Quiz 3 : Modules 15,16,28

Question 1

Male as a normative bias

Answer 1

Assumption that what the male body does is “correct”, the changes in women’s bodies aren’t accounted for and are “wrong”

Question 2

Menarche

Answer 2

onset of menstruation

Question 3

Why is age of menarche declining

Answer 3

• Nutrition; need a certain amount of fat to start puberty

Question 4

How do foods affect menarche?

Answer 4

FAT FOODS -> earlier menarche

Question 5

Xenohormones

Answer 5

external substances that mimic hormones

Question 6

What are two possible outcomes of early puberty for boys

Answer 6

can be generally positive
OR seen as delinquency and drug use

Question 7

Is earlier puberty for women more positive or negative and why

Answer 7

Negative because they are the FIRST to change
- also often creates unwanted sexual attention

Question 8

When does the prefrontal cortex develop?

Answer 8

20-25

Question 9

What is prefrontal cortex responsible for?

Answer 9

Decision making
Impulse control
Complex intellectual achievements, like planning

Question 10

NOTE: Teen brains = fast car with no brakes

Question 11

What is meant by ‘teens are less guilty by reason of adolescence?

Answer 11

Teens don’t make sound decisions because brain is still developing

Question 12

Are teen brains more susceptible to peers?

Answer 12

YES

Question 13

Conservation

Answer 13

knowledge that quantity is unrelated to changes in physical appearance

Question 14

Concrete Operations

Answer 14

“Hands on” logic/activities
- need to draw a picture to solve a problem

Question 15

Formal Operations

Answer 15

• Can imagine multiple possible outcomes
• Can take multiple perspectives on a problem

Question 16

Moral development

Answer 16

Stage model based on how we reason about moral dilemmas

Question 17

Kohlberg’s Levels of Moral thinking

Answer 17

Preconventional Morality ( before age 9)
Convenitonal Morality (early adolescence)
Post conventional Morality ( adolescence and beyond)

Question 18

Convention

Answer 18

A collective agreement

Question 19

Pre-conventional Morality

Answer 19

• Not interested in collective anything
• Focus is on SELF
• Know the rules; obey them to avoid punishment or gain concrete rewards

Question 20

Conventional Morality

Answer 20

• Uphold laws and rules to gain social approval
• VERY concerned with approval of others (reputation) and collective rule (laws)

Question 21

Post-conventional morality

Answer 21

Actions reflect belief in basic rights and self-defined ethical principles
- These collective rules can be WRONG, some values are more important

Question 22

Erikson ( Identity vs Role Confusion)

Answer 22

Teen years into 20s
Teens work at refining a sense of self by testing roles and then integrating them to form a single identity, or they become confused about who they are

Question 23

Erikson ( Intimacy vs Isolation)

Answer 23

20s to early 40s
Young adults struggle to form close relationships and to gain the capacity for intimate love, or they feel socially isolated

Question 24

Erikson ( Generativity vs Stagnation

Answer 24

40s to 60s
Middle aged people discover a sense of contributing to the world, usually through family and work, or they may feel a lack of purpose

Question 25

Erikson ( Integrity vs Despair)

Answer 25

late 60s and up Reflecting on their lives, older adults may feel a sense of satisfaction or failure

Question 26

Dementia

Answer 26

progressive or persistent loss of intellectual functioning (esp.memory and abstract thinking) sometimes with personality change

Question 27

Diseases that cause dementia

Answer 27

Alzheimers, Lewy Bond Dementia

Question 28

What is MMSE?

Answer 28

Mini Mental Screening Exam - a screening test for dementia diseased

Question 29

What are suggestions for helping bereaved persons

Answer 29

- How are you *today*, rather than how are you - Do not avoid contact wiht the person Let them decide how or when they do or don't wish to talk about their loved one

Question 30

Prospective memory

Answer 30

Remember to do something either at a prospective time or recall a planned intention at some future point in time ( when you get your first paycheck, send a copy to your bank )

Question 31

What is an example of important prospective memory?

Answer 31

Taking medication

Question 32

What are the laboratory results of PM

Answer 32

Lab studies show a decline in PM, BUT memory aids have allowed elder to successfully compensate for these declines in the real world

Question 33

Alfred Binet IQ Test

Answer 33

First IQ test, designed to identify French chidlren who needed extra help

Question 34

When was a version of Binet's test used in US

Answer 34

IN 1916 , the Stanford-Binet test was used in US

Question 35

IQ test formula

Answer 35

mental age/chronological age x 100 - average of 100

Question 36

Intelligence

Answer 36

The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situation

Question 37

Spearman's General Intelligence

Answer 37

the tests were positively correlated with each other, suggesting that something SINGULAR underlies all these tests

Question 38

Gardner's Multiple Intelligencies

Answer 38

Our abilities are best classified by a broad range of skills beyond traditional school smarts

Question 39

Emotional Intelligence 4 Components

Answer 39

Perceiving Emotions Understanding Emotions Managing Emotions Facilitating Thought

Question 40

Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) Theory

Answer 40

Our intelligence is based on both fluid and crystallized intelligence

Question 41

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 41

ability to learn new things and higher capacity to reason declines with age

Question 42

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 42

prior learning and past experiences based on facts increases with age

Question 43

What are the 8 intelligences Gardner proposed?

Answer 43

Visual-spatial Linguistic-verbal Logical-mathematical Body-kinesthetic Musical Interpersonal Intrapersonal Naturalistic