Test bank for lifesmart exploring human development 1st canadian edition by fiore

Page of 13 This chapter has 100 questions Scroll down to see and select individual questions or narrow the list using the checkboxes below questions at random and keep in order  Multiple Choice Questions - (100) Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? - (19) Odd Numbered - (50) Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? - (25) Even Numbered - (50) Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? - (15) Blooms: Application - (20) Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? - (10) Blooms: Comprehension - (24) Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? - (31) Blooms: Knowledge - (56) It has been argued by your text book author and others that the unique characteristic of humans that sets them apart from non-humans is that humans have an innate desire to: reproduce and take care of their offspring communicate with each other with non-verbal signals use tools → understand the reasons that events occur Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? The technical term for the questions that scientists and others ask to determine why events occur is: → hypothesis theory guess postulate Blooms: Knowledge Test Bank for Lifesmart Exploring Human Development 1st Canadian by Fiore Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describeEdition lifespan development? A hypothesis is: Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ → a carefully formulated question that can be tested through the scientific method a loosely defined set of principles that can explain many events interchangeable with theory may never be falsified Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? An important result of investigating behavior by using the scientific method is: → control over life events finding the absolute truth of life's mysteries using the information gained to manipulate others more effectively to accept one's destiny Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? factors are events or characteristics that influence our lives in negative ways Pessimistic → Risk Malignant Maladaptive Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? Eleanora was born into poverty to an alcoholic father and a neglectful mother These are considered factors for Eleanor's development malignant control natural → risk Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? factors are events or characteristics that influence our lives in positive ways Adaptive Benign → Protective Nurturing Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? Lilith's parents are not wealthy, but they have made sure she has had good medical care through free clinics and have worked hard to enrich her life The efforts of Lilith's parents would be considered factors for her development nurturing Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 13 → protective adaptive control Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? The more risk factors people are faced with in their lives, the harder it will be for them to be throughout their lives: → happy competitive mentally alert financially stable Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 10 An examination of the biological, cognitive/psychological, and social changes that occur over the course of a human life defines: biopsychology → lifespan development abnormal psychology human interests Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 11 Dr Fleiss has an Bank interestfor in how human behavior changes from itsDevelopment earliest influences she spendsEdition her time by tracking Test Lifesmart Exploring Human 1stSo, Canadian Fiorethe influence of prenatal conditions on temperament on infants Using this data, she plans to see how these factors influence the behavior of the file children as they age Dr Fleiss' area of study is: Full at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ → lifespan development early childhood education gerontology biopsychology Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 12 An examination of all the many influences on an individual's development is the approach innate nature/nurture → biopsychosocial physiological Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 13 Genetics, prenatal factors, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and culture are all elements of the approach to understanding human development epigenetic deterministic → biopsychosocial sociobiological Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 14 Which of the following does Jordin Tootoo's life story exemplify? A person tends to follow the same path that his parents and siblings did → Individuals can proceed through the lifespan by remaining faithful to their values The majority of developmental change happens within the first ten to twelve years of life Jordin Tootoo is an example of an individual who failed to overcome risk factors Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 15 Lifespan psychology refers to a process beginning: → at conception and ending in death at birth and ending in death in infancy and ending in adolescence in adolescence and ending in death Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 16 While understanding individual behavior is important, the focus of the study of development is to identify trends that can explain the growth of all humans This is the approach → normative Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 13 average theoretical practical Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 17 As identified by the author, all of the following represent objectives of lifespan psychology as a discipline with the EXCEPTION of: providing an organized account of development across the lifespan identifying interconnections between later and earlier events accounting for mechanisms responsible for lifespan development → controlling or redirecting unfavorable aspects of development Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 18 Lifespan development can best be summed up in terms of: aging maturation growth → change Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 19 The textbook specifically warns against reliance on alone to explain development Test Bank for Lifesmart Exploring Human Development 1st Canadian Edition by Fiore change plasticity Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ → age dynamic processes Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-01 How would you define and describe lifespan development? 