PSY 200 NVCC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is the formal operational stage? - ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive
development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think
logically about abstract concepts
✔✔What is its defining feature (hint- abstract thought)? - ✔✔considering concepts in
general terms rather than concrete details. Conversely, concrete thinking places an
emphasis on facts presented. Moreover, abstract thinking is a fluid movement of
thought, rather than factual processing.
✔✔What is egocentrism? - ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty
taking another's point of view
✔✔False Belief Test (FBT) - ✔✔Evaluate children's ability to understand that someone
else believes something they know to be wrong
✔✔What is theory of mind? - ✔✔the ability to sense how another's mind works
✔✔What was Lev Vygostsky's perspective on cognitive development - ✔✔Vygotsky's
theory focuses on the role of culture in the development of mental abilities e.g. speech
and reasoning in children.
✔✔What is attachment? - ✔✔a close emotional bond between two people
✔✔What are the different attachment styles - ✔✔secure, avoidant, ambivalent,
disorganized
✔✔What is an internal model of attachment - ✔✔a set of beliefs about the self, the
primary caregiver, and the relationship between them
, ✔✔· What three changes did Piaget note happened to moral thinking as children got
older? - ✔✔Piaget found that children's ideas regarding rules, moral judgments, and
punishment tended to change as they got older.
✔✔How did Kohlberg test moral reasoning? - ✔✔using a series of moral dilemmas. (is it
right to steal a drug from a pharmacist to save a life?)
✔✔What is the preconventional stage? - ✔✔a stage of moral development in which the
morality of an action is primarily determined by its consequences for the actor
✔✔conventional stage of moral development - ✔✔-people begin to internalize the views
of themselves in response to something more meaningful & interpersonal.
-the person is trying to find approval from others & their decisions reflect that
✔✔The postconventional stage? - ✔✔a stage of moral development in which the
morality of an action is determined by a set of general principles that reflect core values
✔✔Which stage emphasizes social rules? - ✔✔conventional stage
✔✔What are primary and secondary sex characteristics - ✔✔primary (parts that are
directly involved in reproduction) and secondary (breasts and other things that attract)
sex characteristics
✔✔Is sexual orientation linked to parenting? - ✔✔No. Genes and biology play an
important role in determining sexual orientation.
✔✔Which of Erikson's stages of psychosocial development occurs during adolescence?
- ✔✔Adolescence - Identity versus identity confusion (stage 4)
✔✔How does marital satisfaction change over time? - ✔✔Marital satisfaction is at its
peak during the honeymoon and then decreases. Decline is steepest during the first few
years.
✔✔ What is memory - ✔✔the persistence of learning over time through the storage and
retrieval of information
✔✔What is encoding - ✔✔the processing of information into the memory system
✔✔What is storage - ✔✔the retention of encoded information over time
✔✔What is retrieval - ✔✔the process of getting information out of memory storage
✔✔What is visual imagery encoding - ✔✔the process of storing new information by
converting it into mental pictures
✔✔What is the formal operational stage? - ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive
development (normally beginning about age 12) during which people begin to think
logically about abstract concepts
✔✔What is its defining feature (hint- abstract thought)? - ✔✔considering concepts in
general terms rather than concrete details. Conversely, concrete thinking places an
emphasis on facts presented. Moreover, abstract thinking is a fluid movement of
thought, rather than factual processing.
✔✔What is egocentrism? - ✔✔in Piaget's theory, the preoperational child's difficulty
taking another's point of view
✔✔False Belief Test (FBT) - ✔✔Evaluate children's ability to understand that someone
else believes something they know to be wrong
✔✔What is theory of mind? - ✔✔the ability to sense how another's mind works
✔✔What was Lev Vygostsky's perspective on cognitive development - ✔✔Vygotsky's
theory focuses on the role of culture in the development of mental abilities e.g. speech
and reasoning in children.
✔✔What is attachment? - ✔✔a close emotional bond between two people
✔✔What are the different attachment styles - ✔✔secure, avoidant, ambivalent,
disorganized
✔✔What is an internal model of attachment - ✔✔a set of beliefs about the self, the
primary caregiver, and the relationship between them
, ✔✔· What three changes did Piaget note happened to moral thinking as children got
older? - ✔✔Piaget found that children's ideas regarding rules, moral judgments, and
punishment tended to change as they got older.
✔✔How did Kohlberg test moral reasoning? - ✔✔using a series of moral dilemmas. (is it
right to steal a drug from a pharmacist to save a life?)
✔✔What is the preconventional stage? - ✔✔a stage of moral development in which the
morality of an action is primarily determined by its consequences for the actor
✔✔conventional stage of moral development - ✔✔-people begin to internalize the views
of themselves in response to something more meaningful & interpersonal.
-the person is trying to find approval from others & their decisions reflect that
✔✔The postconventional stage? - ✔✔a stage of moral development in which the
morality of an action is determined by a set of general principles that reflect core values
✔✔Which stage emphasizes social rules? - ✔✔conventional stage
✔✔What are primary and secondary sex characteristics - ✔✔primary (parts that are
directly involved in reproduction) and secondary (breasts and other things that attract)
sex characteristics
✔✔Is sexual orientation linked to parenting? - ✔✔No. Genes and biology play an
important role in determining sexual orientation.
✔✔Which of Erikson's stages of psychosocial development occurs during adolescence?
- ✔✔Adolescence - Identity versus identity confusion (stage 4)
✔✔How does marital satisfaction change over time? - ✔✔Marital satisfaction is at its
peak during the honeymoon and then decreases. Decline is steepest during the first few
years.
✔✔ What is memory - ✔✔the persistence of learning over time through the storage and
retrieval of information
✔✔What is encoding - ✔✔the processing of information into the memory system
✔✔What is storage - ✔✔the retention of encoded information over time
✔✔What is retrieval - ✔✔the process of getting information out of memory storage
✔✔What is visual imagery encoding - ✔✔the process of storing new information by
converting it into mental pictures
