PSY QUIZ 3 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. convergent thinking
Answer:
capacity to generate the single best solution to a problem=creativeness [scenario]: come up with as
many different solutions and toss out the bad ones
Question:
2. emotional intelligence
Answer:
ability to understand our emotions and those of others and to apply this info to our everyday lives
[scenario]: what emotion someone will experience when meeting the future in-laws for the first time;
being able to tell which emotion a face is expressing
Question:
3. wisdom
Answer:
application of intelligence toward a common good; benefit other [scenario]: older people are called
wise because they have been through so much to know the best solution to a situation so that's why
they share their wisdom to the young
Question:
4. developmental psychology
Answer:
study of how behavior changes over the lifespan; childhood to old age
Question:
5. post hoc fallacy
Answer:
false assumption that bc A came before B, A must have caused B [scenario]: 100% of serial killers
drank milk as children, so milk drinking must cause mass murderers
Question:
6. cross-sectional design
Answer:
research design that examines people of diff ages at a SINGLE point in time *snapshot in time*
[scenario]: old people using cell phones vs young people using them right now
Question:
7. cohort effects
Answer:
effects that result from the fact that individuals in a cohort grew up at the same time, so individuals in
a cohort are likely to be alike but individuals from diff. cohorts are likely to be diff. [scenario]: a
cross-sectional design of computer skills among ages would be a bad idea bc the baby boomers didn't
have computers back then
, Question:
8. longitudinal design
Answer:
research design that examines development in the same group of people on multiple occasions over
time [scenario]: kids acting out after parents get divorced, so because of the divorce they act out- but
this design shows that the kids acted out decades before it
Question:
9. gene-environment interaction
Answer:
situation in which the effects of genes depend on the environment in which the behavior develops
[scenario]: a gene has been shown to contribute to criminality but only in children who are maltreated
Question:
10. nature via nurture
Answer:
one's genetic predispositions can lead him/her to create and environment [scenario]: a child who is
genetically predisposed to be fearful might seek out environments that reduce their anxiety
Question:
11. gene expression
Answer:
activation/deactivation of genes by environmental experiences throughout development [scenario]:
takes experience to switch them "on": kid w genes that predispose them to anxiety may never become
anxious unless something like death of a parent triggers the genes to become active
Question:
12. prenatal
Answer:
prior to birth; period of development
Question:
13. zygote
Answer:
fertilized egg
Question:
14. blastocyst
Answer:
a ball of identical cells in pregnancy that haven't yet begun to take on any specific function in a body
part
Question:
15. embryo
Answer:
2 to 8th week of prenatal development, during which limbs, facial features, and major organs of the
body take form
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. convergent thinking
Answer:
capacity to generate the single best solution to a problem=creativeness [scenario]: come up with as
many different solutions and toss out the bad ones
Question:
2. emotional intelligence
Answer:
ability to understand our emotions and those of others and to apply this info to our everyday lives
[scenario]: what emotion someone will experience when meeting the future in-laws for the first time;
being able to tell which emotion a face is expressing
Question:
3. wisdom
Answer:
application of intelligence toward a common good; benefit other [scenario]: older people are called
wise because they have been through so much to know the best solution to a situation so that's why
they share their wisdom to the young
Question:
4. developmental psychology
Answer:
study of how behavior changes over the lifespan; childhood to old age
Question:
5. post hoc fallacy
Answer:
false assumption that bc A came before B, A must have caused B [scenario]: 100% of serial killers
drank milk as children, so milk drinking must cause mass murderers
Question:
6. cross-sectional design
Answer:
research design that examines people of diff ages at a SINGLE point in time *snapshot in time*
[scenario]: old people using cell phones vs young people using them right now
Question:
7. cohort effects
Answer:
effects that result from the fact that individuals in a cohort grew up at the same time, so individuals in
a cohort are likely to be alike but individuals from diff. cohorts are likely to be diff. [scenario]: a
cross-sectional design of computer skills among ages would be a bad idea bc the baby boomers didn't
have computers back then
, Question:
8. longitudinal design
Answer:
research design that examines development in the same group of people on multiple occasions over
time [scenario]: kids acting out after parents get divorced, so because of the divorce they act out- but
this design shows that the kids acted out decades before it
Question:
9. gene-environment interaction
Answer:
situation in which the effects of genes depend on the environment in which the behavior develops
[scenario]: a gene has been shown to contribute to criminality but only in children who are maltreated
Question:
10. nature via nurture
Answer:
one's genetic predispositions can lead him/her to create and environment [scenario]: a child who is
genetically predisposed to be fearful might seek out environments that reduce their anxiety
Question:
11. gene expression
Answer:
activation/deactivation of genes by environmental experiences throughout development [scenario]:
takes experience to switch them "on": kid w genes that predispose them to anxiety may never become
anxious unless something like death of a parent triggers the genes to become active
Question:
12. prenatal
Answer:
prior to birth; period of development
Question:
13. zygote
Answer:
fertilized egg
Question:
14. blastocyst
Answer:
a ball of identical cells in pregnancy that haven't yet begun to take on any specific function in a body
part
Question:
15. embryo
Answer:
2 to 8th week of prenatal development, during which limbs, facial features, and major organs of the
body take form
