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WESTCOTT DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCH FINAL EXAM
300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Validity refers to ___ and reliability refers to ___ in responses to tests and other
measures; great care is taken to ensure the validity and reliability of surveys.
Accuracy; analysis
Analysis; consistency
Accuracy; consistency
Consistency; accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Accuracy; consistency
Question: How many variable(s) at a time can you examine with correlational research?
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3
2
1
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4 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔2
Question: What kind of information does the correlation coefficient provide us with?
The direction and strength of the association between two variables
The parameter and the direction of the association between three variables
The parameter and strength of the association between two variables
The direction and strength of the association between three variables - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The direction and strength of the association between two variables
Question: What kind of correlation will have a low absolute value?
A weak correlation
A negative correlation
A positive correlation
A strong correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A weak correlation
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Question: What two components are significant early on in the psychosocial domain? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Temperament and Attachment
Question: What kind of development is gradual? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Continuous
Development
Question: Whart term is not considered a "family structure" by the U.S. Census Bureau? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Coexisting families
Question: What needs to be assessed in order to understand the role family members have in
individual development? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Processes, Functions, and Family Structures
Question: What is not a part of the universal "family functions"? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Nutrition Support
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Question: Parents who are ____, ___, and ____ help support their children's autonomy. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔More agreeable, less anxious, and less negative
Question: What child characteristic is not a part of what affects child-rearing behaviors and
roles? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Birth Defects
Question: Over time, parents of more difficult children may become ___ punitive and ___
patient with their children. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔More, Less
Question: How many stages of development do developmetlists believe there are? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔8 Stages
Question: At what stage of development does conception occur? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Prenatal Development
Question: What are the three stages of prenatal delopment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Germinal,
embryonic, and fetal periods
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WESTCOTT DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCH FINAL EXAM
300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Validity refers to ___ and reliability refers to ___ in responses to tests and other
measures; great care is taken to ensure the validity and reliability of surveys.
Accuracy; analysis
Analysis; consistency
Accuracy; consistency
Consistency; accuracy - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Accuracy; consistency
Question: How many variable(s) at a time can you examine with correlational research?
1
3
2
1
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4 - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔2
Question: What kind of information does the correlation coefficient provide us with?
The direction and strength of the association between two variables
The parameter and the direction of the association between three variables
The parameter and strength of the association between two variables
The direction and strength of the association between three variables - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔The direction and strength of the association between two variables
Question: What kind of correlation will have a low absolute value?
A weak correlation
A negative correlation
A positive correlation
A strong correlation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A weak correlation
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Question: What two components are significant early on in the psychosocial domain? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Temperament and Attachment
Question: What kind of development is gradual? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Continuous
Development
Question: Whart term is not considered a "family structure" by the U.S. Census Bureau? -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Coexisting families
Question: What needs to be assessed in order to understand the role family members have in
individual development? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Processes, Functions, and Family Structures
Question: What is not a part of the universal "family functions"? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Nutrition Support
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Question: Parents who are ____, ___, and ____ help support their children's autonomy. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔More agreeable, less anxious, and less negative
Question: What child characteristic is not a part of what affects child-rearing behaviors and
roles? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Birth Defects
Question: Over time, parents of more difficult children may become ___ punitive and ___
patient with their children. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔More, Less
Question: How many stages of development do developmetlists believe there are? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔8 Stages
Question: At what stage of development does conception occur? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔Prenatal Development
Question: What are the three stages of prenatal delopment? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Germinal,
embryonic, and fetal periods
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