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Define stereotype threat

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1. Explain the difference between the availability heuristic and representative heuristic and give an example of each (that is not an example from class or the text).

2. Define stereotype threat and explain the findings of one study that show the effects of stereotype threat on performance.

3. How does conservation relate to children's use of schemas at this age? Define conservation in your answer.

4. Explain the violation of expectation method and what it tells us about infants' understanding of the world.

5. Explain both of the working memory rehearsal systems and give an example of a situation when we are using each (one example for each).

6. In the example with pie and house hunters, explain the correct answers for US and CS (why?) and also determine what the NS, UR, and CR would be.

7. Describe all three requirements for language and explain which one is missing in a pidgin.

8. For the situation described in question 8 on the exam, correct your two suggestions and come up with two more suggestions that Jeremy could use to change his daughter's behavior that are the two types you did not already use.

9. Describe at least one piece of evidence from a research study that shows that we have two systems of thinking. Describe each system in your answer.

10. Discuss at least two components of how memory is organized and how you could draw on this organizational structure to help you study for your PSY 113 final.

11. We know that both environmental factors and mindsets can influence intelligence. Describe the findings of a study that supports the environmental effect and a second study that supports the mindset effect on intelligence.

12. In addition to correcting your answer, what is one additional social and one additional cognitive function of emotion (so two total for each type).

13. Explain the steps of the Strange Situation task and describe how children with a secure attachment, an insecure-resistant attachment, and an insecure-ambivalent/anxious attachment responds to this situation. Why does attachment style matter for children's future development?

14. Explain the benefits of both of language's "secret sidekicks" and evidence supporting these benefits.

15. Lay out the way all four emotion theories would suggest emotions are unfolding in an example situation. Describe the findings of two studies that support one of these theories (so one study for one theory and one study for a different theory).

16. Explain the concepts of object permanence and perspective taking/theory of mind. How might the slow development of the prefrontal cortex explain children's behavior on the hidden contents and Sally/Ann tasks instead of it being a lack of object permanence or theory of mind, respectively? How have violation of expectation studies supported this alternative brain development explanation?

17. Describe the basics of classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and observational learning. How does the Bobo doll experiment support the idea that reinforcement isn't always needed to learn? Give an example of a situation in which each would be the ideal method for learning something.

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