20 The period of development extends from conception to birth neonatal infantile premature → prenatal Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 21 Gabe was born at 32 weeks of gestation He is considered at some risk, because he was not able to complete the period intrauterinely perinatal → prenatal neonatal postnatal Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 22 The developmental period known as infancy lasts from birth to about: four years of age three years of age → two years of age about one year of age Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 23 The developmental period marked by rapid growth not equaled by other stages after birth is: → infancy early childhood middle childhood adolescence Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 24 The developmental period that occurs from two to six years of age is: pre-childhood preschool age middle childhood → early childhood Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 13 Multiple Choice Question Blooms: Knowledge Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 25 The outward manifestation of psychosocial abilities becomes readily apparent during: infancy early childhood → middle childhood adolescence Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 26 During , school becomes a major force in development the play age early childhood → middle childhood adolescence Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 27 During , the main focus is the search for identity, often complicated by the changes brought on by puberty → adolescence middle childhood early adulthood late childhood Test Bank for Lifesmart Exploring Human Development 1st Canadian Edition byKnowledge Fiore Blooms: Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 28 Although declining health may be a concern, increased wisdom is considered a benefit of: middle adulthood late middle adulthood → later adulthood the "old old." Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 29 Which of the following is an accurate representation of "childhood" from an historical perspective? Children are miniature adults Children have an innocence that age will take away from them Children exhibit a particular joy in life that adults tend to lose → all of these are correct Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 30 argued that children must have formal instruction in order to become functional adults Rene Descartes William James → John Locke Jean-Jacques Rousseau Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 31 insisted that children learned best through modeling adults and so did not require direct instruction → Jean-Jacques Rousseau Early Christian philosophers John Locke Greek scholars Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 32 Of the following, who would be most likely to argue against the concept of play as the "work of childhood" and, as such, important to development? Jean-Jacques Rousseau → Roman scholars John Locke all of these are correct Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 33 With the 1877 publication of Biographical Sketch of an Infant, established a scientific basis for studying children John Watson Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 13 → B.F Skinner John Locke Charles Darwin Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 34 arguably laid the foundation for studying childhood as a separate subject in human development with authorship of The Mind of a Child in 1882 Charles Darwin B F Skinner → William Preyer Jean Piaget Blooms: Knowledge Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? Multiple Choice Question 35 How are children viewed today? As miniature adults As unworthy of scientific study As the product of their parent's genes → As the product of genetic, biological, behavioral, and contextual forces that are constantly interacting Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 36 Christine is having a difficult time Her friends want her to move out of the house now that she is nearing graduation, but Christine still enjoys herfor timeLifesmart with her parents and totalHuman independence is frightening the following developmental Test Bank Exploring Development 1stOfCanadian Edition by Fiore theorists, who would predict this as a typical concern of an adolescent? Sigmund Freud Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Charles Darwin → Jacqueline Lerner and Nancy Galambos Jean Piaget Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 37 The modern conception of adolescence was a result of: the recognition that adolescents needed strict guidelines and rules the acknowledgment that adolescents could work longer hours than younger children → the Industrial Revolution understanding that extreme emotions were the result of rampant hormones Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 38 described adolescence as a time of "storm and stress." William James John Locke → G Stanley Hall Alfred Binet Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 39 According to most theorists, the conflict that adolescents experience with their parents: → is only slightly higher than that of childhood is an inevitable if uncomfortable part of maturation makes the transition to adulthood easier as emotional bonds are often strained is virtually nonexistent in most cases Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 40 Which of the following statements best suits the concept of adulthood? Adulthood is the beginning of inevitable decline → Adulthood is just as important as childhood in understanding the lifespan Adulthood is a time of stability as exemplified by the saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." Development is complete at the end of adolescence Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 41 Mackenzie is entering the stage of development that will have the most challenges and extend for the most years of her life Mackenzie is most likely: an adolescent in middle school → a young adult Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 13 in late adulthood Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 42 Are people in later adulthood less intelligent than younger people? Yes, they tend to be significantly less intelligent No, they tend to be significantly more intelligent → On intelligence tests, they score as less intelligent, but we are probably underestimating their abilities There is no data available to answer this question Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 43 Ally, 85 years old, is not as quick as she once was: → but she will compensate for this with the knowledge she has gained over the years and will likely continue to decline for the remainder of her life but this will only show when she talks which is an inevitable part of aging but will not likely get worse Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 44 Rose and Amber are on a game show where the contestant who thinks of the answer and responds by pressing an indicator button first wins Rose is 63 and Amber is 38 If Amber out competes Rose, research on older adults would suggest Amber's advantage is due to: her larger intact memory store abilityBank to synthesize and connect facts Test for Lifesmart Exploring Human Development 1st Canadian Edition by Fiore anxiety and so greater motivation Full file response at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ quicker time → her Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-02 What are the different views of lifespan development? 45 What is meant by "biopsychosocial interactions" on development? The interplay of genetics and biology determines our developmental outcomes → Genetic, biological, environmental, and social forces all impact development Development is a process of both gain and loss Many forces impact development except for genetics Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 46 The epigenetic view stressed the: → interaction between heredity and environment role of genes in developmental outcomes separation of nature and nurture in understanding development the importance of social influences on genetic expression Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 47 The epigenetic view of development was replaced by: trait theories stage theories → the biopsychosocial approach genetic determinism Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 48 Fatima is worried about whether she will develop Huntington's Chorea as her mother died from the disease Fatima is showing concern about the process of development cultural cognitive → biological social Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 49 Investigation of the influences of cognition and personality are part of the process in development biological → psychological social cultural Multiple Choice Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 13 Blooms: Knowledge Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 50 The way children learn to process information and retain that information in their memory is an example of what element of the biopsychosocial model? biological social physical → psychological Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 51 Franco has nearly always been compulsive, but as he ages his rituals are becoming increasingly more disruptive Analysis of this behavior relates to the process of development biological → psychological social cultural Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 52 Family, school, work and the media make up the process in development psychological biological epigenetic socialBank for Lifesmart Exploring Human Development 1st Canadian Edition by Fiore → Test Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 53 Dr Hutchinson is interested in the influence of glamour magazines on the incidence of eating disorders in adolescent girls Dr Hutchinson is focused on the processes in development psychological personality → social cognitive Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 54 Raoul meets with his friends for bridge games each Friday The companionship has gone a long way to make his old age pleasant This positive influence is part of the process of development biological → social psychological personality Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 55 refers to the customs, values, and traditions inherent in one's environment → Culture Biopsychosocial interactions Development None of these Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 56 The Japanese place great value on formal education, and this value is passed on from generation to generation This is an example of: race ethnicity → culture nationalism Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 57 Which level of cultural understanding refers to the understanding and appreciation of the values, beliefs, and norms that structure a person's worldview? Superficial Intermediate → Significant Intensive Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 13 Multiple Choice Question Blooms: Knowledge Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 58 At which level of cultural understanding does one know the facts that make up another person's cultural history? Superficial → Intermediate Significant Intensive Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 59 Martin knows that Heather's family recently emigrated from Ireland, so he expects that she will be a hard drinker and perhaps a good story teller His expectations of her behavior are based on a(n) understanding of Heather's culture significant intermediate → superficial social Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-03 What role biopsychosocial interactions play in lifespan development? 60 refers to the view that development proceeds steadily and sequentially Epigenesis Homeostasis Determinism Bank for Lifesmart Exploring Human Development 1st Canadian Edition by Fiore Continuity → Test Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 61 Children are able to walk, because they crawled earlier and then are able to run, because they built upon the skills they learned while walking Each of these behaviors proceeds in a predictable order at a relatively steady pace for each child This illustrates the concept of in development → continuity epigenesis trait theory causality Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 62 Professor Heidake argues that development unfolds in a series of measured and deliberate changes His view suggests that development is a(n) process discontinuous → continuous unpredictable epigenetic Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 63 A psychologist wants to know if the expansion of intellectual ability is the result of a slow, but steady