PSYC 100 COURSE CRAM — FINAL
EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
adolescence (biological standpoint) correct answers >>
defined by puberty
synaptic pruning correct answers >> - Brain rearranges or
eliminates connections between neurons
- Breaking apart previously formed connections
- Makes thinking more refined and specialized
- More effective connections
- Myelination is a form of increased efficiency
prefrontal cortex correct answers >> - Responsible for logical
thinking, critical thinking, personality,
- Finishes developing at 25 years old
- Makes sense in terms of evolution (last thing to develop)
- Why teenagers lack judgement skills (because they aren't
completely developed)
Deviant peer contagion correct answers >> - More likely to
engage in negative or risky behaviour when it has been approved
by friends
- Different from peer pressure
- Ex. see someone doing drugs, and you're more likely to do it
,The transition from childhood to adulthood in humans correct
answers >> Changes include:
- Breast development in women
- Synaptic pruning
- Spending less time with family and more time with friends
intelligence correct answers >> The ability to learn,
remember, and apply concepts and information
intelligence theory: Spearman's g — diff. types of intelligence
correct answers >> - Specific intelligence
- General intelligence
- General Fluid Intelligence
- Crystallized intelligence
Specific intelligence correct answers >> - Solving particular
problems
- It is a skill
- Can apply to a specific problem
- what you learn in the Canadian school system
General intelligence correct answers >> "a general smarty
pants"
- Those people who are great at everything
- The star athlete, can sing, attractive, smart, etc
- Able to excel at a variety of problems
, General Fluid Intelligence correct answers >> - Younger
children are able to adapt and change on the fly and use general
understanding
- Peak in the early 20s
Crystallized intelligence correct answers >> - Gain
knowledge over time and experience
- Ex. teacher has been more exposed to math then student so
they are probably better
multiple intelligence theory correct answers >> by Howard
Gardner
- Different people excel at different things
- People have different skillsets
- Ex. logic and math skillset
- Ex. Visual/spatial
- Ex. Musical
etc...
Efficient use of neural resources correct answers >> high
intelligence = lower brain activity because they're more efficient
Neuropsychological evidence supports three correlates of
intelligence correct answers >> 1. Efficient use of neural
resources
2. High degree of synchronization
3. Adaptation of cortical network
EXAM WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS 2025/2026
adolescence (biological standpoint) correct answers >>
defined by puberty
synaptic pruning correct answers >> - Brain rearranges or
eliminates connections between neurons
- Breaking apart previously formed connections
- Makes thinking more refined and specialized
- More effective connections
- Myelination is a form of increased efficiency
prefrontal cortex correct answers >> - Responsible for logical
thinking, critical thinking, personality,
- Finishes developing at 25 years old
- Makes sense in terms of evolution (last thing to develop)
- Why teenagers lack judgement skills (because they aren't
completely developed)
Deviant peer contagion correct answers >> - More likely to
engage in negative or risky behaviour when it has been approved
by friends
- Different from peer pressure
- Ex. see someone doing drugs, and you're more likely to do it
,The transition from childhood to adulthood in humans correct
answers >> Changes include:
- Breast development in women
- Synaptic pruning
- Spending less time with family and more time with friends
intelligence correct answers >> The ability to learn,
remember, and apply concepts and information
intelligence theory: Spearman's g — diff. types of intelligence
correct answers >> - Specific intelligence
- General intelligence
- General Fluid Intelligence
- Crystallized intelligence
Specific intelligence correct answers >> - Solving particular
problems
- It is a skill
- Can apply to a specific problem
- what you learn in the Canadian school system
General intelligence correct answers >> "a general smarty
pants"
- Those people who are great at everything
- The star athlete, can sing, attractive, smart, etc
- Able to excel at a variety of problems
, General Fluid Intelligence correct answers >> - Younger
children are able to adapt and change on the fly and use general
understanding
- Peak in the early 20s
Crystallized intelligence correct answers >> - Gain
knowledge over time and experience
- Ex. teacher has been more exposed to math then student so
they are probably better
multiple intelligence theory correct answers >> by Howard
Gardner
- Different people excel at different things
- People have different skillsets
- Ex. logic and math skillset
- Ex. Visual/spatial
- Ex. Musical
etc...
Efficient use of neural resources correct answers >> high
intelligence = lower brain activity because they're more efficient
Neuropsychological evidence supports three correlates of
intelligence correct answers >> 1. Efficient use of neural
resources
2. High degree of synchronization
3. Adaptation of cortical network
