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Lifespan Chap 1-7
Theories of Development, Heredity, Prenatal, Biosocial, Cognitive, Psychosocial
Question | Answer |
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What is the science of human development based on? | The collection of empirical data |
What does the "chronosystem" refer to? | Historical conditions |
As we age, losses occur in some domains while gains are made in others. This is consistent with the ____________ nature of development. | Multicontextual |
The distinctive Characteristic of Development that says change does not always occur in a straight line is: | Multicontextual |
Taleana's college professor became angry when Taleana called him by his first name. Which characteristic of the study of human development best explains the professor's response? | Multicultural |
Many health differences once attributed to ethnicity have been found to be due to: | SES |
People whose ancestors were born in the same region, and who usually shared a language and a religion, are called: | An ethnic group |
_____________ refers to customs and traditions passed down to the present. | Heritage |
Mirror neurons in the human brain have been found that reflect: | Actions |
Cross-sequential research is a combination of what two research techniques? | Cross-sectional and longitudinal |
Which step of the scientific method involves making a specific prediction? | Develop a hypothesis |
In a study of the effect of noise on test performance, test performance would be the: | Dependent variable |
In order to determine what causes a behavior, what research method must be used? | Experiment |
What is most susceptible to cohort effects? | Cross-sectional research |
Longitudinal research regarding the effects of daycare on children has found that: | Mothers are more influential than the quality and extent of daycare. |
In an experiment, tests of significance are used to: | indicate whether the results might have occurred by chance. |
Compared to qualitative research, quantitative research is more: | Factual |
The "Mozart effect" is discussed in the text as an example of: | the ethics involved in how research findings are presented. |