process or the result of distinct, cognitive stages She is concerned with which lifespan issue? Culture and development Gender and development → Continuity versus discontinuity Nature versus nurture Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 64 Which of the following represents the prevailing attitude among developmental psychologists pertaining to the continuity versus discontinuity of development issue? → Most psychologists agree that development is a process combining both continuous and discontinuous change Most psychologists adhere to the notion that development is largely discontinuous Most psychologists adhere to the notion that development is largely continuous A majority feel that continuity is not a relevant issue, because development is genetically preprogrammed Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 65 According to developmental psychologist Michael Lewis, the developmental changes we experience are directly related to: a stable process that is genetically controlled → the random and unpredictable conditions in our lives natural processes unfolding Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 13 slow and continuous stages that are universal Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 66 As emphasized by the text author, the developmental paths that unfold for each individual are largely a product of: their genetic makeup → the interaction between genes and the environment the influence of their environment random and unpredictable conditions Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 67 The versus issue revolves around the question of whether development is more a product of genetic or environmental influences → nature; nurture continuous; discontinuous biological; psychological storm; stress Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 68 According to Bjorklund, is there a nature-nurture controversy for developmental psychologists? Yes, the controversy rages on Bjorklund did not speak on the nature-nurture controversy Bank for Lifesmart Human Development No, because biological factorsExploring are inseparable from experiential factors.1st Canadian Edition by Fiore → Test He thought the controversy should end, because clearly nature had prevailed as a result of the Human Genome Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Project Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 69 According to the text author, regardless of the method of investigation, the ultimate question for understanding human behavior is: whether nature or nurture is more important if traits develop continuously or in punctuated time periods → why behaviors develop and occur as they if behavior is adaptive or not Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-04 What are the major issues in lifespan development? 70 The first step of scientific inquiry is establishing a testable: theory → hypothesis methodology explanation of behavior Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 71 A(n) is a prediction that can be tested through research and subsequently supported or rejected → hypothesis syllogism theory principle Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 72 The fundamental approach to understanding behavior through the scientific method is through: philosophical analysis meta-analysis peer review → testing Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 73 When you have identified a research problem using a theory (which by definition is well-established), designed a study to investigate the problem, collected and analysed the data, drawn conclusions, and communicated the conclusions to your peers, you have engaged in: the common sense approach to psychology applied research → the scientific method the descriptive process Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page 10 of 13 Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 74 With which data collection method(s) does the researcher gather information without conducting an experiment? → Descriptive studies Manipulative experiments Naturalistic experiments Manipulative and naturalistic experiments Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 75 Which of the following is NOT a type of descriptive study? Self-report Case Observational → Manipulative Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 76 A researcher interviews 5,000 people regarding their sexual attitudes and behaviors What type of data collection method is she using? → Self-report study Case study Manipulative experiment Test Bank experiment for Lifesmart Exploring Human Development 1st Canadian Edition by Fiore Naturalistic Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 77 A researcher conducts a detailed study of a 13-year-old boy who was a member of a gang and was murdered by a rival gang The study was done by interviewing his relatives, friends, and teachers This is an example of what research method? → Case study Naturalistic experiment Observational study Self-report study Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 78 What is an advantage of descriptive studies? → Generating a great deal of data Determining cause and effect Discovering cause and effect in real-life settings Determining stability of behaviours Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 79 A disadvantage of descriptive studies is: they are most effective with small numbers of subjects representative samples are difficult to gather statistical analysis is limited to graphs → the researcher has no control over either subjects or the events influencing their behavior Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 80 The technique that provides a numerical evaluation of how great the degree of association is between two variables is known as: a descriptive study a manipulative experiment naturalistic observation → correlation Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 81 While descriptive studies are useful for generating large amounts of data, they are not useful for: making predictions making conclusions about relationships → inferring cause and effect relationships understanding developmental processes Multiple Choice Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page 11 of 13 Blooms: Knowledge Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 82 In order to determine a cause and effect relationship, a must be used case study → manipulative experiment