Psych 200 Exam Questions and
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Parents ask their child's pediatrician if the changes in their child's height and weight
over time indicate that their child is growing within normative ranges. These parents
are concerned about which domain of human development? - ✔✔Physical
An author on a new book tour markets the book with messages such as, "Do you
constantly think about your love life and work? Are you deciding if you'll get married
and have children? Are you in the process of finishing up your formal education and
launching your career? Are you still struggling to feel like an adult? Then this book is
for you."
This author is marketing to people in which period of human development? - ✔✔Early
Adulthood
On the first day of school, parents proudly tell their child's kindergarten teacher, "Logan
has excellent verbal skills and is a great communicator because we talked to Logan as a
baby all the time!" These parents are attributing their child's language skills to ________.
- ✔✔Nurture
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,Researchers who study adolescent health were excited to read the announcement that
The National Institutes of Health released a dataset from the Adolescent Brain
Cognitive Development Study, considered the largest long-term study of brain
development. When scientists use this database to study the various factors that
influence adolescent brain, cognitive, social, and emotional development, what type of
research method are they doing? - ✔✔Secondary Content Analysis
Simone is conducting research about how psychosocial factors relate to relationship
satisfaction. She has all the potential research participants review a written description
of the procedures to be used in the research and any expected risks or benefits. If they
sign this ________, it serves as a contract stating that they agree to participate in
research. - ✔✔Informed consent statement
To reduce the academic achievement gap, school administrators implemented a
language enrichment program for preschool children from low-income families. Now
they want to know if the program is working. They ask Dr. Carlton to conduct an
evaluation research study. What is the objective of evaluation research? - ✔✔To assess
the effectiveness of an academic enrichment program
There is a growing concern that Americans are not getting enough good quality sleep. A
researcher hypothesizes that playing video games before bed may have something to do
with this. The researcher conducts a study to randomly assign some participants to play
an up-tempo video game for either one or three hours before bed. Other participants
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, had no engagement with electronics in the time before bed. Then, the researcher
assessed all the participants' sleep quality (e.g., number of awakenings, percentage of
time in deep sleep) during an overnight sleep study.
In this experiment, the ________ is time spent playing video games (e.g., one or three
hours). - ✔✔Independent Variable
Correlational research would be the preferred method for studying the relationship
between perfectionism and anxiety because it would allow researchers to ________. -
✔✔...
In a ________ study of the relationship between daily mindfulness meditation and
cortisol (stress hormone) levels in the body over 20 years, researchers collect useful
information about changes with age and within individuals over time. Despite that, the
study was expensive, and several of the participants dropped off the project. -
✔✔longitudinal research
A researcher uses a simple random sampling method to select participants for his
study. Each potential participant is assigned a number. The researcher then uses a set of
random numbers (e.g., 13, 45, 76) as a guide to determine who will be selected. Which
aspect of the scientific method does this demonstrate? - ✔✔The scientific method offers
a systematic way to make comparisons and guard against bias.
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Answers 100% Pass
Parents ask their child's pediatrician if the changes in their child's height and weight
over time indicate that their child is growing within normative ranges. These parents
are concerned about which domain of human development? - ✔✔Physical
An author on a new book tour markets the book with messages such as, "Do you
constantly think about your love life and work? Are you deciding if you'll get married
and have children? Are you in the process of finishing up your formal education and
launching your career? Are you still struggling to feel like an adult? Then this book is
for you."
This author is marketing to people in which period of human development? - ✔✔Early
Adulthood
On the first day of school, parents proudly tell their child's kindergarten teacher, "Logan
has excellent verbal skills and is a great communicator because we talked to Logan as a
baby all the time!" These parents are attributing their child's language skills to ________.
- ✔✔Nurture
Katelyn Whitman, All Rights Reserved © 2025 1
,Researchers who study adolescent health were excited to read the announcement that
The National Institutes of Health released a dataset from the Adolescent Brain
Cognitive Development Study, considered the largest long-term study of brain
development. When scientists use this database to study the various factors that
influence adolescent brain, cognitive, social, and emotional development, what type of
research method are they doing? - ✔✔Secondary Content Analysis
Simone is conducting research about how psychosocial factors relate to relationship
satisfaction. She has all the potential research participants review a written description
of the procedures to be used in the research and any expected risks or benefits. If they
sign this ________, it serves as a contract stating that they agree to participate in
research. - ✔✔Informed consent statement
To reduce the academic achievement gap, school administrators implemented a
language enrichment program for preschool children from low-income families. Now
they want to know if the program is working. They ask Dr. Carlton to conduct an
evaluation research study. What is the objective of evaluation research? - ✔✔To assess
the effectiveness of an academic enrichment program
There is a growing concern that Americans are not getting enough good quality sleep. A
researcher hypothesizes that playing video games before bed may have something to do
with this. The researcher conducts a study to randomly assign some participants to play
an up-tempo video game for either one or three hours before bed. Other participants
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, had no engagement with electronics in the time before bed. Then, the researcher
assessed all the participants' sleep quality (e.g., number of awakenings, percentage of
time in deep sleep) during an overnight sleep study.
In this experiment, the ________ is time spent playing video games (e.g., one or three
hours). - ✔✔Independent Variable
Correlational research would be the preferred method for studying the relationship
between perfectionism and anxiety because it would allow researchers to ________. -
✔✔...
In a ________ study of the relationship between daily mindfulness meditation and
cortisol (stress hormone) levels in the body over 20 years, researchers collect useful
information about changes with age and within individuals over time. Despite that, the
study was expensive, and several of the participants dropped off the project. -
✔✔longitudinal research
A researcher uses a simple random sampling method to select participants for his
study. Each potential participant is assigned a number. The researcher then uses a set of
random numbers (e.g., 13, 45, 76) as a guide to determine who will be selected. Which
aspect of the scientific method does this demonstrate? - ✔✔The scientific method offers
a systematic way to make comparisons and guard against bias.
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