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QUIZ 2 Psych 101 F19

1 representativeness heuristic knowledge and

ideas about objects,
actions, and
characteristics that
share core properties
2 Schemas smallest meaningful
unit of speech

3 concepts our tendency to

overestimate how well
we could have
predicted something
after it has already
occurred

4 syntax category of sounds our

vocal
apparatus produces

5 framing grammatical rules that

govern how words are
composed into
meaningful strings

6 morpheme the way a question is

formulated that can
influence the decisions
people make

7 hindsight bias concepts we’ve stored

in memory about how
certain actions,
objects, and ideas
relate to each other.

8 phoneme heuristic that involves

judging
the probability of an
event by its
superficial similarity to
a prototype

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QUIZ 2 Psych 101 F19

 Intelligence consists of the abilities to (name 2 of the 4):

1.__________________________

2.__________________________

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1 convergent thinking capacity to learn new ways of

solving
problems

2 crystallized intelligence our psychological defenses against

evidence that contradicts our views

3 bell curve accumulated knowledge of the

world
acquired over time

4 fluid intelligence capacity to generate many different

solutions to a problem

5 ideological immune system capacity to generate the single best

solution to a problem

6 divergent thinking distribution of scores in which the

bulk of the scores fall toward the
middle, with progressively fewer
scores toward the “tails” or
extremes

 Explain how genetic influences can be determined from family, twin, and adoption studies.

Describe Occam’s Razor:

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QUIZ 2 Psych 101 F19

1 gene–environment interaction Piagetian process of altering a belief to

make it more compatible with experience

2 assimilation basic emotional style that appears early in

development and is largely genetic in origin

3 zone of proximal development situation in which the effects of genes

depend on the environment in which
they are expressed

4 accommodation false assumption that because one event

occurred before another event it must have
caused that event

5 stranger anxiety tendency of individuals with certain genetic

predispositions to seek out and create
environments that permit the expression of
those predispositions

6 gene expression phenomenon in which repeated exposure to

a stimulus makes us more likely to feel
favorably toward it

7 nature via nurture Piagetian process of absorbing new

experience into current knowledge
structures

8 mere exposure effect mental state or feeling associated with our

evaluation of our experiences

9 teratogen activation or deactivation of genes by

environmental experiences throughout
development

10 post hoc fallacy an environmental factor that can exert a

negative impact on prenatal development

11 temperament phase of learning during which

children can benefit from instruction

12 emotion a fear of strangers developing at eight or

nine months of age

 Name three primary emotions

1.

2.

3.

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QUIZ 2 Psych 101 F19

 Name 4 things that help increase happiness

1.

2.

3.

4.

 Describe how the immune system is affected by stress.

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