PSYC 333 Exam 1 – Psychology course exam material
In the context of this course, development refers to:
a. growth in the national economy.
b. advances in civilization's technologies.
c. continuities and changes during the organism's lifespan.
d. the evolution of species in the animal kingdom. - correct answer ✔✔continuities and changes
during the organism's lifespan
Normative development consists of:
a. changes that optimize developmental outcomes.
b. changes that result from maturation.
c. developmental changes that are typical of many children.
d. individual variations among children. - correct answer ✔✔developmental changes that are
typical of many children
The plasticity principle states that the child:
a. responds flexibly to changes in his or her life experiences.
b. must be trained by parents to avoid consuming plastics.
c. progresses predictably through developmental stages.
d. asserts his or her individuality and cannot accurately be described by generalizations that
apply to all children. - correct answer ✔✔responds flexibly to changes in his or her life
experiences
Predictions that arise from theory are called:
a. heuristics.
b. ecological validators.
, c. hypotheses.
d. confounded variables. - correct answer ✔✔hypotheses
If a measure accurately measures what it is designed to measure, it is said to be:
a. valid.
b. reliable.
c. objective.
d. generative. - correct answer ✔✔valid
At a beauty pageant, none of the five judges can agree with each other about who should win.
The pageant rating system is low in:
a. validity.
b. selective attrition.
c. interrater reliability.
d. temporal stability. - correct answer ✔✔interrater reliability
In the ____ research design, children of different age groups are studied and compared at the
same point in time.:
a. correlational
b. longitudinal
c. cross-sectional
d. Experimental - correct answer ✔✔cross-sectional
Kato is interested in understanding how a family's behavior changes when they have guests
living in their homes for long periods of time. Kato's best choice of research design/method is:
a. cross-sectional, experimental study.
b. longitudinal, experimental study.
In the context of this course, development refers to:
a. growth in the national economy.
b. advances in civilization's technologies.
c. continuities and changes during the organism's lifespan.
d. the evolution of species in the animal kingdom. - correct answer ✔✔continuities and changes
during the organism's lifespan
Normative development consists of:
a. changes that optimize developmental outcomes.
b. changes that result from maturation.
c. developmental changes that are typical of many children.
d. individual variations among children. - correct answer ✔✔developmental changes that are
typical of many children
The plasticity principle states that the child:
a. responds flexibly to changes in his or her life experiences.
b. must be trained by parents to avoid consuming plastics.
c. progresses predictably through developmental stages.
d. asserts his or her individuality and cannot accurately be described by generalizations that
apply to all children. - correct answer ✔✔responds flexibly to changes in his or her life
experiences
Predictions that arise from theory are called:
a. heuristics.
b. ecological validators.
, c. hypotheses.
d. confounded variables. - correct answer ✔✔hypotheses
If a measure accurately measures what it is designed to measure, it is said to be:
a. valid.
b. reliable.
c. objective.
d. generative. - correct answer ✔✔valid
At a beauty pageant, none of the five judges can agree with each other about who should win.
The pageant rating system is low in:
a. validity.
b. selective attrition.
c. interrater reliability.
d. temporal stability. - correct answer ✔✔interrater reliability
In the ____ research design, children of different age groups are studied and compared at the
same point in time.:
a. correlational
b. longitudinal
c. cross-sectional
d. Experimental - correct answer ✔✔cross-sectional
Kato is interested in understanding how a family's behavior changes when they have guests
living in their homes for long periods of time. Kato's best choice of research design/method is:
a. cross-sectional, experimental study.
b. longitudinal, experimental study.
