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Practice Test #2



 This activity contains 20 questions.

Question 1.
Our knowledge of human development is interdisciplinary. What does this mean?
 
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Question 2.
If baby Charlie has the same types of skills his parents have, only not as fine-tuned, the change in his thinking as he matures would be considered
 
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Question 3.
Lifespan researchers emphasize that development is
 
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Question 4.
According to the lifespan perspective, starting school at around age 6 is an example of a(n)
 
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Question 5.
In the normative approach to child study, researchers
 
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Question 6.
G. Stanley Hall, one of the most influential American psychologists of the early twentieth century, is generally regarded as the founder of the
 
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Question 7.
The first successful intelligence test, developed by Alfred Binet, was important because it
 
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Question 8.
Which of the following theories is noted for its focus on the unique developmental history of each individual?

 
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Question 9.
During Piaget’s __________ stage, children’s reasoning becomes logical, and they develop the ability to organize objects into hierarchies of classes and subclasses.
 
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Question 10.
Which of the following theories is concerned with the adaptive value of behavior and its evolutionary significance?
 
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Question 11.
A sensitive period is a time in which an individual is
 
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Question 12.
Evolutionary developmental psychology is the study of
 
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Question 13.
To understand human development at the level of the microsystem, one must keep in mind that all relationships are
 
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Question 14.
Jennifer’s mother volunteers as a room parent. This connection between home and school illustrates Bronfenbrenner’s
 
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Question 15.
The outermost level of Bronfenbrenner’s model is the
 
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Question 16.
To study children’s emotional reactions, an investigator creates a laboratory situation that evokes the behavior of interest so that each participant has an equal opportunity to exhibit the response. This research method is considered a
 
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Question 17.
A researcher concludes that 5-year-olds in the 1950s learned more slowly than 5-year-olds today. Which of the following is responsible for this finding?
 
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Question 18.
In a __________ design, groups of people differing in age are studied at the same point in time.
 
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Question 19.
A sequential design can identify cohort effects by comparing groups of people of
 
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Question 20.
Which of the following is true of research rights involving informed consent?
 
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