PSYCH 1100 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026

PSYCH 1100 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026 The SMALLEST unit of sound that is categorized as speech, rather than random noise, is called a: - Answers phoneme The smallest meaningful unit of language is a: - Answers morpheme Human language is different from the communication systems of other species due to its: - Answers complexity _____ is the process that allows children to learn words rapidly by joining a word with a concept after experiencing it just once. - Answers fast mapping Language development is dependent on: - Answers experience with the language that is being learned Chomsky proposed that language occurs because children: - Answers have an innate, biological capacity for language. Chomsky believed that language-learning capacities are built into the brain. The _____ theory of language supports this view. - Answers nativist People with damage to Broca's area can: - Answers understand language relatively well. Patients with damage to Wernicke's area and those with Broca's aphasia provide evidence that language is: - Answers specialized within specific brain regions over time. One advantage to being bilingual may be: - Answers being better at prioritizing Through many brain tests, Jasmin found out that the gray matter in her left parietal lobe was much denser than her daughter's left parietal lobe. Which statement is the MOST likely scenario? - Answers Jasmin is bilingual, while her daughter is monolingual. When teaching a monkey human language, using _____ has been MOST effective. - Answers american sign language What is NOT a limitation apes exhibit when learning, comprehending, and using human language? - Answers limited capacity to learn language The linguistic relativity hypothesis was championed by: - Answers whorf Research on naming colors has shown that: - Answers young children make more errors in identifying colors than do older children, regardless of the language. According to prototype theory, classifications of new objects are made based on: - Answers how they compare to the best or most typical member of a category. The prototype theory would predict that a child would recognize a blue jay as a type of bird _____ he or she would a penguin. - Answers faster than If a little girl has never seen a Chihuahua, but she has seen somewhat similar types of dog breeds such as rat terriers and miniature pinschers, which theory would better predict her ability to correctly identify a Chihuahua as a dog? - Answers exemplar The fact that category-specific brain deficits have been observed in a 16-year-old boy who suffered a stroke one day after he was born suggests that: - Answers the brain is prewired to organize some categories. A carpenter suffers a stroke and now cannot recognize the difference between a saw and a hammer. The carpenter probably suffered damage to which area of his brain? - Answers the region where the temporal lobe meets the parietal and occipital lobes Kurt won $1,000 on a scratch-off lottery ticket. He decides that he should play the lottery more often because he will probably be more likely to win again in the future. Kurt's thinking illustrates the: - Answers conjunction fallacy. Xavier is an athletic male who lives in San Diego and loves football. When asked to predict if it was more probable that he was a high school gym teacher or a football player for the San Diego Chargers, most people would select the latter, even though there are thousands more high school gym teachers than Charger football players in San Diego. This illustrates: - Answers the representativeness heuristic The president is managing a war that is not going well. Nevertheless, he refuses to withdraw troops, arguing that doing so would waste the billions of dollars already spent and thousands of lives already lost fighting the war. The president's reasoning illustrates the: - Answers sunk-cost fallacy. Which theory states that people are MORE likely to place a bet that they feel certain they will win? - Answers prospect theory Prospect theory assumes that people are: - Answers more willing to take risks to avoid losses than achieve gains Damage to which brain area can lead people to make riskier decisions? - Answers prefrontal cortex Research on participants with prefrontal cortex damage suggests that these patients make more risky decisions because the: - Answers anticipatory emotional reactions that usually guide decision making are absent. When Naomi navigates through a city that she has never visited before, she relies on _____, using her previous experiences of navigating through cities to get where she is going. - Answers analogical problem solving Having an "aha!" moment as a solution seems to arise spontaneously is an example of _____ and may be due to _____ processes. - Answers insight; subconscious After chipping her black nail polish at work, Cora does not think about using a black magic marker that she has at her desk to cover in the chip, exemplifying: - Answers functional fixedness Researchers who have followed millions of people over decades have found a strong positive correlation between intelligence and: - Answers health and longevity A general definition of intelligence does NOT include the mental ability to: - Answers correctly use one's intuition Ratio IQ is calculated by: - Answers dividing a person's mental age by his or her physical age, then multiplying by 100. Binet and Simon designed their intelligence test to identify: - Answers children who needed additional instruction in school. What type of traits are in the middle level of the hierarchy of abilities? - Answers group factors A person's academic skills are NOT related to their: - Answers physical coordination People with high _____ intelligence have better romantic relationships, are happier, and are more satisfied with their lives. - Answers emotional Dr. Yang is a researcher who looks at performance on intelligence tests and then evaluates how these responses conceptually relate to each other. She is taking a _____ approach to intelligence. - Answers data-based Unlike Western societies, many African and Asian societies conceive of intelligence as including: - Answers social responsibility and cooperativeness Some researchers are convinced that the differences in how various cultures conceptualize intelligence are due to differences in: - Answers language Monozygotic twins share _____ of their genes, while dizygotic twins share _____. - Answers 100%; about 50% The _____ is a statistical measure that indicates how much people's IQ scores differ due to differences in their genetics. - Answers heritability coefficient According to the Flynn effect, your IQ score is likely _____ someone's IQ score from a century ago. - Answers higher than Siblings who are 6 years apart in age may have a greater _____ than siblings who are 1 year apart. - Answers nonshared environment most people have IQs between - Answers 85 and 115 Those who have IQs between _____ are identified as having severe intellectual disabilities. - Answers 20 and 34 The average difference in intelligence between groups is _____ the average difference within those groups. - Answers less than Studies show that if students are asked to list their ethnicities prior to taking an intelligence measure, _____ students will score _____ compared with European Americans. - Answers african american; lower Drugs such as Ritalin and Adderall can be considered: - Answers cognitive enhancers Cognitive enhancers of the future are likely to manipulate genes that guide _____ development. - Answers hippocampal A zygote has implanted itself in the uterine wall. This signifies the end of the _____ stage of development and the beginning of the _____ stage. - Answers germinal; embryonic What is the sequence of the stages of prenatal development? - Answers germinal, embryonic, fetal At 30 days an embryo is about the size of a(n): - Answers poppyseed Which statement explains one reason the human brain is NOT completely developed at birth? - Answers Humans have really big heads, and a fully developed head would never pass through the birth canal. The fact that the human brain is not completely developed at birth means that _____ greatly influence(s) human brain development. - Answers environment