DPY Chapter 1

Psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, neuroscientists, and medical researchers all share an interest in unlocking the mysteries of development through the life span. This indicates how development is: 

• multidirectional

• plastic

• multidisciplinary

• multidimensional

By age 51, most women enter menopause. This is an example of how a biological process can exert a _____ influence on development. 

• plastic

• multidirectional

• normative age-graded

• nonnormative age-graded

_____ processes refer to changes in the individual's thought, intelligence, and language. 

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Socioemotional

• Cultural

Joey has shot up in height over the past year, has developed a deeper voice, and is starting to grow facial hair. He is preoccupied with the pursuit of independence and identity and is spending more time with friends and less with family. Which of the following periods of development is Joey in? 

• Middle childhood

• Adolescence

• Early adulthood

• Late childhood

In predicting an adult woman's behavior, it may be more important to know that she is the mother of a 3-year-old child than to know whether she is 20 or 30 years old. This reflects the concept of: 

• chronological age.

• social age.

• psychological age.

• biological age.

Identify the correct sequence of the five stages of psychosexual development described in Freud's theory of development. 

• Genital, oral, anal, phallic, and latency

• Oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital

• Anal, genital, oral, phallic, and latency

• Oral, phallic, anal, latency, and genital

The first stage in Erickson's theory is: 

• autonomy versus shame and doubt.

• initiative versus guilt.

• generativity versus stagnation.

• trust versus mistrust.

In an experimental study, the _____ group serves as a baseline against which the effects of the manipulated condition can be compared. 

• control

• experimental

• dependent

• independent

The longitudinal method of research consists of studying: 

• the same individuals over a long period of time.

• individuals of different ages.

• individuals from around the globe.

• individuals born in the same year.

According to APA's guidelines, all participants must know what their research participation will involve and what risks might develop. This guideline addresses which of the following issues? 

• Deception

• Debriefing

• Informed consent

• Confidentiality