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Honors Psychology 2nd Semester Exam Review
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Confirmation bias
the inability to look from another perspective, in order to maintain belief
seeking evidence to support your own views while ignoring opposing evidence
fast, automatic, unreasoned feelings and thoughts
tendency to approach a problem with a method that worked previously
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What is emerging adulthood?
Period where you begin to live on your own and become more independent
When you begin to start your own family and are completely independent
You still rely on your parents
Period where we are turning into adults but sometimes rely on our parents
3
Which of the following is NOT a cause of Intellectual Disability?
Head Trauma
Genetic abnormalities
Lack of Oxygen at birth
Going to a public school
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Conception
is when the sperm meets the egg
an idea or concept
is a way to stop STD's
is when great minds comes together
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Intuition
fast, automatic feelings and thoughts
Freedom from doubt
Reflect deeply on a subject
Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
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What are "glum lumps"
Orphan babies with nobody to love them
Your mom 2.0
A sad old man with no education.
Baker on a Wednesday
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What is a cohort?
a group that shares a common ancestry
a group of people practicing the same religion
a group of people from a given time period
a group of people with shared beliefs
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crystallized intelligence is
memories that are meaningful to us
intelligence that forms our memories and ability to remember
accumulated knowledge as reflected in vocab & analogy tests
something
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Framing refers to...
presenting only part of the information required
structuring decision problems so they lead to poor decisions
wording a question or statement so that it evokes a desired response
wording a question or statement so that it evokes a desired response
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Sociological Studies of gender socialization show that
Girls games are more likely than boys game to encourage assertive behaviors
Girls are more likely than boys to learn to suppress emotions of sadness
Girls are less likely than boys to receive attention from teachers
Girl games are more likely than boy games to enforce strict rules
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Myelin sheath is...
the small space where information is exchanged
a covering of liquid in the skull
a fatty substance used to wrap dendrites
a fatty substance to wrap axons
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What role does the frontal lobe play in the way we think and act?
Sends and receives all messages in the brain
Helps regulate our judgments and decisions we make
It has nothing to do with how we act
Helps regulate how much alcohol we can consume
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What Is Giftedness?
Smart kids answering questions?
IQ or creativity abilities at a high level
A talent
A gift or talent
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The purpose of head start is
To improve the academic skills of all children
Provide child care so parents can work
Help children overcome the negative effects of poverty
Improve the health of children
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What’s intimacy?
A closeness that decrease over time
Exaggerated feeling of passion
A closeness between two people that develops over time
It May be unavoidable
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Def: Fixed Mindset
When a student believes they are not good enough based on who they are
The mindset teachers use when they grade tons of papers
Simply not have the ability or skill to do something
Tasks that come up in a Engineering or Technology Class
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How does early maturation tend to affect boys?
Disadvantaged in socially approved activities such as athletics
Some of the same disadvantages as girls
Moodier than early-maturing girls
More socially awkward than younger-maturing boys
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What is the prenatal development sequence?
zygote, embryo, fetus
fetus, zygote, embryo
fetus, embryo, zygote
zygote, fetus, embryo
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Insight is defined as:
Longterm concentration resulting in a solution
Eliminating unrealistic solutions until only one remains
A sudden realization of a problems solution
A process of steady deduction leading to a solution
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Individuals with Down syndrome have ___ chromosomes.
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48
52
46
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Stereotype threat is...
people feeling at risk of fitting into negative stereotypes about themself
negative stereotypes about others
feeling threatened by stereotypes and racism
feeling threatened by stereotypes and racism
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What is fluid intelligence?
Your use of accumulated knowledge
Your ever changing knowledge
Knowledge of fluid objects
Your ability to solve abstract problems
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When you have a fixed mindset you...
Try harder
Give up easily
Never give up
Try Again
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What is Emotional Intelligence?
how well you can idenify the emotions of others
the capacity to be aware of, control, and express one's emotions
the ability to sympathize and empathize with others
to be well versed in all things related to emotion
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What does nurture mean?
how you were brought up
your genetics
hugging someone
comforting you
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In verbal ability who do the adopted children resemble?
Grandparents
Adoptive Parents
Foster Parents
Biological parents
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What is factor analysis?
Looking at one's reading, writing, and mathematics skills
A mathematical process used to measure intelligence
A mathematical process used to measure one's ability to learn
Looking at if there are factors that underlie performance on specific tasks
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Race and ethnic groups score differently on IQ tests, largely because of ____________factors.
environmental
personality
genetic
inherent bias
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What is an intelligence quotient?
an out-dated idea
how smart you are
a standardised measure of intelligence
a measure of mathematical intelligence
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What is an example of insight?
asking your friends about a hard topic
when you suddenly figure out the complicated problem
getting a tutor to learn
asking the teacher questions
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What does a cross-sectional study do?
