Exam #3

Question 1

what are the 2 types of mental representation?

Answer 1

Analogical & Symbolic

Question 2

what is analogical representation?

Answer 2

having physical characteristics of objects

Question 3

What is symbolic representation?

Answer 3

Representations that do not correspond to the physical characteristics of objects or ideas

Question 4

Define cognition

Answer 4

Mental activity that includes thinking and the result being understanding

Question 5

What is affect-as-information theory?

Answer 5

People use current moods and feelings to make judgements

Question 6

What is aphasia?

Answer 6

Language disorder resulting in deficits in language and production

Question 7

Which psychologist identified insight?

Answer 7

KOHLER (chimpanzees)
MAIER (string and pliers)

Question 8

What is insight?

Answer 8

The sudden realization of a solution to a problem

Question 9

What are the 2 types of intelligence test?

Answer 9

-Stanford Binet Test
-Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Question 10

What is the IQ equation?

Answer 10

mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 100

Question 11

What are 4 components of spearman’s general intelligence

Answer 11

-verbal
-quantitative
-abstract visual
-short term memory

Question 12

List 2 of gardners intelligences

Answer 12

-Musical
-Spatial

Question 13

What is emotional intelligence?

Answer 13

Emphasizes the ability to manage recognize and understand emotions and appropriate them

Question 14

Environmental factors that influence intelligence?

Answer 14

-Prenatal
-Postnatal
-Nutrition
-SocioEconomic status

Question 15

What is the order of piaget’s stages of development

Answer 15

Sensorimotor- acquire information with senses and motor skills
Preoperational- symbolically thinking with objects
Concrete operational- think and understand logical operations
Formal operational- think abstractly

Question 16

What are some teratogens

Answer 16

Alcohol, drugs, medications, viruses, chemicals,unclean water

Question 17

What is a teratogen

Answer 17

something that harms a developing fetus

Question 18

What is fetal alcohol syndrome?

Answer 18

condition caused by maternal alcohol intake during pregnancy

Question 19

How are marriage and health related

Answer 19

Married people typically are at less risk for mental illnesses (married ^ health ^)

Question 20

What is zone of proximal development

Answer 20

a range of task that a child cannot yet complete but can learn through guidance

Question 21

3 main parenting styles ?

Answer 21

Authoritarian
Permissive
Authoritative

Question 22

Definition of attachment

Answer 22

a strong emotional connection between people that persist over time

Question 23

Attachment styles?

Answer 23

secure
avoidant
ambivalent
disorganized

Question 24

What percentage of children have secure attachment?

Answer 24

60-65

Question 25

Effects of bullying

Answer 25

low self esteem and psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression

Question 26

What is the difference between alzheimer's and dementia

Answer 26

Dementia is deterioration in thinking,memory, and behavior Alzheimer's is personality changes and memory deficits

Question 27

what percentage of dementia cases are patients with alzheimer's

Answer 27

60-80

Question 28

Why is there no such thing as a bad emotion?

Answer 28

all emotions serve a purpose and help us function and survive

Question 29

what is a primary emotion

Answer 29

emotions that are innate and universal -anger -fear -sadness

Question 30

what is a secondary emotion

Answer 30

Blends of primary emotions -remorse -guilt -love -shame

Question 31

2 ways to classify emotions

Answer 31

Circumplex model 1.Valence-pleasant or unpleasant emotions are 2.Arousal- how arousing emotions are

Question 32

is thought suppression a healthy way of dealing with emotions

Answer 32

No !

Question 33

what is intrinsic motivation

Answer 33

motivation to perform because value or pleasure -reading a good book

Question 34

what is extrinsic motivation

Answer 34

motivation to perform because of goals -work for money

Question 35

what is locus of control

Answer 35

extent to which people perceive outcomes as internally or externally

Question 36

describe yerkes dodson law

Answer 36

performance increase with arousal up to a moderate level. additional arousal impairs performance

Question 37

What order is Maslow's hierarchy of needs TOP TO BOTTOM

Answer 37

Self actualization Esteem Belonging and Love Safety Physiological

Question 38

What is self actualization

Answer 38

a state that is achieved when ones personal dreams and aspirations have been attained