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Question 21

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Observing behavior in real-world settings and making no effort to manipulate or control the situation is called ______ observation.

A) laboratory
B) naturalistic
C) serious
D) correlational

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The ability to control certain factors when observing behavior is reflective of:

A) laboratory research.
B) naturalistic observation.
C) case studies.
D) surveys.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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During early adulthood,Erik Erikson's developmental stage of _____ occurs.

Dr.Tepper-Harmon believes that life-span development cannot be studied without considering biological,socioemotional,and cognitive dimensions.Dr.Tepper-Harmon believes that development is:

Many individuals become wiser as they age,but their performance on tasks that require speed in processing information starts to decline.This illustrates how throughout life,some dimensions or components of a dimension expand and others shrink,or how development is:

Most contemporary psychoanalytic theorists believe that Sigmund Freud:

A researcher is interested in the effect of exercise on stamina in elderly patients.The patients are randomly assigned to be in a high-exercise or low-exercise training program for eight weeks.At the end of the program,their stamina is measured by seeing how long they can walk comfortably on a treadmill.In this study,the dependent variable is:

According to APA's guidelines,after the study has been completed,participants should be informed of its purpose and the methods that were used.This is known as:

Going by current trends,86-year-old Matilda is likely to be living:

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

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks." This old saying refutes Paul Baltes' life-span perspective that views development as being:

Keith has won the lottery and now has more money than he ever dreamed of having.This incident will likely affect Keith's development and is an example of a:

_____ age is an individual's adaptive capacities compared with those of other individuals of the same chronological age.

A(n) _____ is a carefully regulated procedure in which one or more factors believed to influence the behavior being studied are manipulated while all other factors are held constant.

Explain eclectic theoretical orientation.What is the merit in using such an orientation?

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?

Theories that describe development as primarily unconscious (beyond awareness)and heavily colored by emotion.

Dr.Drew is a scientist interested in the effects of music on cognitive development.Which of the following describes the sequence he should go through?

Gina's therapist attributes her delinquent behavior to heredity and to the gross neglect she suffered as a baby at the hands of her alcoholic mother.Gina's therapist appears to be emphasizing the _____ aspect of her development.

This theorist proposed that psychosexual development occurred in the five stages: oral stage,anal stage,phallic stage,latent stage,and genital stage.