Chatpter 11-12 Motivation And Intelligence

Question 0

Definition of Standardized Test and Examples

Answer 0

Same test questions for everyone, measuring same thing, general tests

Question 1

What theory would explain the motivation to watch horror movies?

Answer 1

Arousal Theory

Question 2

Intrinsic motivation is an important component of?

Answer 2

Achievement

Question 3

Flynn Effect is caused by?

Answer 3

Rising intelligence

Question 4

T/F: Girls are more likely to outperform boys in Spelling Bees

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Examples of Innate Mental Abilities

Answer 5

Born with hot burns

Question 6

Subtest of WAIS

Answer 6

Widely used adult test, verbal and performance (nonverbal)

Question 7

In terms of Maslow’s motivational hierarchy the higher level needs of employees are most likely to be satisfied by?

Answer 7

Esteem needs

Question 8

Effects of elevated leptin

Answer 8

More hungry

Question 9

Savant Syndrome

Answer 9

Low abilities but exceptional skills in some things

Question 10

Aptitude tests

Answer 10

Future, ability will be

EX. ACT, SAT

Question 11

Definition of a Set Point

Answer 11

Body automatically maintains weight which is Pre-determined

Question 12

Definition of reliability and examples

Answer 12

Measurement consistency of a test

EX. Retakes should be similar

Question 13

When hungry, blood glucose level is _____ and blood insulin level is ______

Answer 13

Low, low

Question 14

Factor analysis

Answer 14

Stat procedure that identifies clusters of related items contest

Question 15

Reasons for Binet and Simon designing a intelligence test

Answer 15

Measure kids mental age for French schools

Question 16

Achievement test are designed to

Answer 16

See what you learned so far

Question 17

Howard Gardner’s beliefs

Answer 17

8 intelligences, not 1. Independent of one another

Question 18

Correlation between head size and brain size vs. intelligence

Answer 18

Positive

Question 19

T/F: Boys are better in Math

Answer 19

True

Question 20

Aptitude test and examples

Answer 20

ACT, SAT

Question 21

Studies suggest that there is a positive correlation between intelligence and the brain’s ______

Answer 21

Size

Question 22

T/F: food and water is the highest level need in Maslow’s hierarchy of human motives?

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Aptitude tests are to ______ as achievement test are to ______?

Answer 23

Future, so far

Question 24

Research on sexual orientation indicates that:

Answer 24

Determined before birth raised by homo's - not a factor, can't be influence

Question 25

Definition of Validity

Answer 25

Test predicts/measures what it's supposed to

Question 26

Definition of incentives

Answer 26

Positive/negative influence that motivates behavior

Question 27

Organizational psychologists are most likely to be involved in

Answer 27

Workplace

Question 28

Know Lewis Terman and what he did

Answer 28

Revised Binet's original intelligence test

Question 29

For a hungry person, the consumption of food serves to:

Answer 29

Psych needs

Question 30

T/F: A homosexual orientation is very persistent and difficult to change

Answer 30

True

Question 31

When organisms weight rises above the set point, the organism is likely to experience a(n)

Answer 31

Hunger decrease, energy increase

Question 32

Anorexia patients are most likely to have parents who?

Answer 32

Alcohol, obesity, depression probs, big deal of appearance

Question 33

Theory Y explain

Answer 33

Intrinsically motivated: to better one's self

Question 34

Theory X explain

Answer 34

Extrinsically motivated: praise money

Question 35

The levels of serotonin in the brain is ______ by a diet high in ______

Answer 35

Boosted, carbs

Question 36

T/F: People are most likely to dislike the taste of sweet

Answer 36

False

Question 37

Achievement test examples

Answer 37

ISTEP

Question 38

Motivation is defined by psychologist as:

Answer 38

Need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

Question 39

The first modern test of intelligence was developed where?

Answer 39

France 1930

Question 40

Emotional Intlligence

Answer 40

Ability to perceive, express, regulate emotions

Question 41

Anorexia nervosa is typically characterized by:

Answer 41

Restricts food, underweight, but still feel fat

Question 42

T/F: many sexual active American adolescents fail to avoid pregnancy because they are ignorant concerning basic human reproductive functioning.

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Which profession is most directly involved in the application of psychology principals to the work place?

Answer 43

Industrial organizational

Question 44

The similarity between the intelligence test scores of identical twins raised apart is?

Answer 44

About the same IQ

Question 45

IQ equation

Answer 45

Mental age/chronological age x 100

Question 46

Halo errors

Answer 46

When evaluation by employer is biased

Question 47

Simon LeVay discovered that a cluster of neural cells located in the ________ was _________ in homosexual men than in heterosexual men.

Answer 47

Hypothalamus, smaller

Question 48

The best indicator of infants intellectual aptitude is their?

Answer 48

Parental guidance

Question 49

Down syndrome is caused by what?

Answer 49

Extra chromosome in genetic make-up

Question 50

Intelligence is?

Answer 50

Capacity to understand the world & the resourcefulness to cope with challenges

Question 51

Spearman's G Factor refers to?

Answer 51

General intelligence

Question 52

Incentives examples

Answer 52

Praise, aroma of fresh food, sight of sun

Question 53

360-degree feed back

Answer 53

Rating self & others rating you

Question 54

Which pair of individuals is most likely to receive similar intelligence test scores?

Answer 54

Twins

Question 55

A need refers to what?

Answer 55

S-Factor

Question 56

T/F: Instinctive behavior is unlearned.

Answer 56

True

Question 57

What brain structure detects sex hormone levels and activates sexual arousal?

Answer 57

Hypothalamus

Question 58

Homeostasis refers to what?

Answer 58

Constant state-body chemistry

Question 59

Increasing years of schooling over the last half century have most like contributed to what?

Answer 59

Raising IQ

Question 60

What would happen if you electrically stimulated the ladder hypothalamus of a well fed lab rat?

Answer 60

Begin to eat

Question 61

Research on the sexual response cycle indicates what?

Answer 61

4 stages