CSCC PSYCH 2340 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
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Biological Processes
ANSWER✔✔ Processes that produce changes in an individual's physical nature.
Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory
ANSWER✔✔ Development reflects the influence of several environmental
systems.
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem
Case Study
ANSWER✔✔ Study of one individual in great detail.
Cognitive Processes
ANSWER✔✔ Changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language.
Cohort Effects (Generation Effects)
ANSWER✔✔ Effects due to a person's time of birth, era, or generation—not to
actual age.
,Continuity-Discontinuity Issue
ANSWER✔✔ Gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages?
Correlation Coefficient
ANSWER✔✔ A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the
degree of association between two variables. (+1.00 to -1.00)
Correlation Research Method
ANSWER✔✔ Strives to describe the strength of the relationship between two or
more events or characteristics.
Cross-Cultural Studies
ANSWER✔✔ Compare aspects of two or more cultures.
Cross-Sectional Approach
ANSWER✔✔ A research strategy in which individuals of different ages are
compared at one time.
Culture
ANSWER✔✔ Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
Descriptive Research
ANSWER✔✔ Aims to observe and record behavior.
Development
ANSWER✔✔ Pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and
continues through the life span. Includes growth but also decline and dying.
, Eclectic Theoretical Orientation
ANSWER✔✔ An orientation that does not follow any one theoretical approach but
rather selects from each theory whatever is considered the best in it.
Emerging Adulthood
ANSWER✔✔ The transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, spanning
approximately 18 to 25 years of age.
Erikson's Theory
ANSWER✔✔ Primary motivation for human behavior is social and reflects a
desire to affiliate with other people. Eight psychosocial stages, representing eight
key crises that must be resolved.
Ethnic Gloss
ANSWER✔✔ Overgeneralization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures
differences within the group.
Ethnicity
ANSWER✔✔ A characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationality
characteristics, race, religion, and language.
Ethology
ANSWER✔✔ Behavior is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to evolution, and
is characterized by critical or sensitive periods.
Experiment
ANSWER✔✔ Uses carefully regulated procedures in which one or more factors
are manipulated while all other factors are held constant.
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LATEST UPDATED 2026
Biological Processes
ANSWER✔✔ Processes that produce changes in an individual's physical nature.
Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory
ANSWER✔✔ Development reflects the influence of several environmental
systems.
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem
Case Study
ANSWER✔✔ Study of one individual in great detail.
Cognitive Processes
ANSWER✔✔ Changes in an individual's thought, intelligence, and language.
Cohort Effects (Generation Effects)
ANSWER✔✔ Effects due to a person's time of birth, era, or generation—not to
actual age.
,Continuity-Discontinuity Issue
ANSWER✔✔ Gradual, cumulative change or distinct stages?
Correlation Coefficient
ANSWER✔✔ A number based on statistical analysis that is used to describe the
degree of association between two variables. (+1.00 to -1.00)
Correlation Research Method
ANSWER✔✔ Strives to describe the strength of the relationship between two or
more events or characteristics.
Cross-Cultural Studies
ANSWER✔✔ Compare aspects of two or more cultures.
Cross-Sectional Approach
ANSWER✔✔ A research strategy in which individuals of different ages are
compared at one time.
Culture
ANSWER✔✔ Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
Descriptive Research
ANSWER✔✔ Aims to observe and record behavior.
Development
ANSWER✔✔ Pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and
continues through the life span. Includes growth but also decline and dying.
, Eclectic Theoretical Orientation
ANSWER✔✔ An orientation that does not follow any one theoretical approach but
rather selects from each theory whatever is considered the best in it.
Emerging Adulthood
ANSWER✔✔ The transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, spanning
approximately 18 to 25 years of age.
Erikson's Theory
ANSWER✔✔ Primary motivation for human behavior is social and reflects a
desire to affiliate with other people. Eight psychosocial stages, representing eight
key crises that must be resolved.
Ethnic Gloss
ANSWER✔✔ Overgeneralization about an ethnic or cultural group that obscures
differences within the group.
Ethnicity
ANSWER✔✔ A characteristic based on cultural heritage, nationality
characteristics, race, religion, and language.
Ethology
ANSWER✔✔ Behavior is strongly influenced by biology, is tied to evolution, and
is characterized by critical or sensitive periods.
Experiment
ANSWER✔✔ Uses carefully regulated procedures in which one or more factors
are manipulated while all other factors are held constant.
