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1

The traditional approach to development emphasizes that developmental change occurs during adulthood as well as during childhood.
A)True
B)False
2

Individuals raised during the Great Depression were influenced by different normative age-graded experiences than those raised today.
A)True
B)False
3

The stage consisting of the most biological growth is the prenatal period.
A)True
B)False
4

Meryl is 55 years old. This is an example of his biological age.
A)True
B)False
5

Piaget's theory represents discontinuity in development.
A)True
B)False
6

A hypothesis is an interrelated, coherent set of ideas that helps to explain phenomena and make predictions.
A)True
B)False
7

Erik Erikson believed that development depends primarily on the unconscious mind and is heavily couched in emotion.
A)True
B)False
8

Information processing theorists liken the physical brain to a computer's software.
A)True
B)False
9

Behaviorists believe that behavior is shaped through a series of rewards and punishments.
A)True
B)False
10

Imprinting is rapid, innate learning within a limited critical period of time that involves attachment to the first moving object seen.
A)True
B)False
11

Individuals do not have active roles in their macrosystems.
A)True
B)False
12

An eclectic orientation does not follow any single theoretical approach, but rather selects and uses what is considered the best in each theory.
A)True
B)False
13

A laboratory setting is always the best place to make a systematic, accurate observation.
A)True
B)False
14

A benefit of a case-study is that results can be easily generalized to the broad population.
A)True
B)False
15

A correlation coefficient of -0.95 implies a weak correlation.
A)True
B)False
16

Experimenters manipulate the independent variable and measure effects on the dependent variable.
A)True
B)False
17

Informed consent means that researchers are responsible for keeping all of the data they gather on individuals completely confidential and when possible, completely anonymous.
A)True
B)False







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