Study a group's performance over 8 years
Compare one group's performance to the performance of a robot
Compare a group's performance with groups of different age levels
Study different people's performances across 10 years
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The inability to remember event that occurred prior to the age of 3-4 year olds?
anterograde amnesia
amnesia
anterograde amnesia
retrograde amnesia
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Fluid intelligence ____________ with age, and crystallized intelligence ____________ with age.
decreases, increases
increases, increases
decreases, decreases
increases, decreases
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How does early maturation tend to affect boys?
Some of the same disadvantages as girls
Moodier than early-maturing girls
Disadvantaged in socially approved activities such as dating
Disadvantaged in socially approved activities such as athletics
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Child neglect occurs when parents or caregivers:
Corporal punishment given for low grades in school
Do not provide basic needs such as food, water and shelter
Do not provide posessions equal to those of their peers
Insist on strict discipline in the household
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In general, males scores higher than females on tests of:
verbal fluency
emotional detection
math
spatial ability
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What hormone do girls get lots of during puberty?
Estrogen
Omelet
Orthorpedic
Testosterone
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What is bias?
improper hypothesis testing
when the entire population is surveryed
when you receive unexpected results
the failure of a sampling method to represent the population
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Creativity is best when combined with ________.
Power
Self-Discipline
Control
Judgement
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What is a heuristic?
Mental shortcuts that allow people to make judgements
Something used to identify something based on association with a category
Uncontrollable systematic error in thinking that affect our decision making
A memory store
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Intuition
Accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
Reflect deeply on a subject
fast, automatic feelings and thoughts
Freedom from doubt
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What does polygenetic mean?
That it is caused general intelligence
That it is caused by several genes
That it is caused by a polymer
That it is caused by two genes
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Which of the following conditions cause intellectual disability?
Sleep apnea
Schizophrenia
Down syndrome
Generalized anxiety disorder
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What is the difference between divergent and convergent thinking?
divergent is one answer; convergent is many answers
they are the same
divergent is many answers; convergent is one answer
divergent is two answers; convergent is three answers
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Emerging Adulthood is typically:
25 - 28 years old
12-15 years old
12-18 years old
18-mid twenties
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The International Fields Medal is geven four years in the field of
Physics
Medicine
Agriculture
Math
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What is the developing human called during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy?
Placenta
Baby
Zygote
Embryo
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Which of the following is a sign of neglect?
bruises on the back or buttocks
apparent malnutrition
suspicious story about an injury
frequent injuries that require medical attention
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That twins separated at birth have identical intelligence scores suggests that intelligence:
is a combination of nature v. nurture
is coincidental
is dependent on environment
is heritable
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Examples of Social Identity?
Background & Fav colour
Favourite Ice cream, Sport & Season
Red Rooster, Starbucks & Kfc
Ethnicity, Gender, Religion etc...
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How do children learn grammar?
As they learn instruments and can distinguish sounds.
Visuals
They were too young to learn grammar
As they discern patterns in language they hear.
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Nature v. nurture is concerned with
the role of biology and the role of perception
the role of biology and the role of environment
bridging the gap between sensation and perception
the role of environment and the role of evolution
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Which of these determines our identity
Nurture
Nature
Spaghet
Nature and Nurture
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What is puberty?
end of childhood and point when reproduction is possible
the first menstrual period
when you become a teenager
condition which growth of body parts are uneven
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A 13 month-old says, “wata,” which her parents know means, “I would like a cup of water.” This stage of speech is
two-word stage
one-word stage
babbling stage
telegraphic speech
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What is General intelligence also known as?
G-smart
G-knowledge
G-bone
G-factor
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Someone with a growth mindset believes that...
"Challenges and mistakes help me learn"
"I have no chance"
"I can't do it"
"I am a failure"
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Girls who mature early are more likely
to withdraw and become socially isolated.
o become tall and thin.
to engage in earlier sexual relations.
to be socially ostracized in middle and high school.
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During language development, at around the age of 4 months babies begin to
use three word speech.
use one word to convey information.
babble
use two word speech.
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From conception to 2 weeks
Zygote
Fetus
Baby
Embroyo
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What is peer pressure?
Doing fun things with your friends.
Letting your friends make decisions for you.
Doing fun things with your siblings.
Doing homework with your friends after school.
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When race and gender bias influence test performance is called
stereotype threat
emotional intelligence
the Flynn effect
Belief preserverance
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What is the definition overconfidence?
the position that certainty in knowledge can never be achieved.
when a decrease of symptoms is observed, while using a nonactive treatment
overestimating the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements
the desire to understand what you know that you do not
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What is Adolescence?
The period from birth to about 5 years old.
