Final Exam

Question 1

Short term memory holds info for how long?

Answer 1

30 sec

Question 2

The study of sensory memory is associated with who?

Answer 2

George Sperling

Question 3

George Sperling is associated with what?

Answer 3

Sensory Memory

Question 4

Alzheimer’s disease causes what?

Answer 4

neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaque

Question 5

CTE or Chronis Traumatic Encephalopathy describes what?

Answer 5

brain degeneration likely caused by repeated head traumas aka “football brain”

Question 6

What is thinking?

Answer 6

a mental activity associated with transforming information in an effort to make a decision, reach a solution, or form a belief

Question 7

What was the first intelligence test to determine mental age?

Answer 7

Stanford Binet

Question 8

Which test was originally designed for adults (intelligence test)?

Answer 8

Wechsler adult intelligence scale and the mean was 100

Question 9

Which IQ score signifies gifted ability?

Answer 9

130 or higher

Question 10

What is an inherited threadlike structure composed of ONE MOLECULE of DNA

Answer 10

Chromosomes

Question 11

what molecule provides instructions for the development of an organism

Answer 11

DNA

Question 12

What is a gene

Answer 12

a specified segment of a DNA molecule

Question 12

What are monozygotic twins?

Answer 12

Identical twins who develop from one egg and their DNA is exactly alike

Question 13

What are dizygotic twins?

Answer 13

fraternal twins who develop from two eggs and 50 percent of their DNA is the same

Question 14

Which chromosome pair determines genetic sex?

Answer 14

the 23rd

Question 15

What does XX mean in terms of chromosomes?

Answer 15

female

Question 16

What does XY in chromosome terms mean?

Answer 16

Male

Question 17

What is an individuals complete collection of genes

Answer 17

Genotype

Question 18

What is an observable expression or characteristic of one’s genetic inheritance

Answer 18

Phenotype

Question 18

Environmental agents that can damage the growing zygote, embryo, or fetus and create a birth defect

Answer 18

Tertatogens

Question 19

What are Piaget’s stages of cognitive developement?

Answer 19

Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Conrete Operational, and Formal Operational

Question 20

Who is associated with cognitive development?

Answer 20

Vygotsky

Question 21

What is Vygotsky associated with?

Answer 21

Cognitive development

Question 22

What is the Zone of Proximal Development?

Answer 22

The gap between what a child can do and what he/she can do with the guidance and help of others

Question 23

What topic is Mary Ainsworth connected to?

Answer 23

Attachment

Question 23

What is scaffolding?

Answer 23

Children are pushed to go just beyond what they are competent and capable of doing while being provided help in a decreasing manner

Question 24

What is ambivalent attachment?

Answer 24

When a child is anxious before the primary caregiver leaves, is extremely upset when they do leave, and both seeks and resists contact in his or her return

Question 25

The psychoanalytic theory was devised by who?

Answer 25

Freud

Question 26

What was Frued's Theory?

Answer 26

He believed everything linked to sexual issues

Question 27

What is ID?

Answer 27

Primitive structure of the mind - guided by the pleasure seeking principle

Question 28

What is ego?

Answer 28

Strives to satisfy the id's desire but is socially appropriate ways - guided by reality principle

Question 29

Superego

Answer 29

guides behavior to follow the rules of society, parents, or other authority figures - guided by morality principle

Question 30

Who made the Behavioral theory?

Answer 30

Alfred Adler

Question 31

What is the behavioral theory?

Answer 31

humans are not pleasure seekers but are conscious and intentional in their behaviors

Question 32

What does birth order relate to?

Answer 32

Alfred Adlers behavioral theory

Question 33

What is the first born known for?

Answer 33

overachievers

Question 34

what is the middle Middle Born known for?

Answer 34

very social - always craving attention

Question 35

What is the last born known for?

Answer 35

rebellious, spoiled, may always get there way

Question 36

What are the two parts of the humanistic theory?

Answer 36

1. People are innately good and in control of their destinies 2. positive aspects of human nature drive personality development

Question 37

Who created the two parts of humanistic theory?

Answer 37

Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers

Question 38

What was Abraham Maslow interested in?

Answer 38

interest in self-actualizers, or people who are continually seeking to reach their fullest potential (conscious)

Question 39

What was Carl Rogers interested in?

Answer 39

we have an innate urge to move toward situations and people that will help us grow and away from those that could inhibit growth (unconscious)

Question 40

What was Bandura's Theory?

Answer 40

Social-Cognitive Perspective

Question 41

What is the Social-Cognitive perspective?

Answer 41

Personality results from relationships and other environmental factors (social) and patterns of thinking (cognitive) had an importance of self-efficacy - one's believe about their ability and effectiveness in reaching their goals environment affects personality

Question 42

What is GAD?

Answer 42

Generalized Anxiety Disordered - an excessive worry and unease concerning multiple aspects of her life

Question 43

What is the stress response to agreeable or positive stressors?

Answer 43

Eustress - for example, getting married, having children, planning vacations

Question 44

What is the Hypothalamus?

Answer 44

responsible for keeping our body in a healthy, balanced state

Question 45

what is the hippocampus?

Answer 45

the memory system that is most effected by stress

Question 46

What is the Primary Appraisal?

Answer 46

the initial assessment that an event is challenging or stressful

Question 47

What is secreted by the adrenal cortex?

Answer 47

Cortisol

Question 48

What impairs the function of white blood cells?

Answer 48

Stress