1. The organization of the human brain is in three parts.
a. True
b. False
2. A longitudinal method refers to investigators studying the same people repeatedly at various times in the participants' lives
a. True
b. False
3. Testosterone is essential for the production of sperm
a. True
b. False
4. Only young women experience anorexia nervosa.
a. True
b. False
5. A case study provides insights or hypotheses that later investigations pursue in a more systematic fashion.
a. True
b. False
6. The language process is associated with the right hemisphere of the brain.
a. True
b. False
7. Risk is neither psychological nor biological
a. True
b. False
8. An experiment in which researchers deliberately create a change in a real-world setting and then measure the outcome of their manipulation is considered a natural experiment
a. True
b. False
9. The right hemisphere process sounds like music
a. True
b. False
10. The smallest portion of the human brain is the cerebrum.
a. True
b. False
11. Crib death is the same as sudden infant death syndrome
a. True
b. False
12. The covering layer of the cerebrum that contains the cells that control specific functions such as seeing, hearing, moving and thinking is the neuron.
a. True
b. False
13. Cognitive social learning theory allows children to learn not only through classical and operant conditioning but also by observing and imitating others.
a. True
b. False
14. Newborns sleep approximately 70% of the time.
a. True
b. False
15. Natural experiment is an experiment in which researchers measure the results of events that occur naturally in the real world.
a. True
b. False
16. Prematurity in children is usually in those of lower economic households
a. True
b. False
17. A viral disease that attacks the body's immune systems is the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
a. True
b. False
18. The Piagetian theory is the personality component that is the repository of the child's internalization of parental or societal values, morals and roles.
a. True
b. False
19. A case study method is a research method in which researchers compare groups of individuals of different age levels at approximately the same point in time.
a. True
b. False
20. The period of the embryo begins once the zygote is implanted firmly in the mother's uterus
a. True
b. False
21. The scientific method is the use of measurable and replicable techniques in framing hypotheses and collecting and analyzing data to test a theory's usefulness.
a. True
b. False
22. A control group is the tendency of observers to allow the influence in their judgments by their knowledge of the hypotheses guiding the research.
a. True
b. False
23. Sickle-cell anemia is a disorder, caused by a recessive gene, in which the white blood cells is distorted when low in oxygen, causing fatigue, shortness of breath and severe pain and posing a threat to life from blockage of crucial blood vessels.
a. True
b. False
24. Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) assay is a maternal blood test performed prenatally to detect such problems as Down syndrome.
a. True
b. False
25. Down syndrome births are higher for men over 35, especially if the mother is over age 35.
a. True
b. False