PSY 1001: Intro Psychology Module 13 Quiz

Because humans live in the technology age, they are able to harness _____ so that they benefit from the preservation of innovation.

brain plasticity

If a child loses vision, his or her brain will respond by using the area previously devoted to vision for other abilities. This is an example of _____.

brain plasticity

Ilana's married friend Gwen is quite upset. She asks her why she, rather than her husband, is always the one who cooks, cleans, and takes care of the children the majority of the time. Ilana tells her all of the following EXCEPT that:

employed women have more time to devote to taking care of the children.

A new family has moved in next door to Chuck. His five-year-old daughter refuses to meet the neighbor's 6-year-old son. His daughter cannot imagine that he might share her interests. What is causing her to be so rigid in her stereotypes about boys and girls?

her gender schema

Early experiences influence how the brain develops by:

increasing neural connections.

Piano players who do drills when they are children to improve dexterity in their left hands experience _____ as a result.

brain changes that greatly improve dexterity

Growing up on the South Side of Chicago was rough for Lee. He worked hard in school, kept out of trouble, and graduated college this past year. All of the following are possible reasons for his success to this point EXCEPT:

his parents were not involved in his life.

Pamela is a 15-year-old white teen who lives in the suburbs. She is likely to have her _____ influence her clothing selection and her _____ influence her college choice.

peers; parents

When six-year-old Sara imitates her mother by carefully wrapping and setting out presents for the holiday celebration, she is praised and given holiday cookies. Sara's learning of gender-linked behaviors is best explained by:

social learning theory.

Recent research on babies has shown that babies prefer honest people over dishonest ones. This research is consistent with other findings showing that children globally have _____.

the same basic morality

After rats were housed for 60 days in enriched environments, Bryan Kolb and Ian Whishaw (1998) reported that the rats' brain weight increased:

7 to 10%

Karen is a research assistant at the psychology lab and is surprised to find that the mice cortices she is studying are thinner and lighter than normal. What might have happened?

They were raised in deprived environments.

Because of cataracts, a neighbor was deprived of visual experiences during early childhood. Last year, her vision was restored by surgery but she is having difficulty in dealing with the visual world. This is probably because:

brain cells normally devoted to vision died or were diverted to other uses.

People with autism have a tendency to be aloof, so that they keep a distance from others that feels emotionally manageable to them. Others, in turn, are likely to maintain that interpersonal distance. In this case, aloofness is a(n) _____ trait

Evocative

According to researchers, preschoolers who dislike a certain food often will eat the food if put at a table with a group of:

children who like it.

In agricultural societies, children typically socialize into more distinct gender roles than do children in nomadic societies. This best illustrates that gender-role differences between social groups result from:

cultural influence.

Compared to 1960, today's culture has all of the following EXCEPT for a:

decreasing rate of depression.

Sharon is researching play style differences between boys and girls during outdoor recess. She notices that the girls spend more time _____ while the boys spend more time participating in rough-and-tumble play.

talking

Premature infants who receive kangaroo care (skin-to-skin contact with their mother) have better long-term outcomes than those who don't. This is because _____.

the contact is soothing and aids brain development

The effects of culture are largely invisible to a person within that culture, unless:

the person's views are in conflict with the culture.

Shifting national boundaries in the Middle East in the past century are an illustration of the way in which cultures _____ and _____.

vary; compete for resources

Children with ADHD are at very high risk for physical abuse. This is because the hyperactivity is a(n) _____ trait.

evocative

Men are _____ times more likely to suffer alcoholism than women.

4

Displays of self-effacing humility are most characteristic of those who value:

collectivism

Liz's sister and her husband want their four-year-old daughter to learn a new language and would like to start immediately. What advice would she give?

Early childhood is the best time to learn a new language.

A male has a(n) _____ combination in the _____.

XY; 23rd pair of chromosomes

Understanding gender differences in behavior as a result of the interplay of gender roles, sex hormones, and individual experiences is most clearly provided by:

a biopsychosocial approach.

A researcher has a limited budget for research, and so needs to focus on a small sample of individuals who are most likely to develop alcoholism and antisocial personality disorder. Given what we know about gender differences, which of the following groups should the researcher choose?

a group of adult males

Early Head Start has built off Rosenzweig's research on rats, to provide a(n) _____ environment for preschool children living in poverty.

enriched

A local high school is running an experiment with a colony of infant rats. Half of the infant rats are isolated in barren cages and the other half live together in an enriched environment with lots of rat toys and exercise equipment. What would you expect the outcome to be at the end of the school year?

The rats in the enriched environment will have significantly larger cerebral cortices.

Though a mom begs and pleads, she has no success in coaxing her preschooler to eat broccoli. She might try to use peer influence by:

asking his daycare center to serve broccoli and seat him with classmates who like to eat it.

The musician Stevie Wonder has been blind since shortly after birth. Even if his vision was restored by a miracle surgery, he probably would not get his eyesight back because:

brain cells normally devoted to vision died or were diverted to other uses.

Which of the following is a component of culture that is unique to the human species?

language

Nine-year-old Jared has one very good friend. The two boys spend a great deal of time playing one-on-one basketball, and often can be heard talking to each other about a wide range of personal topics. Compared to other boys his age, Jared is:

somewhat unusual, because most boys his age typically play in large groups and do not engage in intimate discussion.