PSY 1010 EXAM 3 REVIEW

Question 1

At what age do children start to display a secure attachment towards a primary caregiver?

Accepted Answer

6 months

Question 2

If you buy your dog a toy to keep him busy but eventually he stops paying attention to it it is

Accepted Answer

Habituation

Question 3

When we try to cope with a conflict between the id and the ego or superego, it is called:

Accepted Answer

Defense Mechanisms

Question 4

Parents have rated spending time with their kids only slightly higher than when doing this:

Accepted Answer

Doing house work

Question 5

What is the number one sexual dysfunction in men

Accepted Answer

Erectile dysfunction

Question 6

What is the Zone of Proximal Development in reference to Children?

Accepted Answer

They're able to gain skills beyond their current abilities

Question 7

Personality is the way a person behaves, thinks and feels

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

A theory of how the world works is

Accepted Answer

Schemas

Question 9

What does the Schacter-Singer two-factory theory of emotion say is a key factor in emotion?

Accepted Answer

Our interpretation of the situation

Question 10

If a child doesn't look for hidden object in an object permanence task, they might be lacking..

Accepted Answer

Motor skills and physical coordination

Question 11

How does money affect happiness

Accepted Answer

It will only make you happier to a certain point

Question 12

The main reason for differences in sexuality in men and women (evolutionary perspective) is:

Accepted Answer

There is more parental investment for women than for men

Question 13

What is the best way to gain happiness from money?

Accepted Answer

Spend the money on others

Question 14

What is a flaw of the Thematic Apperception Task

Accepted Answer

They're very suggestive to the person administering them

Question 15

A set of expectations of how a primary caregiver will respond when a child feels insecure is...

Accepted Answer

Internal working model

Question 16

How does marriage affect already happy people

Accepted Answer

It makes them happier

Question 17

True of False: The big 5 personality traits stay the same IN THEIR RANK over the lifespan

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What did Harry Harlow discover with baby Rhesus Monkeys?

Accepted Answer

They preferred the cloth mother that didn't provide food

Question 19

What is most important when looking for quality child care

Accepted Answer

How long the staff has been working there

Question 20

What is the most common type of attachment style?

Accepted Answer

Secure

Question 21

If people are unable to appraise emotion to experiences, they've likely experienced injury to:

Accepted Answer

Amygdala

Question 22

Longitudinal studies have shown that most people experienced declines in intelligence over time

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

The most common type of sexual dysfunction in women is

Accepted Answer

Low sex drive

Question 24

True or False: Happiness over the span of marriage is linear

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

Which is an example of a child lacking object permanence?

Accepted Answer

A child thinking someone is gone when playing peek-a-boo

Question 26

A child with a mom who responds inconsistently and unpredictably has which type of attachment?

Accepted Answer

Ambivalent Attachment

Question 27

True or False: Older people tend to look for better relationships with higher emotional rewards

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

The NUMBER ONE set of criteria of what people look for in intimate partners is:

Accepted Answer

Nice, treats them well, likes them

Question 29

What is the person-situation controversy?

Accepted Answer

Peoples personalities and behavior change in certain cases

Question 30

Which component of personality enables us to deal with practical demands

Accepted Answer

ego

Question 31

True or False: the "storm and stress" theory for adolescents is supported by research

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

One of Piaget's big contributions to developmental psychology was that:

Accepted Answer

Children actively construct their own views of the world

Question 33

Which trait perspective says personality is formed by brain processes that are inborn?

Accepted Answer

Biological

Question 34

What was the flaw with Piaget's theory of development

Accepted Answer

Children acquire many abilities much earlier than he thought

Question 35

What is the link between work environment and the maintenance or decline of intellectual skills

Accepted Answer

Complexity of the work

Question 36

True or False: Self-Concept functions to buffer the impact that negative information has on us

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

Quality of attachment in children who spend time in day care is influenced most by...

Accepted Answer

The mothers sensitivity and responsiveness

Question 38

What are the overall effects on happiness in divorced people

Accepted Answer

They're more happy than when married

Question 39

What is a teratogen?

Accepted Answer

An agent that can damage the process of development

Question 40

Which of the following is evidence for the biological base of personality?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 41

When children look to adults to gauge their emotional reactions, it is called:

Accepted Answer

Social referencing

Question 42

What type of behaviors might someone who is extroverted show?

Accepted Answer

Seek out social interactions in large groups

Question 43

Which group has shown to be the least happy?

Accepted Answer

Parents with children who are still dependent on them

Question 44

True of False: The only true measures of sexual feelings are physiological measures

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

How early are infants able to mimic the facial expression of adults

Accepted Answer

First weeks of life

Question 46

Explain accommodation

Accepted Answer

New information requiring you to change your schema

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