Psych Terms Missed

Question 1

What is Cultural Capital?

Answer 1

A social asset identified as non-financial which may influence individuals to attain success and social mobility. This can include values, knowledge, skills and ideas. Ex. Education, Art Collection

Question 2

Name an example of Informational Social Intelligence

Answer 2

A lower GPA student agrees with a A+ student during a group activity without much thought or question.
(Conformity because they believe the other person is right)

Question 3

Name a situation someone would follow a Behavioral Script

Answer 3

Going to a Doctor’s office. Checking in, sitting in waiting room, wait to be called upon.

Question 4

What is the difference between crystallized and fluid intelligence?

Answer 4

Fluid intelligence is the ability to process new information and solve problems , peaks in early adulthood and declines with age
Crystallized intelligence is stored knowledge accumulated over the years, peaks in late adulthood fairly stable throughout life

Question 5

Social Reproduction

Answer 5

Can refer to the passing of social inequalities from one generation to the next. Social mobility can be one of the things that is passed on

Question 6

Hierarchy of Salience

Answer 6

Various identities of yourself are ranked and used depending on particular situations

Question 7

Example of labeling theory

Answer 7

A smoking teenager is given the label that they are bad/or outcast at school.

Question 8

Explain Differential Association theory in a few words

Answer 8

Criminal behavior is learned and most intensely applied with regards to the extent of how often the individual hangs out with criminals (family and friends)

Question 9

Circular Reactions

Question 10

Schemata

Answer 10

A representation of a pattern of behavior

Question 11

Assimilation Vs Accommodation

Answer 11

Assimilation is understanding new objects or ideas with the existing capacity of understanding. Accommodation, on the other hand, is the tendency to adjust to a new object, that is to change one’s understanding to fit in the new object.

Question 12

Centration Vs. Conservation

Answer 12

Centration is one of the reasons that young children have difficulty understanding the concept of conservation. Conservation is the awareness that altering a substance’s appearance does not change its basic properties

Question 13

Paternalism

Answer 13

Paternalism means making all the decisions for the people you govern, employ, or are responsible for, so that they cannot or do not have to make their own decisions.

Question 14

Nativist Theory

Answer 14

Innate ability to organize laws of language for mastering the native language

Question 15

Basal Ganglia

Answer 15

Maintain Smooth Movements and steady posture

Question 16

Gardner’s Theory

Answer 16

Theory of Multiple intelligences, able to be acquired; Spatial, Musical, Naturalist, Logical, Linguistic, Interpersonal, Bodily Kinesthetic

Question 17

Accommodation (Eyes)

Answer 17

Contracting ciliary muscle to change the shape of the lens to focus the eye

Question 18

Identity Shift Effect

Answer 18

Individual Shifts their identity to eliminate internal conflict caused by conforming to norms outside of their normal character. Think every teen movie when the nerd has a makeover

Question 19

Identification

Answer 19

Identification is when someone outwardly accepts someone else’s ideas even if they don’t believe them

Question 20

Internalization

Answer 20

Changing one’s behavior to fit with the group but also privately agreeing with the ideas of the group

Question 21

Anterior Cingulate Cortex

Answer 21

Regulates impulse control and decision making

Question 22

Centrosomes versus Centrioles

Answer 22

Centrioles are composed of microtubules involved in prophase I
Centrosomes are the organelle that “organize” the microtubules, MTOC

Question 23

Non-Homologous End-Joining

Answer 23

Repairs double-stranded breaks in the DNA

Question 24

What is an example of an Aliphatic Amino Acid?

Answer 24

Alanine.
A hydrocarbon that is not aromatic

Question 25

What is the difference between polycistronic and monocistronic mRNA?

Answer 25

Polycistronic codes for multiple proteins in 1 transcript
Monocistronic codes for one protein in 1 transcript

Question 26

Spatial Inequality

Answer 26

A type of social stratification across territories and their populations

Question 27

Mediating variable

Answer 27

Can show or explain a connection between independent and dependent variables

Question 28

Moderating variable

Answer 28

Can influence the strength or direction between independent and dependent variables

Question 29

Primary Appraisal of Stress

Answer 29

Determining if a stress is harmful, beneficial or irrelevant. Analyzing stress as a category

Question 30

Secondary Appraisal of Stress

Answer 30

Determining if you have the resources to deal with the stress