midterm

Question 1

crystallized intelligence

Answer 1

accumulated knowledge

Question 2

s (intelligence)

Answer 2

skills in narrower domains of intelligence

Question 3

intelligence

Answer 3

ability to think, learn from experience, solve problems, and to adapt to new situations

Question 4

fluid intelligence

Answer 4

the capacity to learn new ways of solving problems and performing activities

Question 5

IQ

Answer 5

average intelligence quotient

Question 6

g (intelligence)

Answer 6

an underlying factor for cognitive abilities and skills

Question 7

persuasive essay

Answer 7

convince the reader to adopt a certain view

Question 8

expository essay

Answer 8

explain or provide info on a topic

Question 9

comparative essay

Answer 9

compare and contrast items for linking items under a central thesis

Question 10

precis

Answer 10

concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts

Question 11

annotated bibliography

Answer 11

reference list followed by short descriptions

Question 12

response/reaction paper

Answer 12

summary of one or more works describing personal reactions

Question 13

limbic system

Answer 13

a subcortical brain system, including the amygdala, hypothalamus, and thalamus, that determines basic emotions.

Question 14

most important indicator of emotion

Answer 14

face

Question 15

two-factor theory

Answer 15

posits experience of emotion is determined by intensity of arousal followed by the cognitive appraisal of that arousal.

Question 16

james-lange theory

Answer 16

posits experience of emotion is the result of arousal.

Question 17

cannon-bard theory

Answer 17

posits experience of emotion is the dual experience of emotion plus physiological arousal.

Question 18

broca and wernicke

Answer 18

neurologists who discovered a connection between language and certain regions of the left cerebral hemisphere

Question 19

phenomena

Answer 19

a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question

Question 20

consciousness

Answer 20

the unified mental pattern that brings together the object and the self

Question 21

lesion

Answer 21

areas of circumscribed brain damage caused by neurological disease

Question 22

knock out

Answer 22

neuroscientific approach where a gene is inactivated experimentally causing a legion to determine whether the consequences of the knock out are as predicted

Question 23

image

Answer 23

a mental pattern in any of the sensory modalities

Question 24

punctuation

Answer 24

establishes the cadence of a sentence: where to pause, stop, or take a detour.

Question 25

em dash

Answer 25

sets off an element added to amplify or digress from the main clause.

Question 26

style

Answer 26

guidelines that ensure clear, consistent communication and presentation in written works.

Question 27

slash

Answer 27

mark also called a virgule, solidus, or shill

Question 28

somatic nervous system

Answer 28

Afferent signals sent to the skeletal muscles.

Question 29

vagal nerve

Answer 29

connects brain to face and internal milieux.

Question 30

efferent

Answer 30

A signal moving away from the brain.

Question 31

afferent

Answer 31

A signal entering through the senses toward the CNS.

Question 32

affective forecasting

Answer 32

ability to predict one's future feelings is often can be inaccurate

Question 33

impact bias

Answer 33

tendency to overestimate intensity of future feelings

Question 34

durability bias

Answer 34

tendency to overestimate how long negative affects will affect them

Question 35

planning falacy

Answer 35

While being generally aware of our knowledge, abilities, and future prospects, we may underestimate how long a task will taker

Question 36

heuristics

Answer 36

mental shortcuts to reduce complex problem-solving to simpler rule-based decisions.

Question 37

schema

Answer 37

mental model or representation of things we come across in life (mental blueprint for how we expect someone to behave)

Question 38

schizophrenia

Answer 38

A disorder characterized by disconnection with bodily experience (reduced sense of mineness of the self)

Question 39

depression

Answer 39

A disorder characterized by resting state disbalanced toward internal contents (bodily experience) and abnormal midline structure activity.

Question 40

neurophenomenology

Answer 40

An approach that defines the self according to experience and neurological function

Question 41

inappropriate affect

Answer 41

laughing in the absence of an appropriate stimulus

Question 42

depression (northoff)

Answer 42

having heightened self-focus, reduced environmental focus, association of self with negative emotions and increased cognitive process of the own self

Question 43

middle ring

Answer 43

cortical midline structures

Question 44

inner ring

Answer 44

subcortical structures