PSY 205 MID TERM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
An investigator who compares people of different ages all at the same time, is using a
____design? - Answers - cross sectional
An investigator who follows a single group of individuals year after year is using a
_________ design? - Answers - longitudal
One problem in a longitudinal study is that certain types of people may be more likely
than others to
drop out. This tendency is known as _____________ attrition? - Answers - Selective
A research design that combines the advantages of both cross-sectional and
longitudinal designs is
known as ____________________? - Answers - Sequential
A group of people born at a particular time, or a group of people who enter an
organization at a
particular time, is known as a ______? - Answers - Cohort
If a mother drinks much alcohol during pregnancy, her child may have a set of physical
and behavioral
abnormalities known as __________________ syndrome? - Answers - Fetal alcohol
Syndrome
When newborns hear a sound, they increase their sucking. After some repetitions of the
sound, their
sucking decreases. If sound changes increases their sucking, it produced _________? -
Answers - dishabituation
In Piaget's terminology, applying an old schema to a new situation is called
__________? - Answers - Assimilation
In Piaget's terminology, modifying a schema to fit a new situation is called
___________? - Answers - Accomodation
Piaget's first stage, marked by simple responses to current stimuli, is known as the____
stage? - Answers - sensorimotor
According to Piaget, children lack the concept of object permanence during the
___________ stage? - Answers - Sensorimotor
, . According to Piaget, a child who cannot easily take another person's perspective is
said to be_______? - Answers - Egocentric
The idea that some people know something that other people don't is called "theory of
__." - Answers - Mind
According to Piaget children in the preoperational stage do not understand that
someone could
rearrange coins without changing their number, or pour a liquid without changing its
volume. He therefore
said that these children lack the concept of _____________? - Answers - Conversation
Children who understand object permanence, but who do not yet have the concept of
conservation,
are in Piaget's ______________ stage? - Answers - Preoperational
Children who have mastered the conservation tasks, but who have difficulty with
abstract or
hypothetical ideas, are in Piaget's ______________ stage? - Answers - Concrete
operations
50. The infant's reaction to the mother and a stranger entering/leaving the room is part
of a procedure
called the ___________ Situation. - Answers - Strange
To measure or predict attachment behavior in a 3-month-old infant, a parent plays with
him and then
shifts to an unresponsive, unexpressive face. This is called the _____-_____ Paradigm?
- Answers - Still Face
According to Erik Erikson, an identity crisis usually occurs for people during _______? -
Answers - Adolescence
The idea that we cope with our fear of death by avoiding thoughts about death and by
affirming our
worldview, including religious or political beliefs, is known as _________-management
theory? - Answers - Terror
The different roles a society expects of males and females are ___________ roles -
Answers - gender/sex
Psychologists who study only observable actions, while avoiding discussion of mental
processes, are
called _______. - Answers - Behaviorists
ANSWERS
An investigator who compares people of different ages all at the same time, is using a
____design? - Answers - cross sectional
An investigator who follows a single group of individuals year after year is using a
_________ design? - Answers - longitudal
One problem in a longitudinal study is that certain types of people may be more likely
than others to
drop out. This tendency is known as _____________ attrition? - Answers - Selective
A research design that combines the advantages of both cross-sectional and
longitudinal designs is
known as ____________________? - Answers - Sequential
A group of people born at a particular time, or a group of people who enter an
organization at a
particular time, is known as a ______? - Answers - Cohort
If a mother drinks much alcohol during pregnancy, her child may have a set of physical
and behavioral
abnormalities known as __________________ syndrome? - Answers - Fetal alcohol
Syndrome
When newborns hear a sound, they increase their sucking. After some repetitions of the
sound, their
sucking decreases. If sound changes increases their sucking, it produced _________? -
Answers - dishabituation
In Piaget's terminology, applying an old schema to a new situation is called
__________? - Answers - Assimilation
In Piaget's terminology, modifying a schema to fit a new situation is called
___________? - Answers - Accomodation
Piaget's first stage, marked by simple responses to current stimuli, is known as the____
stage? - Answers - sensorimotor
According to Piaget, children lack the concept of object permanence during the
___________ stage? - Answers - Sensorimotor
, . According to Piaget, a child who cannot easily take another person's perspective is
said to be_______? - Answers - Egocentric
The idea that some people know something that other people don't is called "theory of
__." - Answers - Mind
According to Piaget children in the preoperational stage do not understand that
someone could
rearrange coins without changing their number, or pour a liquid without changing its
volume. He therefore
said that these children lack the concept of _____________? - Answers - Conversation
Children who understand object permanence, but who do not yet have the concept of
conservation,
are in Piaget's ______________ stage? - Answers - Preoperational
Children who have mastered the conservation tasks, but who have difficulty with
abstract or
hypothetical ideas, are in Piaget's ______________ stage? - Answers - Concrete
operations
50. The infant's reaction to the mother and a stranger entering/leaving the room is part
of a procedure
called the ___________ Situation. - Answers - Strange
To measure or predict attachment behavior in a 3-month-old infant, a parent plays with
him and then
shifts to an unresponsive, unexpressive face. This is called the _____-_____ Paradigm?
- Answers - Still Face
According to Erik Erikson, an identity crisis usually occurs for people during _______? -
Answers - Adolescence
The idea that we cope with our fear of death by avoiding thoughts about death and by
affirming our
worldview, including religious or political beliefs, is known as _________-management
theory? - Answers - Terror
The different roles a society expects of males and females are ___________ roles -
Answers - gender/sex
Psychologists who study only observable actions, while avoiding discussion of mental
processes, are
called _______. - Answers - Behaviorists
