, she is probably going to be best served doing a(n) ____study.
correct answers cross-sectional
Human development research plays a role in establishing laws and regulations. Which laws or
regulations are is an example of this? correct answers The Americans with Disabilities Act
Based on a study that finds that self-esteem is negatively correlated with college grades, which
person would you predict would have the highest grades? correct answers one who has very low
self-esteem
Damage to cells in the embryo's ____ layer would be most likely to result in the development of
a defective digestive system. correct answers endoderm
Nonshared environmental influences involve forces that make siblings correct answers different
from one another
The sac in which the embryo resides is called the correct answers amnion
The ____ is the structure through which a mother and an embryo exchange waste and nutrients.
correct answers placenta
The threadlike structures in the nucleus of a cell that contain genetic material are called correct
answers chromosomes
For healthy pregnant women, correct answers home delivery can feel more relaxing than hospital
delivery.
The main reason for why teenage mothers tend to give birth to less healthy infants than mothers
in their 20s is that the correct answers tend to neither seek nor receive good prenatal care.
What combination would result in a boy? correct answers A 23rd pair of chromosomes with one
X and one Y
The period of the ____ lasts for approximately two weeks. correct answers zygote
,The average child has approximately ____ genes. correct answers 25,000
The sample taken during an amniocentesis comes from correct answers the fluid surrounding the
fetus
If you were looking through a microscope at a normal sperm cell, you should see ____
chromosomes. correct answers 23
How many DNA molecules are typically contained in each human chromosome? correct answers
1
_________ occurs when an individual intentionally seeks out an environment that matches
characteristics driven by his or her genes. correct answers niche-picking
Which is not a typical childbirth class technique for reducing the pain associated with delivery?
correct answers Teach that medications have no place in the delivery room.
Exposure to a teratogen during the ____ period is most likely to result in a spontaneous abortion.
correct answers fetal
Both AIDS and genital herpes correct answers can be passed along to an infant as it passes
through the birth canal.
Genotypes usually involve some combination of dominant and recessive alleles. What is the
most common inheritance pattern? correct answers Six dominant and two recessive
What effect is not associated with fetal alcohol syndrome? correct answers blindness
The point at which a zygote burrows into the uterine wall is referred to as correct answers
implantation
According to Vygotsky, private speech is aimed at correct answers self-regulation
The mutual shared understanding among participants in an activity is referred to as correct
answers intersubjectivity
Which best describes proper linguistic turn-taking behavior? correct answers Attempt to alternate
as speaker and listener.
How many of the following beliefs would be part of the "naive biology" of a typical preschooler:
understanding that things grow, understanding realizing that children often resemble parents,
understanding that some illness can be inherited, understanding that the insides of animals are
different that the insides of inanimate objects? correct answers 4
, One criticism of Piaget's theory is that it correct answers underestimates the cognitive abilities of
infants and overestimates the abilities of adolescents.
Animism occurs when lifelike properties are attributed to correct answers inanimate objects
According to Piaget, when a scheme is modified based on some experience, ____ has occurred.
correct answers accommodation
Piaget used the term ____ to describe the difficulty children often have in taking another person's
perspective. correct answers egocentrism
A memory for some significant life event is called a(n) ____ memory. correct answers
autobiographical
The fundamental premise of teleological explanations is that living things correct answers exist
for a purpose
Why do children in Asian countries like China or Japan tend to recall less from their early years
than children from North American countries? correct answers They are not given the same
amount of opportunities to talk with parents about past events.
By what age have most children mastered the three basic principles of counting for up to five
objects? correct answers 3 years
According to Piaget, which statement is true regarding the stages of thinking? correct answers
All stages must be accomplished in the correct order.
Scaffolding involves a teaching style in which assistance is always correct answers based on the
level of the learner's needs.
The defining characteristic of centration is ____ thought. correct answers narrowly focused
How did Piaget and Vygotsky view the "journey" of cognitive development? correct answers
Vygotsky saw the journey as involving an apprenticeship driven by collaboration with others,
while Piaget saw children as making the journey alone.
The conservation of liquid task directly assesses a child's level of correct answers centration
Which best describes a linguistic babble? correct answers Contains both a vowel and a consonant
sound
Between early and later childhood, schemes tend to have more ____ properties. correct answers
abstract
An information-processing theorist would most likely conceptualize all built-in neural structures
that assist the operations of the mind as correct answers mental hardware
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