PSYC 230 LATEST EVALUATION ALL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Cohort - ✔✔People born within a few years of one another
✔✔Culture - ✔✔Shared beliefs, norms, behaviors, conventions, and expectations
✔✔Social Construction - ✔✔Concept created by society that influences how people
think and behave
✔✔Difference-Equals-Deficit Error - ✔✔Mistaken belief that deviations from a norm are
inferior
✔✔Intersectionality - ✔✔Idea that identities combine and interact, especially when
discrimination occurs
✔✔Three Methods of Science - ✔✔Survey, Observation, Experiment
✔✔Survey - ✔✔Research method that gathers information through questionnaires or
interviews
✔✔Observation - ✔✔Research method involving systematic watching and recording
behavior
✔✔Experiment - ✔✔Research method that manipulates variables to determine cause-
and-effect relationships
✔✔Cross-Sectional Research - ✔✔Study comparing different age groups at the same
time
✔✔Longitudinal Research - ✔✔Study following the same individuals over time
✔✔Cross-Sequential Research - ✔✔Combination of cross-sectional and longitudinal
methods
✔✔Correlation - ✔✔Relationship between two variables
✔✔Causation - ✔✔One variable directly causes changes in another
✔✔Quantitative Research - ✔✔Research using numerical data and statistical analysis
✔✔Qualitative Research - ✔✔Research using descriptive or non-numerical data
, ✔✔True or False - ✔✔Germinal Period Occurs Before Pregnancy Is Known : True (0-2
weeks, before most people know they are pregnant)
✔✔Fertilization - ✔✔Egg and sperm meet in the fallopian tube during ovulation
✔✔Estrogen Peak - ✔✔Occurs before ovulation
✔✔LH Peak - ✔✔Occurs during ovulation
✔✔Progesterone Peak - ✔✔Occurs after ovulation
✔✔Luteal Phase - ✔✔Blastocyst divides and moves across the fallopian tube
✔✔Implantation Timing - ✔✔Occurs about 10 days after fertilization
✔✔Pregnancy Test Timing - ✔✔By the time of a positive test, the pregnancy is already
about 4 weeks along
✔✔6-Week Abortion Window - ✔✔Leaves about a 2-week window to make decisions
after discovering pregnancy
✔✔Pregnancy Test Hormone - ✔✔Detects hCG hormone released during
fertilization/implantation
✔✔Prenatal Development - ✔✔Development from conception to birth
✔✔Germinal Period - ✔✔0-2 weeks; fertilization, cell division, implantation
✔✔Cell Development Sequence - ✔✔Zygote → Morula → Blastocyst → Embryo →
Fetus → Baby
✔✔Stem Cells - ✔✔Pluripotent cells that can develop into specialized cells
✔✔Implantation - ✔✔Blastocyst embedding into uterine wall (day 7-14)
✔✔hCG Function - ✔✔Signals continued progesterone release to maintain uterine
lining
✔✔Placenta - ✔✔Organ that develops to exchange nutrients and waste between parent
and fetus
✔✔Zygote Survival Rate - ✔✔About 65% of zygotes fail to implant or survive the
germinal period
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Cohort - ✔✔People born within a few years of one another
✔✔Culture - ✔✔Shared beliefs, norms, behaviors, conventions, and expectations
✔✔Social Construction - ✔✔Concept created by society that influences how people
think and behave
✔✔Difference-Equals-Deficit Error - ✔✔Mistaken belief that deviations from a norm are
inferior
✔✔Intersectionality - ✔✔Idea that identities combine and interact, especially when
discrimination occurs
✔✔Three Methods of Science - ✔✔Survey, Observation, Experiment
✔✔Survey - ✔✔Research method that gathers information through questionnaires or
interviews
✔✔Observation - ✔✔Research method involving systematic watching and recording
behavior
✔✔Experiment - ✔✔Research method that manipulates variables to determine cause-
and-effect relationships
✔✔Cross-Sectional Research - ✔✔Study comparing different age groups at the same
time
✔✔Longitudinal Research - ✔✔Study following the same individuals over time
✔✔Cross-Sequential Research - ✔✔Combination of cross-sectional and longitudinal
methods
✔✔Correlation - ✔✔Relationship between two variables
✔✔Causation - ✔✔One variable directly causes changes in another
✔✔Quantitative Research - ✔✔Research using numerical data and statistical analysis
✔✔Qualitative Research - ✔✔Research using descriptive or non-numerical data
, ✔✔True or False - ✔✔Germinal Period Occurs Before Pregnancy Is Known : True (0-2
weeks, before most people know they are pregnant)
✔✔Fertilization - ✔✔Egg and sperm meet in the fallopian tube during ovulation
✔✔Estrogen Peak - ✔✔Occurs before ovulation
✔✔LH Peak - ✔✔Occurs during ovulation
✔✔Progesterone Peak - ✔✔Occurs after ovulation
✔✔Luteal Phase - ✔✔Blastocyst divides and moves across the fallopian tube
✔✔Implantation Timing - ✔✔Occurs about 10 days after fertilization
✔✔Pregnancy Test Timing - ✔✔By the time of a positive test, the pregnancy is already
about 4 weeks along
✔✔6-Week Abortion Window - ✔✔Leaves about a 2-week window to make decisions
after discovering pregnancy
✔✔Pregnancy Test Hormone - ✔✔Detects hCG hormone released during
fertilization/implantation
✔✔Prenatal Development - ✔✔Development from conception to birth
✔✔Germinal Period - ✔✔0-2 weeks; fertilization, cell division, implantation
✔✔Cell Development Sequence - ✔✔Zygote → Morula → Blastocyst → Embryo →
Fetus → Baby
✔✔Stem Cells - ✔✔Pluripotent cells that can develop into specialized cells
✔✔Implantation - ✔✔Blastocyst embedding into uterine wall (day 7-14)
✔✔hCG Function - ✔✔Signals continued progesterone release to maintain uterine
lining
✔✔Placenta - ✔✔Organ that develops to exchange nutrients and waste between parent
and fetus
✔✔Zygote Survival Rate - ✔✔About 65% of zygotes fail to implant or survive the
germinal period
