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Unit 3 Flashcards

1
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Intelligence

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An overall capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and adapt to one’s surroundings

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Fluid intelligence

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The speed and efficiency with which we learn new information and solve problems

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Crystallized intelligence

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Our accumulation of knowledge
Wisdom

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Emotional intelligence

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The capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions

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Creative intelligence

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Ability to produce new products, ideas, or inventing a new, novel solution to a problem

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Gardner 8 Frames of mind

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Verbal, mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist

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Verbal

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Thinking in words, use language to express meaning

Authors, journalists, speakers

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Mathematical

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Mathematical operations

Scientists, engineers, accountants

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Spatial

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Thinking three-dimensionally

Architects, artists, interior designs

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Bodily-kinesthetic

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Being physically adept

Dancers, athletes

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Musical

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Sensitivity to pitch, melody, tone

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Interpersonal

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Understanding and interesting effectively with others

Teachers, counselors

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Intrapersonal

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Understanding oneself

Psychologist

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Naturalist

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Observing patterns in nature

Farmers, landscapers

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Standardized tests

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A test that uses a standard set of questions, procedures, and scoring methods for all test takers.

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16
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Modern forms of assessing intelligence

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Wechsler Intelligence scales

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Reliability

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The ability of a test to yield the same score each time it’s given to the same person

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Validity

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The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure

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Culture-fair test

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An intelligence test designed to minimum the importance of skills and knowledge that may be more common in some cultures then in others

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Giftedness

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IQ greater than or Qual to 130

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Terman

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Socially well adjusted and successful as adults

Importance of innate ability plus family support and training

22
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Intellectual disability

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IQ less than 70

23
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Low adaptive functioning

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Conceptual, social, practical

Organic verses cultural-familial

24
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Savant syndrome

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The possession of exceptional mental ability in one or more narrow areas, such as mental arithmetic, calendar calculation, art or music, by a person of limited general intelligence

25
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Motivation

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Internal process that initiate, sustain, direct, and terminate activities

26
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

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Bottom-Top:
Physiological Needs, safety, love and belongingness, esteem, self-actualization

27
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Self-actualization

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Reaching our fullest potential

State of self-fulfillment in which people realize their highest potential in their own way

28
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Anorexia Nervosa

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Self starvation
Intense fear of gaining weight
A disorder body image

29
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Bulimia Nervosa

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Bingeing (taking in)
Purging (getting ride of it)
Excessive exercise

30
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Binge eating disorder

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Recurrent episodes of binge eating
Similar to bulimia Nervosa, but without purging

31
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Sex

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Physical, biological, classification as male or female

32
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Gender

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Psychological and social characteristics associated with being male or female

33
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Sexual orientation

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The degree of stable emotional and erotic attraction on has to:
Same (homosexual)
Opposite (heterosexual)
Both (Bisexual)
Neither sexes (asexual)

34
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Sexual orientation is usually…

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Quite stable

35
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Intersexual

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Is someone with ambiguous sexual anatomy; they have genitals that suggest both sexes

36
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Gender role

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Is the favored pattern of behavioral expected of each sex

37
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Gender role socialization

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The process of learning gender behaviors regarded as appropriate for ones sex in a given culture

38
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Personality

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A pattern of enduring thoughts, emotions and behavior

Multiple way of viewing personality
-descriptions
-explanations

39
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Freudian slip

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Reveals unconscious

40
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Personality is primarily

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Unconscious

Early childhood experiences sculpt the individuals personality
-conflicts (between self and society)

41
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Motivators

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Aggressive impulses
Sex drive

42
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Unconscious

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Conflicts with inner world and society

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Id

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Pleasure principle
Vile urges pressing for expression
Wants immediate satisfaction
Not in touch with reality
Reality prevents fulfillment of these demands
*100% in your unconscious

44
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Superego

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Morals “conscience”
Right or wrong
Does not consider reality

45
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Ego

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Deals with the demands of reality
Mediates conflicting demands of ID and Super Ego

46
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Traits

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An enduring disposition that leads to characteristics responses
Building blocks of personality
The big 5

47
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Openness to experience

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High
Creative
Tries new things
Low
Dislikes change
Likes structure

48
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Conscientiousness

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High:
Spends time preparing
Attention to detail
Low:
Procrastinates
Dislikes schedules

49
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Extraversion

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High
Enjoys meeting new people
Easy to make friends
Low:
Prefers to be alone
Socializing is exhausting

50
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Agreeableness

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High:
Cares for others
easy to get along with
Low:
Little interest in others
Focused on self

51
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Neuroticism

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High:
Feels stress and anxiety
Gets upset easily
Low:
Copes well with stress
Relaxed

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