DEP2004 MIDTERM COMPLETE COURSE
REVIEW GUIDE
◉ "If children learn aggression from models, then children who
watch violent television shows should be more aggressive than
children who watch nonviolent shows." This is an example of a
- Theory (NOT)
- Finding
- Hypothesis
- Conclusion
Answer: MAYBE
Hypothesis
◉ Christa, a rather demonstrative 7-year-old, hits her brother for
laughing at her and feels guilty about it afterward. According to
Freud, Christa's guilty feelings reflect the operation of the
Answer: Superego
,◉ A researcher who wants to find out if a statistical relationship
exists between variables should use a(n)
Answer: Correlational
◉ Organismic theorists emphasize __________ change, while
mechanistic theorists emphasize __________ change.
Answer: Qualitative; quantitative
◉ Piaget's term for the process of taking information and
incorporating it into existing ways of thinking is
Answer: Assimilitation
◉ Although parts of his theory have been heavily criticized, Freud's
contribution to the field of human growth included all of the
following EXCEPT
- the importance of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and motivations.
- the role of childhood experiences. (NOT)
- the ambivalence of emotional responses.
- the importance of developing formal operational thought.
, Answer: MAYBE
the importance of developing formal operational thought.
◉ Which American psychologist developed the bioecological
perspective, which involves five interlocking contextual systems
ranging from the most intimate to the most distant?
Answer: Urie Bronfenbrenner
◉ A hereditary characteristic that is carried by an individual but is
NOT expressed in that individual's phenotype is
Answer: Recessive
◉ According to the text, approximately how many extra calories
should a woman consume each day during pregnancy?
Answer: 300-500
◉ A woman's "fertile window" is typically between the __________ of
the menstrual cycle.
Answer: 6th and 21st days
◉ According to your text, the human genome, which contains the
complete sequence of genes in the human body, is analogous to
Answer: a library
REVIEW GUIDE
◉ "If children learn aggression from models, then children who
watch violent television shows should be more aggressive than
children who watch nonviolent shows." This is an example of a
- Theory (NOT)
- Finding
- Hypothesis
- Conclusion
Answer: MAYBE
Hypothesis
◉ Christa, a rather demonstrative 7-year-old, hits her brother for
laughing at her and feels guilty about it afterward. According to
Freud, Christa's guilty feelings reflect the operation of the
Answer: Superego
,◉ A researcher who wants to find out if a statistical relationship
exists between variables should use a(n)
Answer: Correlational
◉ Organismic theorists emphasize __________ change, while
mechanistic theorists emphasize __________ change.
Answer: Qualitative; quantitative
◉ Piaget's term for the process of taking information and
incorporating it into existing ways of thinking is
Answer: Assimilitation
◉ Although parts of his theory have been heavily criticized, Freud's
contribution to the field of human growth included all of the
following EXCEPT
- the importance of unconscious thoughts, feelings, and motivations.
- the role of childhood experiences. (NOT)
- the ambivalence of emotional responses.
- the importance of developing formal operational thought.
, Answer: MAYBE
the importance of developing formal operational thought.
◉ Which American psychologist developed the bioecological
perspective, which involves five interlocking contextual systems
ranging from the most intimate to the most distant?
Answer: Urie Bronfenbrenner
◉ A hereditary characteristic that is carried by an individual but is
NOT expressed in that individual's phenotype is
Answer: Recessive
◉ According to the text, approximately how many extra calories
should a woman consume each day during pregnancy?
Answer: 300-500
◉ A woman's "fertile window" is typically between the __________ of
the menstrual cycle.
Answer: 6th and 21st days
◉ According to your text, the human genome, which contains the
complete sequence of genes in the human body, is analogous to
Answer: a library
