CSCC PSYCH 2340 EXAM 1 (COLUMBUS STATE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE) EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. -ANS--
Culture
aims to observe and record behavior -ANS--descriptive research
pattern of movement or change that begins and conception and
continues through the life span. Includes growth but also decline and
dying. -ANS--development
an orientation that does not follow any one theoretical approach but
rather selects from each theory whatever is considered the best in it -
ANS--eclectic theoretical orientation
the transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, spanning
approximately 18 to 25 years of age -ANS--emerging adulthood
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,primary motivation for human behavior is social and reflects a desire
to affiliate with other people. Eight psychosocial stages, representing
eight key crises that must be resolved. -ANS--Erikson's Theory
overgeneralization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures
differences within the group -ANS--ethnic gloss
Processes that produce changes in an individual's physical nature. -
ANS--Biological Processes
Development reflects the influence of several environmental systems
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem -ANS--Brofenbrenner's ecological theory
study of one individual in great detail -ANS--case study
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, changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language -ANS--
cognitive processes
effects due to a person's time of birth, era, or generation-not to actual
age -ANS--cohort effects (generation effects)
Gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages? -ANS--continuity-
discontinuity issue
A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the
degree of association between two variables. (+1.00 to -1.00) -ANS--
correlation coefficient
strives to describe the strength of the relationship between two or
more events or characteristics -ANS--Correlation Research Method
compare aspects of two or more cultures -ANS--cross-cultural studies
a research strategy in which individuals of different ages are
compared at one time -ANS--cross-sectional approach
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE) EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people. -ANS--
Culture
aims to observe and record behavior -ANS--descriptive research
pattern of movement or change that begins and conception and
continues through the life span. Includes growth but also decline and
dying. -ANS--development
an orientation that does not follow any one theoretical approach but
rather selects from each theory whatever is considered the best in it -
ANS--eclectic theoretical orientation
the transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, spanning
approximately 18 to 25 years of age -ANS--emerging adulthood
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,primary motivation for human behavior is social and reflects a desire
to affiliate with other people. Eight psychosocial stages, representing
eight key crises that must be resolved. -ANS--Erikson's Theory
overgeneralization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures
differences within the group -ANS--ethnic gloss
Processes that produce changes in an individual's physical nature. -
ANS--Biological Processes
Development reflects the influence of several environmental systems
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem -ANS--Brofenbrenner's ecological theory
study of one individual in great detail -ANS--case study
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, changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language -ANS--
cognitive processes
effects due to a person's time of birth, era, or generation-not to actual
age -ANS--cohort effects (generation effects)
Gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages? -ANS--continuity-
discontinuity issue
A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the
degree of association between two variables. (+1.00 to -1.00) -ANS--
correlation coefficient
strives to describe the strength of the relationship between two or
more events or characteristics -ANS--Correlation Research Method
compare aspects of two or more cultures -ANS--cross-cultural studies
a research strategy in which individuals of different ages are
compared at one time -ANS--cross-sectional approach
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