Modules 1 and 2

Question 1

Belief Perseverance

Answer 1

tendency to hold onto existing ideas or beliefs even in the face of contradictory evidence

Question 2

Confirmation Bias

Answer 2

tendency to search for information that confirms our existing ideas and beliefs

Question 3

Correlational Designs

Answer 3

research design that attempts to make connections between two variables

Question 4

Experimental Designs

Answer 4

research design that allows cause and effect between study variable to be inferred

Question 5

Quasi-Experimental Designs

Answer 5

research design that attempts to demonstrate a cause-effect relationship when random assignment is not possible and manipulating the independent variable

Question 6

Socioeconomic Status (SES)

Answer 6

status of a family household that relies on the education level and occupation of family members rather than their level of income

Question 7

Volunteer Bias

Answer 7

the tendency for those who choose to participate in research studies to be different in some way from others who decline the invitation to participate

Question 8

Authoritarian Parenting

Answer 8

high level of control in which rules are enforced, yet emotional connectedness is lacking

Question 9

Authoritative Parenting

Answer 9

high levels of control or enforcing rules as well as high levels of emotional connectedness

Question 10

Chronosystem

Answer 10

chronological nature of development within the individual as well as the surrounding environment

Question 11

Exosystem

Answer 11

interaction among two or more environments, one of which does not directly include the individual

Question 12

Macrosystem

Answer 12

broader cultural patterns such as beliefs, customs, knowledge, and morals

Question 13

Mesosystem

Answer 13

interactions between two or more microsystems

Question 14

Microsystem

Answer 14

immediate environment surrounding the individual

Question 15

Overt Aggression

Answer 15

behaviors intended to harm someone physically

Question 16

Perceived Popularity

Answer 16

having good social skills, but may not be well-liked by peers and may display aggressive behaviors

Question 17

Permissive Parenting

Answer 17

few behavioral expectations for the child; indulgent parenting is a style of parenting in which parents are very involved with their children but place few demands or controls on them

Question 18

Relational Aggression

Answer 18

behaviors specifically intended to damage another person’s relationships

Question 19

Sleeper Effect

Answer 19

negative effects of divorce seem dormant for many years only to arise again during adolescence

Question 20

Sociometric Popularity

Answer 20

being well-liked by peers as well as having good social skills