The period from childhood to adulthood.
The period from adulthood till death.
The period from birth till death.
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Highest concordance rate of IQ for adopted children with adoptive vs biological parents:
Unknown
No difference in concordance rate
Adopted children and biological parents
Adopted children and adopted parents
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Sucking reflex
when the baby's face is touched
when something touches the roof of the mouth
when the baby's chin is touched
when the baby is stroked on the cheek
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Where does peer pressure happen the most?
home
at the party
school
at work
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Longitudinal studies are...
A link between two sets of data
Conducting research over a longer period of time
Numbers & statistics
Surveys & interviews
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All of these are types of child neglect EXCEPT
Educational
Emotional
Physical
Developmental
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When using divergent thinking you are?
not outgoing thinking
coming up with possible ideas
showing concern
fighting
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Developmental Psychology
study of the mind and mental function including memory
A branch of psychology studies physical and cognitive change
a branch of psychology that studies the human anatomy
the study of mind and behavior
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Convergent Thinking
Coming up with one right answer or way to do a task
Coming up with one right answer or way to do a task
Thinking in a variety of ways to solve problems
The act or process of knowing
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The part of your brain that matures last and is associated with rational decision-making:
cerebellum
limbic system
frontal lobe
medulla
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Belief Perseverance is
Starting my homework but not finishing
When I never give up
I can never meet this goal
quiting when it gets a little difficult
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One of the principal developmental tasks for adolescents is
becoming independent of their families
breaking away from their peers
getting a job to earn their own money
learning to depend on others for help
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Test bias primarily results from
The use of protective measures
Using whites to score the test
A test being normed solely on white middle-class clients
Using IQ rather than personality tests
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Spatial Intelligence is also referred to as
"picture smart"
"music Smart"
"body Smart"
"People Smart"
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Formal Operational Stage is:
The sorting of objects in the correct order.
The ability to rely on the five senses.
The ability to solve a problem in a logical way.
The ability to understand words.
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Heritability
of intelligence refers to
a general underlying intelligence
% of variation among individuals in a population that results from genetics
extent which a group's intelligence is attributed to environment
extent to which a group's intelligence is attributed to gene
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What is an example of prejudice?
Bobby smiles at everybody on his walk to school.
Timmy doesn't think his soccer team will win because his coach is a woman.
The school board evaluates all future clients fairly.
Jenny doesn't care about the gender of her history teacher.
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Which is the strongest indicator of bias in an intelligence test?
cultural experiences of test writers and test takers
gap narrowing
stereotype threat
factor analysis
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Fix the Grammar!
We sawed the man at the store.
We planted the man at the store.
We saw the man at the store.
We seed the man at the store.
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Injury to the Broca area can cause what type of difficulty?
Decision Making
Emotion
Motor speech
Logic
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_______ is the orderly sequence of biological growth
genetic growth
development
biological growth
Maturation
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The difference between adolescence and puberty is
puberty is physical changes and adolescence is adulthood
adolescence is physical changes and puberty is adulthood
both are physical changes and adulthood at the same time
there the same thing
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From 9 weeks to birth
Fetus
Embryo
Baby
zygote
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Which of the following environmental factors is associated with reduced intelligence?
socialist economic system
intergenerational households
poor prenatal care
exposure to video games
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Your social identity is...
The you that relates to other people in society.
The you that you express when you get dressed in the morning.
The you that you feel in your heart.
The you that you write about in your journal.
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Define intelligence
Ability to learn from experience and use adaptive knowledge.
Ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.
Passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals.
Extent to which a test measures what it is supposed to.
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18-month-old Becca is in the telegraphic speech phase. Which of the following best represents something she might say?
"Yogurt please"
"Katie fall"
"the dog is fuzzy"
"Mama"
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Which of these is not an example of growth mindset?
If I listen hard and focus, I will get good grades
If I listen hard and focus, I will get good grades
If I don't do most of the classwork and homework, I will get a good GPA
When I practice hard while I'm swimming, I'll master swimming
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Intelligence tests may be biased in the sense that
the validity is low
test performance may be influenced by cultural experiences
poor standardization techniques.
the reliability is low
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What is Savant Syndrome?
Score low on intelligence tests but good at multiple things
Score high on intelligence tests and brilliant at everything
Score low on intelligence tests but brilliant with one thing
Score high on intelligence tests and good at multiple things
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Which environment would lead to the highest intelligence correlation between twins?
Fraternal Twins reared apart
Fraternal Twins reared together
Identical Twins reared apart
Identical Twins reared together
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What is the most common cause of aphasia?
missing part of the brain
stroke
bad luck
tumor
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What is the cure for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
There's No Cure
Series of brain surgeries
Shock Treatment
Injection of Chemicals
