Stress and Coping
Reducing the stressor by not dealing with the problem” is the definition of what coping style?
defensive coping
emotion-based coping
problem-focused coping
What is defensive coping?
List 3 most prevalent STIs among the college aged population.
What are HPV, Chlamydia, and Gonorrhea?
______ identifies 8 intelligences on the basis of distinct sets of processing operations applied in culturally valued activities.
Sternberg’s theory
Spearman’s theory
Cattell’s theory
Gardner’s theory
What is Gardner's theory?
Sally is playing peek-a-boo with her dad. He hides behind a pillow and pops out with a smile saying, “peek a boo!” Sally is startled and laughs. Her dad hides behind the pillow again and she wonders where he went. This suggests that Sally may not yet understand:
Conservation
Object permanence
Reversibility
Centration
What is object permanence?
Mark is listening to a debate about climate change. Mark believes that each of the candidate's viewpoints are equally valid. “Everybody is entitled to their own opinion,” he says. What type of thinking is he engaging in?
Dualism
Commitment
Relativism
Postformal thought
What is relativism?
Which of the following is an effect of prolonged stress?
It’s easier to learn new things
Long DNA telomeres (chromosome tips)
A surge in the production of new neurons
A breakdown of neural circuits in the brain
What is a breakdown of neural circuits in the brain?
Binge drinking can increase the risk for…
1. Physical deformities
2. Stunted height
3. Damaged brain tissue
4. Poor nutrition
What is damaged brain tissue?
Which is true?
IQ scores do not predict school performance at all; no correlation
IQ scores don’t have a strong correlation with later income level.
IQ scores correlate strongly with later income level.
IQ scores in infancy are strongly correlated with IQ scores in adulthood
What is IQ scores don’t have a strong correlation with later income level?
Buddy is a 3-year old boy and has a pet dog. He goes to the zoo for the first time and sees a lion and says “dog” and his mom corrects him and says “No Buddy, that’s a lion,” What is it called when Buddy says “dog” initially?
Assimilation
Accommodation
Schema
Equilibration
What is assimilation?
Telephone numbers are designed to take 10 numbers and place them in 3 groups (5554894608 555-489-4608) in order to help us remember them. What type of encoding strategy is this?
a) Spacing
b) Partial report
c) Linking old-new
d) Chunking
e) Elaboration
What is chunking?
Which of the following is NOT a factor in male stress response.
more likely to use drugs/socially withdrawn
Oxytocin plays more of a role in bonding
more likely to be aggressive
less empathetic
What is oxytocin plays more of a role in bonding?
An adolescent who is overweight most likely has what factor that correlates with their poor health?
High SES
Living in a household that eats in front of the TV
Having parents that aren’t overweight
High physical activity
What is living in a household that eats in front of the TV?
Which alternative view of intelligence believes that there is one single entity that influences all aspects of cognitive functioning?
1. Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
2. Charles Spearman’s “g”
3. Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
4. Crystallized intelligence
What is Charles Spearman’s “g”?
The development of sophisticated symbolic thought occurs in which stage?
Preoperational
Sensorimotor
Formal operational
Concrete operational
What is preoperational?
According to Labouvie-Vief, postformal thought is: _______
When people apply what they know to their long-term goals involving careers and family.
When the nature of problem-solving changes from using only formal logic to also using practical experience, morals, and values.
The time that children and adolescents acquire information to be used in the future.
When people’s thinking focuses on the broader world, beyond just their own personal needs
What is when the nature of problem solving changes from using only formal logic to also using practical experience, morals, and values?
Andrew has a cumulative math final in a week. He looks over his notes and believes he can be prepared for it if he creates a study schedule. He makes a plan to study for 2 hours each day of the week before the final. Which method is Andrew using?
Emotional- based coping
problem - based coping
Defensive coping
Rumination
What is problem-based coping?
Which is a type of malnutrition?
1. Food insecurity
2. Kawasaki disease
3. Mucormycosis
4. Poverty
What is food insecurity?
Mallory was with a group of friends at the House of Clues, an escape room in Harrisonburg. Her friends joked that she would be the least helpful because she can be kind of clueless sometimes. When the challenge started, Mallory was actually the first one to unlock one of the clues which required her to solve a puzzle including vocabulary words! What kind of intelligence was she using?
Fluid intelligence
Componential intelligence
Emotional intelligence
Crystallized intelligence
What is crystallized intelligence?
Ava and her sister were each given a big carrot for a snack by their mom. Ava’s mom cut Ava’s sister’s carrot into 5 pieces. Ava got really upset because she thought her sister had more carrot than she did. Based on Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, what stage is Ava in? What does she not understand?
Sensorimotor; object permanence
Preoperational; conservation
Concrete; reversals
Formal; hypothetical thinking
What is preoperational; conservation?
School-age children experience three levels of moral development. The punishment and obedience stage takes place at which level?
Communicative reasoning
Cognitive reasoning
Preconventional reasoning
Postadaptive reasoning
What is preconventional reasoning?
Timmy went to school and noticed that his favorite pencil was missing from his desk. This isn’t the first time this has happened and he begins panicking and starts yelling at his classmates. What is causing Timmy to react in panic and anger?
1. The fact that his pencil is missing again and he knows it must be a prank
2. He experienced a positive appraisal
3. His stress reaction is causing him to yell at others
4. He experienced a negative appraisal
What is he experienced a negative appraisal?
John is a college student and decided to go out drinking one night. Joe became very drunk. Which stage of sleep will John NOT get due to his drinking?
Non-REM 1
Non-REM 2
Non-REM 3
REM
What is REM?
Based on Charles Murray, The Bell Curve, what statement would most likely support his claims?
Environmental factors do not close the IQ gap all the way; IQ is influenced by genes.
IQ is affected mainly by environmental factors
A higher SES can totally close the gap of IQ between different races
Environmental and genetic factors are equally influential when it comes to IQ
What is environmental factors do not close the IQ gap all the way; IQ is influenced by genes?
Piaget’s approach to cognitive development is best characterized as ____ and Vygotsky’s approach as based on ______.
1. constructive; social interaction.
2. Normative; scaffolding.
3. continuous; zone of proximal development.
4. nativist; discrete stages
What is constructive; social interaction?
In a study, researchers found that one-month-olds were able to mentally represent what pacifier they felt when sucking on it, despite them not seeing it. This discovery challenges what cognitive psychologist’s theory?
a) Piaget
b) Labouvie-Vief
c) Schaie
d) Perry
What is piaget?