Exam Three

After the first few months of life, babies enter what is known as the ________ stage, during which time they tend to produce single syllables, such as buh-buh, that are repeated over and over.

Babbling

Which of the following is a good example of acoustic encoding

Being able to hum the tune to a song even when you can't remember the lyrics

Encompasses the processes associated with perception, knowledge, problem solving, judgment, language, and memory.

Cognition

I am trying to learn the names of all 50 states. While i am actively remembering and recalling this information, it is considered

Explicit memory

For many in the baby-boom generation, the Kennedy assassination represents a ________, an exceptionally clear recollection of an important event.

Flashbulb memory

Which concept is a type of mental set where you cannot perceive an object being used for something other than what it is designed for?

Functional fixedness

Fakim drank a whole pot of coffee, while studying for his exam , he drank more coffee, and felt like he could remember the exam material better. This best illustrates

State- dependent memory

Mr. Hersch triggered a rooting reflex in his infant son by touching him on the

cheek

The continuous development approach views development as a ________.

cumulative process

What does nature refer to in the nature Us. nurture debate?

genes and biology

The concept of conservation refers to

knowing that even if you change the appearance of something, it is still equal in size as long as nothing has been removed or added

Remembering_________is a good example of procedural memory

numbers to the phone (How to use it )

Babies are surprised and laugh when faces appear during games of peek-a-boo because they do not have a sense of________, so they are still in Piaget's _____stage

object permanence ; sensorimotor

A teratogen is a/an

substance that can cross the placental barrier and harm an unborn child

Dozens of people witness a purse snatching. One of the eyewitnesses loudly yells "the man with the blue shirt did it." Later, when questioned by police, several other eyewitnesses remember the purse snatcher wearing a blue shirt, even though the purse snatcher was a woman in flowered dress. This is an example of ________: the effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories.

suggestibility

Pragmatics are defined as

the practical aspects of communicating with others, or the social "niceties" of language

Between birth and one year, infants are dependent on their caregivers; therefore, caregivers who are responsive and sensitive to their infant's needs help their baby to develop a sense of the world as a safe, predictable place. What is the primary developmental task of this stage?

trust vs. Mistrust

which of these is an element of the formal definition of intellectual disability

IQ below 70

Knowing what a rainbow looks like because you have seen a rainbow is an example of a ________ concept.

Natural

A____ is a basic sound unit of a given language

Phoneme

providing you with multiple choice question on the exam is a way of testing memory_______where as asking fill in the blank or short answer questions test memory_____.

Recognition; recall

Chunking makes it easier to hold more information in your_____

Short term/ working memory

Concepts are ideas that represent

a class or category of objects, events, or activities

If I am looking at a snake and processing the fear caused by the snake, what part of my brain am I using?

amygdala

Tasks that require you to compare, contrast, or evaluate are using the ________ intelligence component of the triarchic theory of intelligence.

analytical

Quincy is struck on the back of the head and finds, while she can remember her life up to the time she was struck on the head, she can no longer make new memories. Quincy has ________ amnesia.

anterograda

which term refers to the adjustment of a schema by aiding information similar to what is already known

assimilation

The emotional bond that forms between an infant and a primary care giver is called

attachment

The ______parenting style is characterized by low levels of responsiveness and high levels of demandingness. These parents are likely to simply tell their children because i said rather than discuss rules

authoritarian

Illnesses such as diabetes and stomach cancer kill more than twice the number of Americans than murder or car accidents. However, Zale sees car accidents as more dangerous because he often hears about car accident fatalities on the nightly news, and he doesn't know anyone with diabetes or stomach cancer. Therefore, Zale takes more precautions against car accidents. This exemplifies ________.

availability heuristic

Walter struggles to write legibly and has a difficult time putting his thoughts on paper. Which learning disability does he have?

dysgraphia

what term is used to describe a child's inability to see the world through anyone else's eyes except his or her own

egocentrism

In order to remember the information presented in her psychology textbook, Susan often relates it to her own life experiences so that it has meaning. Susan's strategy is an effective method of

elaborative rehearsal

Austin can't remember Jack Smith's name because he wasn't paying attention when Jack was formally introduced. Austin's poor memory is best explained in terms of

encoding failure

Remembering your first day of college classes is an example of ________ memories.

episodic

Standardization of a psychological test is important because the process

establishes scores on the test that can be compared to the scores of future test takers

A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli is called ________memory

iconic

The ______ is the middle layer of an embryo. It will eventually become muscle an bone

mesoderm

Schemata are a(an) ________.

method of organizing information that allows the brain to work more efficiently

Aram is proficient in playing a number of instruments and can easily learn new songs and rhythms. This exemplifies ________ intelligence.

musical

____development involves growth, and changes in the body, brain the senses, motor skills, and health and wellness

physical

at the ____level of moral reasoning, we dont have a personal code of morality. Instead or moral code is shaped by standards of adults and the consequences of following or breaking their rules

pre- conventional

In the ____stage, children use words and images to represent things, but lack logical reasoning

pre- operational

What did the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart suggest about intelligence? The findings from this study ________.

revealed a genetic component to intelligence

Samara meets a nurse. She immediately assumes he is able to help care for sick people, works long hours, and dispenses advice about illness because her ________ schema suggests that nurses behave this way.

role

Vygotsky said that _________ is providing a learner with a great deal of support while they start learning a new skill, then slowly remaining that support over time

scaffolding

Children who use their parents as a _________ see them as providing a sense of safety as the child explores their surrounding

secure base

What is the tendency for an individual to have better memory for information that relates to oneself in comparison to material that has less personal relevance

self- reference effect

Ben asked to memorize the words feline, canine, and awain. He remembers the words by bird, cat, dog. This is an example of _______encoding

semantic

General knowledge, language, and concepts are seen as parts of ___________.

sematic memory