PSY 102 Exam 2 2026/2027 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• What is the study of every non-genetic influence, from parental nutrition to the people
and things around us? -✓✓ Environmental Psychology
• What are biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; segments of
DNA capable of synthesizing DNA? -✓✓ Genes
• What are threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes? (46 of
them) -✓✓ Chromosomes
• What is a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the
chromosomes? -✓✓ DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
• What makes up chromosomes? -✓✓ Genes
• What is a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity? -✓✓ Temperament
• What is the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those
contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed to succeeding
generations? -✓✓ Natural Selection
• In psychology, what are socially influenced characteristics by which people define men
and women? -✓✓ Gender
• What is the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define males and
females? -✓✓ Sex
• What are a set of expected behaviors, attitudes, and traits for males or for females? -
✓✓ Gender Roles
• What are the set of rules or ideas us the way women and men "should" look? -✓✓
Gender Norms
• What are the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society? -
✓✓ Social Norms
• Which culture gives priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's
identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications? -✓✓
Individualist Culture
, • What culture gives priority to the goals of one's group and defining one's identity
accordingly? -✓✓ Collectivism
• How many chromosomes do you receive from your mother and father? -✓✓ 23 from
your mother and 23 from your father
• What is the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by
being rewarded or punished? -✓✓ Social Learning Theory
• What is the point at which the sperm and egg fuse together following sexual contact? -
✓✓ Conception
• What is the fertilized egg? -✓✓ Zygote
• What is the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through
the second month? -✓✓ Embryo
• What is the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth (9
weeks to birth)? -✓✓ Fetus
• What is an agent that negatively effects the embryo or fetus? -✓✓ Teratogens
• What are examples of Teratogens? -✓✓ Alchohol, drugs, viruses, and other
substances effecting the development of the unborn child
• What are mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and
communicating? -✓✓ Cognition
• What is a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information? -✓✓
Schema
• What are the 4 stages of Paiget's Theory of Cognitive Development? -✓✓ 1.
Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
3. Concrete-Operational
4. Formal Operational
• Which of Paiget's Stages of Development is between birth and the age of 2? -✓✓
Sensorimotor
• In the Sensorimotor stage, what is the awareness that things continue to exist even
when not perceived? -✓✓ Object Permanence
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
• What is the study of every non-genetic influence, from parental nutrition to the people
and things around us? -✓✓ Environmental Psychology
• What are biochemical units of heredity that make up the chromosomes; segments of
DNA capable of synthesizing DNA? -✓✓ Genes
• What are threadlike structures made of DNA molecules that contain the genes? (46 of
them) -✓✓ Chromosomes
• What is a complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the
chromosomes? -✓✓ DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
• What makes up chromosomes? -✓✓ Genes
• What is a person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity? -✓✓ Temperament
• What is the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those
contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed to succeeding
generations? -✓✓ Natural Selection
• In psychology, what are socially influenced characteristics by which people define men
and women? -✓✓ Gender
• What is the biologically influenced characteristics by which people define males and
females? -✓✓ Sex
• What are a set of expected behaviors, attitudes, and traits for males or for females? -
✓✓ Gender Roles
• What are the set of rules or ideas us the way women and men "should" look? -✓✓
Gender Norms
• What are the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society? -
✓✓ Social Norms
• Which culture gives priority to one's own goals over group goals and defining one's
identity in terms of personal attributes rather than group identifications? -✓✓
Individualist Culture
, • What culture gives priority to the goals of one's group and defining one's identity
accordingly? -✓✓ Collectivism
• How many chromosomes do you receive from your mother and father? -✓✓ 23 from
your mother and 23 from your father
• What is the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and imitating and by
being rewarded or punished? -✓✓ Social Learning Theory
• What is the point at which the sperm and egg fuse together following sexual contact? -
✓✓ Conception
• What is the fertilized egg? -✓✓ Zygote
• What is the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through
the second month? -✓✓ Embryo
• What is the developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth (9
weeks to birth)? -✓✓ Fetus
• What is an agent that negatively effects the embryo or fetus? -✓✓ Teratogens
• What are examples of Teratogens? -✓✓ Alchohol, drugs, viruses, and other
substances effecting the development of the unborn child
• What are mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and
communicating? -✓✓ Cognition
• What is a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information? -✓✓
Schema
• What are the 4 stages of Paiget's Theory of Cognitive Development? -✓✓ 1.
Sensorimotor
2. Preoperational
3. Concrete-Operational
4. Formal Operational
• Which of Paiget's Stages of Development is between birth and the age of 2? -✓✓
Sensorimotor
• In the Sensorimotor stage, what is the awareness that things continue to exist even
when not perceived? -✓✓ Object Permanence
