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The final major historical change that provided the basis for how we live today began around 5,000 years ago with the development of ____.


A) agriculture and animal husbandry
B) roadways
C) family units
D) civilization

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What is Bronfenbrenner's term for the network of interconnections between the various immediate environments that the individual experiences?


A) microsystem
B) mesosystem
C) exosystem
D) macrosystem

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During what stage did Freud believe the child represses sexual desires and focuses his or her energy on learning social and intellectual skills?


A) anal
B) phallic
C) latency
D) genital

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Human development can be viewed from a stage perspective,or as a gradual,_____ process.


A) continuous
B) disjointed
C) sloping
D) inverted

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Clarence Maloney is a cultural anthropologist.Having lived with individuals from the Republic of Maldives in the Indian Ocean,he has chronicled their daily lives and provided detailed descriptions of this cultural group to the scientific community.Currently,climatologists and anthropologists are working together to illustrate how rising sea levels have changed the daily behaviors of these people and are comparing it to what Maloney had described in the past.Which of the following best describes the type of research that Clarence Maloney conducted?


A) an ethnography
B) a quasi-experiment
C) a correlation
D) a survey

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Which of the following best describes a debriefing within scientific research?


A) Subjects must be told the true purpose of the study and the reason for any deception that may have been part of the study.
B) Personal information will not be shared with anyone outside the immediate research group and any results from the research will not identify any of the participants by name.
C) They are usually comprised of people who have research experience themselves and therefore have experience that enables them to judge whether the research being proposed follows reasonable ethical guidelines.
D) Subjects are told what the purposes of the study are, what participation in the study involves, what risks (if any) are involved in participating, and what the person can expect to receive in return for participation.

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A researcher is interested in whether toddlers who are taught to solve a puzzle can remember the strategy two weeks later.What would be the population of interest?


A) all toddlers
B) the toddlers in the study
C) all children
D) only toddlers who are in preschool

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What is an example of a qualitative research design?


A) case study
B) questionnaire
C) experiment
D) interview

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Which of the following is an example of a positive correlation?


A) exercise and physical health
B) immunizations and illnesses
C) poor weather conditions and motor vehicle accidents
D) gas prices and the rate of driving

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The sample should represent the ____,which is the entire category of people the sample represents.


A) theory
B) population
C) variable
D) hypothesis

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Adults in the environment teach the child to develop a conscience that restricts the satisfaction of desires and makes the child feel guilty for disobeying.What did Freud call this aspect of his theory?


A) id
B) ego
C) superego
D) libido

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A sample is ____.


A) a framework that presents a set of interconnected ideas in an original way and inspires further research
B) a group of people who participate in a research study
C) a statement indicating that participation in the study is voluntary, and that persons may withdraw from participation in the study at any time
D) the way the study is conducted and the data are collected

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According to the text,what type of experiment occurs when the researcher does not control the variables in a particular environment but provides interesting scientific information to the perceptive observer?


A) developmental experiment
B) natural experiment
C) accidental experiment
D) qualitative experiment

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You are babysitting a toddler who wants a cookie before bed.You say "no" so the toddler begins to throw a tantrum.To get the toddler to stop throwing a tantrum you give in and give her a cookie.The toddler has (inadvertently) used ______ to shape your behavior.


A) positive reinforcement
B) negative reinforcement
C) punishment
D) observational learning

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Jenica wants to leave school early because her favorite music group is playing down the street.When she stops and thinks about it,she realizes that leaving school early would be a very bad idea and she would get in trouble for doing so.She chooses not to leave.According to Freud,what part of his mind is operating here?


A) id
B) ego
C) superego
D) unconscious mind

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Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory comprises ______ stages.


A) four cognitive
B) five psychosexual
C) eight psychosocial
D) three moral

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What percent of children in developing countries are enrolled in secondary education?


A) 30%
B) 50%
C) 70%
D) 90%

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According to Erikson,what is the developmental challenge during late adulthood?


A) identity vs. identity confusion
B) intimacy vs. isolation
C) generativity vs. stagnation
D) ego integrity vs. despair

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What percent of children in developing countries complete primary schooling?


A) 20%
B) 40%
C) 60%
D) 80%

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What general values do developed countries tend to regard highly?


A) collectivistic
B) individualistic
C) traditional
D) modern

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