HGD Midterm Study Guide
HGD Midterm Study Guide
1. The Christian doctrine of ________ is the basis for the theory that human development occurs as a result of how well or how poorly someone does at overcoming their innately sinful nature
a. original sin
2. Who was the philosopher who believed that children are born with a mind which is a blank slate?
a. John Locke
3. Juanita's father died when she was just a baby, but her family insists that she not only looks like him, she acts like him as well. This might indicate that which of the following had a large impact on her development?
a. Nature
4. If puberty begins for girls with the onset of menstruation, puberty could be considered a matter of
a. discontinuity.
5. Which of the following are members of the same cohort?
a. A high school student in California and a high school student in Florida
6. Sets of statements that propose general principles to explain development are known as
a. theories.
7. Which of the following is a true statement about correlations?
a. Correlations can range from -1.00 to +1.00 and describe the strength of a relationship between two variables.
8. A new medicine for headaches is in clinical trials. The patients who are receiving this new drug are members of which group?
a. The experimental group
9. A researcher wants to study how radiation affects a developing human fetus. Which type of research would be best suited for this?
a. Quasi-experimentation
10. After reading chapter one, which of the following should you be able to apply to your daily life?
a. You will have some tools to critically evaluate research and make an informed decision as to applying the research findings to your daily life.
11. Which of the following theories relies on the understanding of unconscious drives and motive to answer the "whys" of human development?
a. Psychoanalytic
12. From No Easy Answers on page 25: Which of the following is the MOST correct statement regarding repressed memories?
a. The perpetrators of
1. The Christian doctrine of ________ is the basis for the theory that human development occurs as a result of how well or how poorly someone does at overcoming their innately sinful nature
a. original sin
2. Who was the philosopher who believed that children are born with a mind which is a blank slate?
a. John Locke
3. Juanita's father died when she was just a baby, but her family insists that she not only looks like him, she acts like him as well. This might indicate that which of the following had a large impact on her development?
a. Nature
4. If puberty begins for girls with the onset of menstruation, puberty could be considered a matter of
a. discontinuity.
5. Which of the following are members of the same cohort?
a. A high school student in California and a high school student in Florida
6. Sets of statements that propose general principles to explain development are known as
a. theories.
7. Which of the following is a true statement about correlations?
a. Correlations can range from -1.00 to +1.00 and describe the strength of a relationship between two variables.
8. A new medicine for headaches is in clinical trials. The patients who are receiving this new drug are members of which group?
a. The experimental group
9. A researcher wants to study how radiation affects a developing human fetus. Which type of research would be best suited for this?
a. Quasi-experimentation
10. After reading chapter one, which of the following should you be able to apply to your daily life?
a. You will have some tools to critically evaluate research and make an informed decision as to applying the research findings to your daily life.
11. Which of the following theories relies on the understanding of unconscious drives and motive to answer the "whys" of human development?
a. Psychoanalytic
12. From No Easy Answers on page 25: Which of the following is the MOST correct statement regarding repressed memories?
a. The perpetrators of