ANSWERS
Convergent thinking - ANS.....- 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
Emotional intelligence - ANS.....- 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
Wisdom - ANS.....- 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
Developmental psychology - ANS.....- study of how behavior changes over the
lifespan;
Childhood to old age
Post hoc fallacy - ANS.....- 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
, Cross-sectional design - ANS.....- 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
Cohort effects - ANS.....- 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
Longitudinal design - ANS.....- 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
Gene-environment interaction - ANS.....- 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
Nature via nurture - ANS.....- 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
Gene expression - ANS.....- activation/deactivation of genes by environmental
experiences throughout development