descriptive study survey Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 83 The variable that the experimenter manipulates is called the: outcome → treatment control group experimental group Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 84 The variable that the experimenter changes, while all other factors are held constant, is called the: independent variable treatment manipulation → all of these are correct Test Bank for Lifesmart Exploring Human Development 1st Canadian Edition byKnowledge Fiore Blooms: Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 85 In a study of caffeine ingestion and its subsequent effect on test scores, what is the DEPENDENT variable? → test scores number of subjects amount of caffeine consumed cognitive process involved Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 86 Which of the following is a major advantage of manipulative experiments? Prediction of one variable from another Collection of large amounts of data Detailed description of behaviors → Determination of cause and effect relationships Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 87 A disadvantage of manipulative experiments includes: concerns about reliability generalization to normal conditions effects of participants' expectations → all of these are disadvantages of manipulative experiments Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 88 Which data collection technique offers the opportunity of discovering causes and effects in real-life settings? Case studies Observational studies Manipulative experiments → Naturalistic experiments Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 89 Which of the following is an example of a naturalistic experiment? Studying the effects of coffee by having students use coffee for two weeks and then go without it for two weeks Studying the effects of music on academics by having students take a test in silence, and then repeating the test while listening to music Studying the effects of an earthquake by comparing the grieving of persons who lost their homes with those → who did not Studying the effects of temperature on buying habits by altering the temperature in a store and tracking purchasing habits Multiple Choice Question Blooms: Comprehension Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page 12 of 13 90 Specifically, a investigates the behavior of members of a specific age group or individuals across different ages for comparison within one study naturalistic study → time-variable design descriptive study correlational study Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 91 Of all the manipulative design types presented in the text, which is considered the least valuable? Naturalistic → One-time, one-group Longitudinal Cross-sectional Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 92 What type of design should be used to understand stability and change? One-time, one-group study → Longitudinal study Cross-sectional study Descriptive study Blooms: Comprehension Test Bank for Lifesmart Human 1st Canadian by Fiore Multiple Choice Question LearningExploring Objective: 01-05 WhatDevelopment is the role of research in studyingEdition lifespan development? 93 Hannah and Elizabeth are 18-year-old twins Every year since they were born, they have participated in a research project filethem at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ A researcher Full contacts annually, and they complete a battery of psychological tests They are participating in a: one-time, one-group study → longitudinal study cross-sectional study descriptive study Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 94 Of the following, which is an advantage of using longitudinal methods of investigation? → It allows for discovering long-term habits of people as they occur in the context of time It is relatively inexpensive Subject availability is generally consistent Changes in the environment not usually affect results Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 95 A disadvantage of using longitudinal methods of investigation is: it is expensive subjects tend to drop out over the years influential environmental changes may occur outside the time frame of the study → all of these Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 96 What is a disadvantage of using the cross-sectional design? Expense Subject variability Changes in the environment → Differences in age cohorts Blooms: Comprehension Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 97 Age cohort refers to: individuals with the same mental age individuals with the same physical maturation level but different ages individuals with the same physical maturation level and age → groups of people born at about the same time Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 98 Although complicated and expensive, the design has been determined to be the most capable of determining important factors in development → sequential longitudinal Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page 13 of 13 cross-sectional survey Blooms: Knowledge Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 99 A psychologist who wants to replicate a study would find a summary of the steps taken to carry out the study in which section of the research article? → Methods Introduction Results Discussion Blooms: Application Multiple Choice Question Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? 100.Sarah was a participant in an experiment investigating the effect of pain on learning So she thought she had been randomly assigned to be the teacher and was actually shocking the learner Sarah was horrified and upset during the entire experiment but thought she should try to help the researcher She still felt bad after she was told no one was really hurt What is the likelihood of this design being approved today? The likelihood is high, as the participants were debriefed The likelihood is low, as the debriefing was not sufficient The likelihood is high, because it is important to know the effects of coercion on people → The likelihood is low, because the participants were not informed of the procedure Multiple Choice Question Blooms: Application Learning Objective: 01-05 What is the role of research in studying lifespan development? Test Bank for Lifesmart Exploring Human Development 1st Canadian Edition by Fiore Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/