- A _ is a set of concepts that organizes and explains data.
a. theory
b. critical assumption
c. variable
d. hypothesis
- The ideas about the rules that underlie patterns in nature, such as Darwin’s ideas on evolution and Einstein’s ideas regarding relativity, are examples of
a. laws.
b. theories.
c. hypotheses.
d. critical assumptions.
- __ generate(s) hypotheses that can be tested.
a. Laws
b. Critical assumptions
c. Theories
d. Modeling
- Which of the following is FALSE regarding theories?
a. We can never prove that a theory is correct.
b. Theories generate hypotheses that can be tested.
c. Theories are derived from the direct observation of the rules of nature.
d. Theories serve a practical function by specifying the range of situations in which we are likely to observe specific phenomena.
- Theories of human development are organized into __, with each representing a group of theories that share common guiding assumptions about the nature of development.
a. laws
b. hypotheses
c. approaches
d. etiologies
- _ are guiding assumptions about the nature of development that characterize various theoretical perspectives.
a. Hypotheses
b. Metamodels
c. Laws
d. Etiologies
- The __ perspective was inspired by Sigmund Freud and his followers and emphasizes how biological forces and developmental experiences combine to produce behavior and personality.
a. learning
b. psychodynamic
c. evolutionary
d. cognitive
- Sigmund Freud’s _ theory is one of the earliest and most famous theories within the psychodynamic perspective.
a. psychoanalytic
b. psychosocial
c. evolutionary
d. cognitive
- Which of the following developed the psychoanalytic theory?
a. Konrad Lorenz
b. Lev Vygotsky
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Ivan Pavlov
- _ was an Austrian physician trained in neurology, who became especially interested in hysteria, a disorder in which physical symptoms, such as paralysis and blindness, have no medical cause.
a. Konrad Lorenz
b. Lev Vygotsky
c. Sigmund Freud
d. Ivan Pavlov