According to Erikson, __________ development encompasses changes in the understanding individuals have of their interactions with others, of others’ behavior, and of themselves as members of society
a) psychosocial
b) psycholinguistic
c) psychoanalytic
d) psychosexual
Answer: a
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Which of the following is true concerning cross sectional designs?
a. They require that the same group of participants be tested over and over across a long period of time. b. They are much less convenient to run than longitudinal studies. c. They are likely to confound age with some other variable of interest. d. They are less likely than longitudinal designs to be influenced by cohort effects.
A researcher using naturalistic observation will gather scientific information by:
A) measuring participants on at least two variables. B) unobtrusively watching people in their normal environments. C) manipulating a variable and then measuring any effect on behaviour. D) administering surveys to participants that ask questions about their daily lives.
Research has shown that a person's height is about 81 percent heritable, whereas his or her body mass index (BMI) is about 59 percent heritable. Which of the following is the most accurate interpretation of these findings? a. The variability we see in a population's height is more influenced by genetic factors than the variability we see in the population's weight. b. Environmental factors
account for only 19 percent of a person's height and 41 percent of a person's BMI. c. We cannot make any conclusions about genetic contributions to either height or weight. d. Knowing the relative genetic contributions to traits such as height or weight does not allow us to compare these two unrelated characteristics of people.
If a baby were born with an incompletely formed digestive system and lung problems as the result of a problem very early in development, the most likely cause would be with the development of the:
a. ectoderm b. mesoderm c. endoderm d. placenta