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Questions
1. The process of helping humans develop in positive directions arising from evaluating ways to stimulate intellectual growth in preschool programs, preventing binge drinking among college students, and/or supporting elderly adults after the death of a spouse is referred to as
a. Description
b. Optimisation
c. Prediction
d. Explanation
e. None of the above
2. When we have the results of multiple studies addressing the same question, they can be synthesized to produce overall conclusions through the research method called....
a. Experimental control
b. Meta-analysis
c. Correlation coefficient
d. Directionality
3. The father, not the mother, determines the sex of a child
True
False
4. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Genes have no relationship with essential substances such as hormones, neurotransmitters, and enzymes
b. DNA is made up of sequences of four chemicals known by the letters A, C, G, and T
c. Only about 2-3% of the human genome consists of what has traditionally been defined as genes
d. The human genome has about 3.1 billion of the chemical constituents A, C, G, and T
5. Which of these is not a common feature of emerging adulthood?
a. Feeling in between
b. Relative freedom from obligation to others
c. They are full of hope for the future
d. Improvements in standards of living and health
6. According to Jean Piaget, cognitive development begins with which of the following behaviours?
a. Sensorimotor activities
b. Formal operations
c. Pre-operational
d. Intuitive thought
e. Concrete operational
7. Which of the following theorists advanced the concept of the identity crisis?
a. Lev Vygotsky
b. Erik Erikson
c. Urie Bronfenbrenner
d. Jean Piaget
e. B. F. Skinner
8. What is the name of the period of prenatal development between the 2nd and 8th week after conception, which is the time when all major organs begin to form?
a. Germinal period
b. Embryonic period
c. Age of viability
d. Foetal period
9. Which of the following arguments does not reflect Darwin's theory?
a. There is genetic variation in a species
b. Some genes aid adaptation more than others do
c. Genes that aid their bearers in adapting to their environment will be passed to future generations more frequently than genes that do not
d. None of the above
10. Fertilisation of a human ovum occurs
a. In the uterus
b. In the fallopian tube
c. In the ovary
d. In the cervix