PSYC 100 - Winter Term Exam Queen's |
Questions and correct detailed Answers |
2026 Updates | 100% correct
linguistics - ANSWER- -study of language
Morphemes - ANSWER- -The smallest units of meaning in a language.
Priming - ANSWER- -the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory
social brain hypothesis - ANSWER- -The hypothesis that the human brain has evolved, so that
humans can maintain larger ingroups.
linguistic intergroup bias - ANSWER- -A tendency for people to characterize positive things
about their ingroup using more abstract expressions, but negative things about their outgroups
using more abstract expressions.
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - ANSWER- -Language that people use determines their thoughts
levels of language (LSSR) - ANSWER- -Lexicon, syntax, speech, rate
theory of mind - ANSWER- -ability to reason about what other people know or believe
family resemblance theory - ANSWER- -members of a category have features that appear to
be characteristic of category members but may not be possessed by every member
, prototype theory - ANSWER- -When learning a category, you learn general description that
applies to the category as a whole. Typical category members have more highly weighted
features.
fuzzy categories - ANSWER- -borderline defined items that shift over time (ex. is an olive a
fruit?)
category prototype - ANSWER- -most typical (obvious) category member
psychological essentialism - ANSWER- -The belief that members of a category have an unseen
property that causes them to be in the category and to have the properties associated with it.
Piaget's stages of cognitive development (4) - ANSWER- -sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
socioculture theory - ANSWER- -focuses on how culture - the values, beliefs, customs, and
skills of a social group - is transmitted to the next generation
information processing theory - ANSWER- -describe cognitive process that underlies thinking
at any age and growth over time
object permanence - ANSWER- -the knowledge that an object exists even when it is not in
sight
phonetic awareness - ANSWER- -awareness of sound. crucial for reading
social perception - ANSWER- -the process of interpreting information about another person
Questions and correct detailed Answers |
2026 Updates | 100% correct
linguistics - ANSWER- -study of language
Morphemes - ANSWER- -The smallest units of meaning in a language.
Priming - ANSWER- -the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory
social brain hypothesis - ANSWER- -The hypothesis that the human brain has evolved, so that
humans can maintain larger ingroups.
linguistic intergroup bias - ANSWER- -A tendency for people to characterize positive things
about their ingroup using more abstract expressions, but negative things about their outgroups
using more abstract expressions.
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis - ANSWER- -Language that people use determines their thoughts
levels of language (LSSR) - ANSWER- -Lexicon, syntax, speech, rate
theory of mind - ANSWER- -ability to reason about what other people know or believe
family resemblance theory - ANSWER- -members of a category have features that appear to
be characteristic of category members but may not be possessed by every member
, prototype theory - ANSWER- -When learning a category, you learn general description that
applies to the category as a whole. Typical category members have more highly weighted
features.
fuzzy categories - ANSWER- -borderline defined items that shift over time (ex. is an olive a
fruit?)
category prototype - ANSWER- -most typical (obvious) category member
psychological essentialism - ANSWER- -The belief that members of a category have an unseen
property that causes them to be in the category and to have the properties associated with it.
Piaget's stages of cognitive development (4) - ANSWER- -sensorimotor, preoperational,
concrete operational, formal operational
socioculture theory - ANSWER- -focuses on how culture - the values, beliefs, customs, and
skills of a social group - is transmitted to the next generation
information processing theory - ANSWER- -describe cognitive process that underlies thinking
at any age and growth over time
object permanence - ANSWER- -the knowledge that an object exists even when it is not in
sight
phonetic awareness - ANSWER- -awareness of sound. crucial for reading
social perception - ANSWER- -the process of interpreting information about another person
