CSCC PSYCH 2340 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
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1. Biological Processes - ANSWER ✔ Processes that produce changes in an
individual's physical nature.
2. Brofenbrenner's ecological theory - ANSWER ✔ Development reflects the
influence of several environmental systems
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem
3. case study - ANSWER ✔ study of one individual in great detail
4. cognitive processes - ANSWER ✔ changes in an individual's thought,
intelligence, and language
5. cohort effects (generation effects) - ANSWER ✔ effects due to a person's
time of birth, era, or generation-not to actual age
,6. continuity-discontinuity issue - ANSWER ✔ Gradual, cumulative change or
distinct stages?
7. correlation coefficient - ANSWER ✔ A number based on statistical analysis
that is used to describe the degree of association between two variables.
(+1.00 to -1.00)
8. Correlation Research Method - ANSWER ✔ strives to describe the strength
of the relationship between two or more events or characteristics
9. cross-cultural studies - ANSWER ✔ compare aspects of two or more
cultures
10.cross-sectional approach - ANSWER ✔ a research strategy in which
individuals of different ages are compared at one time
11.Culture - ANSWER ✔ Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of
people.
12.descriptive research - ANSWER ✔ aims to observe and record behavior
13.development - ANSWER ✔ pattern of movement or change that begins and
conception and continues through the life span. Includes growth but also
decline and dying.
,14.eclectic theoretical orientation - ANSWER ✔ an orientation that does not
follow any one theoretical approach but rather selects from each theory
whatever is considered the best in it
15.emerging adulthood - ANSWER ✔ the transitional period from adolescence
to adulthood, spanning approximately 18 to 25 years of age
16.Erikson's Theory - ANSWER ✔ primary motivation for human behavior is
social and reflects a desire to affiliate with other people. Eight psychosocial
stages, representing eight key crises that must be resolved.
17.Natural Selection - ANSWER ✔ Evolutionary process by which those
individuals of a species that are best adapted are the ones that survive and
reproduce
18.Adaptive Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Promotes an organisms survival in its
natural habitat
19.Evolutionary Psychology - ANSWER ✔ Emphasizes the importance of
adaptation, reproduction, and survival of the fittest in shaping behavior
20.Chromosomes - ANSWER ✔ Threadlike structures made up of
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
, 21.DNA - ANSWER ✔ A complex double-helix molecule that contains genetic
information
22.Genes - ANSWER ✔ Units of heredity information, are short segments of
DNA
23.Human Genome - ANSWER ✔ Complete set of developmental instructions
for creating proteins that initiate the making of a human organism
24.Mitosis - ANSWER ✔ Reproduction of cells
25.Meiosis - ANSWER ✔ Cell division that forms sperm and eggs (gametes)
26.Fertilization - ANSWER ✔ A stage in reproduction when an egg and a
sperm fuse to create a single cell, called a zygote
27.Zygote - ANSWER ✔ A single cell formed through fertilization
28.Mutated Genes - ANSWER ✔ Permanently altered segment of DNA
29.Genotype - ANSWER ✔ A persons genetic material
30.Phenotype - ANSWER ✔ Observable characteristics
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. Biological Processes - ANSWER ✔ Processes that produce changes in an
individual's physical nature.
2. Brofenbrenner's ecological theory - ANSWER ✔ Development reflects the
influence of several environmental systems
Microsystem
Mesosystem
Exosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem
3. case study - ANSWER ✔ study of one individual in great detail
4. cognitive processes - ANSWER ✔ changes in an individual's thought,
intelligence, and language
5. cohort effects (generation effects) - ANSWER ✔ effects due to a person's
time of birth, era, or generation-not to actual age
,6. continuity-discontinuity issue - ANSWER ✔ Gradual, cumulative change or
distinct stages?
7. correlation coefficient - ANSWER ✔ A number based on statistical analysis
that is used to describe the degree of association between two variables.
(+1.00 to -1.00)
8. Correlation Research Method - ANSWER ✔ strives to describe the strength
of the relationship between two or more events or characteristics
9. cross-cultural studies - ANSWER ✔ compare aspects of two or more
cultures
10.cross-sectional approach - ANSWER ✔ a research strategy in which
individuals of different ages are compared at one time
11.Culture - ANSWER ✔ Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of
people.
12.descriptive research - ANSWER ✔ aims to observe and record behavior
13.development - ANSWER ✔ pattern of movement or change that begins and
conception and continues through the life span. Includes growth but also
decline and dying.
,14.eclectic theoretical orientation - ANSWER ✔ an orientation that does not
follow any one theoretical approach but rather selects from each theory
whatever is considered the best in it
15.emerging adulthood - ANSWER ✔ the transitional period from adolescence
to adulthood, spanning approximately 18 to 25 years of age
16.Erikson's Theory - ANSWER ✔ primary motivation for human behavior is
social and reflects a desire to affiliate with other people. Eight psychosocial
stages, representing eight key crises that must be resolved.
17.Natural Selection - ANSWER ✔ Evolutionary process by which those
individuals of a species that are best adapted are the ones that survive and
reproduce
18.Adaptive Behavior - ANSWER ✔ Promotes an organisms survival in its
natural habitat
19.Evolutionary Psychology - ANSWER ✔ Emphasizes the importance of
adaptation, reproduction, and survival of the fittest in shaping behavior
20.Chromosomes - ANSWER ✔ Threadlike structures made up of
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
, 21.DNA - ANSWER ✔ A complex double-helix molecule that contains genetic
information
22.Genes - ANSWER ✔ Units of heredity information, are short segments of
DNA
23.Human Genome - ANSWER ✔ Complete set of developmental instructions
for creating proteins that initiate the making of a human organism
24.Mitosis - ANSWER ✔ Reproduction of cells
25.Meiosis - ANSWER ✔ Cell division that forms sperm and eggs (gametes)
26.Fertilization - ANSWER ✔ A stage in reproduction when an egg and a
sperm fuse to create a single cell, called a zygote
27.Zygote - ANSWER ✔ A single cell formed through fertilization
28.Mutated Genes - ANSWER ✔ Permanently altered segment of DNA
29.Genotype - ANSWER ✔ A persons genetic material
30.Phenotype - ANSWER ✔ Observable characteristics
