The way people grow and change across the lifespan is referred to as ____.

Human beings everywhere have essentially the same biological constitution, yet their paths through the life span are remarkably different depending on ____.

What did the text define as the increasing connections between different parts of the world in trade, travel, migration, and communication?

The total fertility rate (TFR) is defined as the number of ____.

Nearly all of the population growth in the decades to come will take place in ____.

What will happen to the populations of developed countries during the next few decades and beyond? They will _____.

What term is used in the text to refer to countries which have less wealth, but are experiencing rapid economic growth?

____ refers to the most affluent countries in the world.

Developed countries roughly make up ____ of the world's population, whereas, developing countries make up ____.

What country allows for more legal immigrations than most other countries and has tens of millions of illegal immigrants as well?

José was born in a country where his parents make less than $2 a day and he is expected to attend grade-school but not college. Jose was most likely born in a ____.

What percent of the world's population lives on a family income of less than $6,000 per year?

What term is used to refer to people in the rural areas of developing countries, who tend to adhere more closely to the historical aspects of their culture than people in urban areas do?

Within any given country, which of the following sets most of the norms and standards, and holds most of the positions of political, economic, intellectual, and media power?

What term is often used to refer to a person's social class, which includes educational level, income level, and occupational status?

LaWanda has a high school diploma and is currently working as a waitress but is attending school in hopes of becoming a pediatrician. Her current socioeconomic status is likely ____; however, when she becomes an established pediatrician, her socioeconomic status will be ____.

United States infant mortality is higher among ____ families than in ____ families, in part because ____.

Freud developed the first method of psychotherapy, which he called ______.

Sigmund Freud divided human development into ____ stages.

Which of the following comprise Freud's theory of personality?

What was one of the ways that Erikson's theory differed from Freud's theory? Erikson believed that _____.

Erikson believed that each stage had a distinctive developmental challenge, which he referred to as a _____.

Whose theory is not a stage theory of human development but rather a theory that focuses on the multiple influences that shape human development in the social environment?

What is Bronfenbrenner's term for the immediate environment, the settings where people experience their daily lives?

What is Bronfenbrenner's term for the network of interconnections between the various immediate environments that the individual experiences?

Which of the following are components of the microsystem from Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory?

What is Bronfenbrenner's term for the changes that occur in developmental circumstances over time, both with respect to individual development and to historical changes?

Many theories of development do not address culture. Why does Bronfenbrenner's theory think that culture is so important? He recognizes that ______.

A researcher is interested in examining how well children who are good at delaying gratification do academically. The researcher would state "children who can delay gratification get better grades in school than children who cannot delay gratification." What step of the scientific method was just accomplished?

The scientific method involves five basic steps: ____.

A sample is ____.

The sample should represent the ____, which is the entire category of people the sample represents.

Which of the following best describes when findings from the sample make it possible to draw conclusions about the larger population that the sample is intended to represent?

To prevent ethical violations, most institutions that sponsor research, such as universities and research institutes, require a proposal for research to be approved by a(n) ______.

____ occurs at the beginning of the research study, whereas the ____ occurs at the end.

Which of the following best describes confidentiality within scientific research?

Which of the following best describes informed consent within scientific research?

Which of the following best describes a debriefing within scientific research?

Qualitative data is ____, whereas quantitative data is ____.

____ refers to the consistency of measures, whereas ____ refers to the truthfulness of a measurement.

Professor Cook is conducting a research study on the cognitive abilities of infants and young children. Rather than follow subjects from birth to the age of 10, he assesses small groups from various ages. Of 1-year-olds he measures five children, of 2-year-olds he measures five different children, and so forth. By the time he has completed his study Dr. Cook has an assessment of 50 different children from 10 different age groups. Which of the following describes the research method that Dr. Cook is using?

A(n) __________ is a statistical relationship between two variables, such that knowing one of the variables makes it possible to predict the other.

Dr. Mitchell is conducting a research study on temperament. As a basis of this study he plans to follow 1,000 subjects from the age of 5 to the age of 35. At periodic times he will revisit subjects and their temperament. Dr. Mitchell's research study is planned to last for 30 years. Which of the following best describes the type of research Dr. Mitchell is conducting?

The ____ variable is the variable that is different for the experimental group than for the control group. The ____ variable is the outcome that is measured to calculate the results of the experiment.

What effect occurs when the performance of people of different ages varies because they grew up in different generations?

What term describes when participants drop out of a longitudinal study?