PSY 2012 QUIZ 3 (ALREADY) PASSED!!
convergent thinking - ANSWERS-capacity to generate the single best solution
to a problem=creativeness
[scenario]: come up with as many different solutions and toss out the bad
ones
emotional intelligence - ANSWERS-ability to understand our emotions and
those of others and to apply this info to our everyday lives
[scenario]: what emotion someone will experience when meeting the future
in-laws for the first time; being able to tell which emotion a face is
expressing
wisdom - ANSWERS-application of intelligence toward a common good;
benefit other
[scenario]: older people are called wise because they have been through so
much to know the best solution to a situation so that's why they share their
wisdom to the young
developmental psychology - ANSWERS-study of how behavior changes over
the lifespan;
childhood to old age
post hoc fallacy - ANSWERS-false assumption that bc A came before B, A
must have caused B
[scenario]: 100% of serial killers drank milk as children, so milk drinking must
cause mass murderers
cross-sectional design - ANSWERS-research design that examines people of
diff ages at a SINGLE point in time *snapshot in time*
, [scenario]: old people using cell phones vs young people using them right
now
cohort effects - ANSWERS-effects that result from the fact that individuals in
a cohort grew up at the same time, so individuals in a cohort are likely to be
alike but individuals from diff. cohorts are likely to be diff.
[scenario]: a cross-sectional design of computer skills among ages would be
a bad idea bc the baby boomers didn't have computers back then
longitudinal design - ANSWERS-research design that examines development
in the same group of people on multiple occasions over time
[scenario]: kids acting out after parents get divorced, so because of the
divorce they act out- but this design shows that the kids acted out decades
before it
gene-environment interaction - ANSWERS-situation in which the effects of
genes depend on the environment in which the behavior develops
[scenario]: a gene has been shown to contribute to criminality but only in
children who are maltreated
nature via nurture - ANSWERS-one's genetic predispositions can lead him/her
to create and environment
[scenario]: a child who is genetically predisposed to be fearful might seek out
environments that reduce their anxiety
gene expression - ANSWERS-activation/deactivation of genes by
environmental experiences throughout development
[scenario]: takes experience to switch them "on": kid w genes that
predispose them to anxiety may never become anxious unless something
like death of a parent triggers the genes to become active
convergent thinking - ANSWERS-capacity to generate the single best solution
to a problem=creativeness
[scenario]: come up with as many different solutions and toss out the bad
ones
emotional intelligence - ANSWERS-ability to understand our emotions and
those of others and to apply this info to our everyday lives
[scenario]: what emotion someone will experience when meeting the future
in-laws for the first time; being able to tell which emotion a face is
expressing
wisdom - ANSWERS-application of intelligence toward a common good;
benefit other
[scenario]: older people are called wise because they have been through so
much to know the best solution to a situation so that's why they share their
wisdom to the young
developmental psychology - ANSWERS-study of how behavior changes over
the lifespan;
childhood to old age
post hoc fallacy - ANSWERS-false assumption that bc A came before B, A
must have caused B
[scenario]: 100% of serial killers drank milk as children, so milk drinking must
cause mass murderers
cross-sectional design - ANSWERS-research design that examines people of
diff ages at a SINGLE point in time *snapshot in time*
, [scenario]: old people using cell phones vs young people using them right
now
cohort effects - ANSWERS-effects that result from the fact that individuals in
a cohort grew up at the same time, so individuals in a cohort are likely to be
alike but individuals from diff. cohorts are likely to be diff.
[scenario]: a cross-sectional design of computer skills among ages would be
a bad idea bc the baby boomers didn't have computers back then
longitudinal design - ANSWERS-research design that examines development
in the same group of people on multiple occasions over time
[scenario]: kids acting out after parents get divorced, so because of the
divorce they act out- but this design shows that the kids acted out decades
before it
gene-environment interaction - ANSWERS-situation in which the effects of
genes depend on the environment in which the behavior develops
[scenario]: a gene has been shown to contribute to criminality but only in
children who are maltreated
nature via nurture - ANSWERS-one's genetic predispositions can lead him/her
to create and environment
[scenario]: a child who is genetically predisposed to be fearful might seek out
environments that reduce their anxiety
gene expression - ANSWERS-activation/deactivation of genes by
environmental experiences throughout development
[scenario]: takes experience to switch them "on": kid w genes that
predispose them to anxiety may never become anxious unless something
like death of a parent triggers the genes to become active
