 | Term | Definition |
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H.Gardner |
believes that there are diff aspects od intelligence along with several other abilities he lists 7 diff kinds of intelligence |
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emotional intelligence |
awareness of an ability to manage ones own emotions as well as the ability to be self motivated to feel what others feel and to be socially skilled |
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IQ formula |
IQ=mental age over chronological age X 100 |
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charles spearman |
saw intelligence as two diff abilities both measurable by intelligence tests, the g factor(ability to reason and solve problems) s factor(specific intelligence ability to excel in music, business or art) |
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gender schema theory |
theory of gender identity aquisition in which a child develops a mental pattern or schema for being male or female and then organizes,observes behavior around that scheme |
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primary sexual characteristics |
sexual organs present at birth and directly involved in human reproduction |
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secondary sexual characteristics |
sexual organs and traitis that develop at puberty indirectly are involved in human reproduction |
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robert steinberg's theory |
triarchiac theory of intelligence:three aspects..analytical creativity and practical intelligence |
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wechscler intelligentce test |
each have a verbal and performance and nonverbal scale as well as providing a overall score of intelligence |
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cognitive mediation theory |
theory of emotion in which a stimulus must be interpreted (appraised)by a person in order to result in a physical response and emotional reaction |
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parasympathetic nervous sysyem |
part of the ans and returns the body back to normal day to day function |
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intelligence |
abilty to learn from ones experiences, aquire knowledge and use resources effectively and adapting to new situations or solving problems |
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mental retardation |
mental IQ must fall below 70 and the persons adaptive behavior must be below the appropriate level of the persons age |
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anorexia nervosa |
a condition in which a person reduces eating to the point of weight loss of 15% below ideal body weight or more ore occurs |
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abraham maslow |
did hierarchy of needs p.343 |
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yerkes-dodsen law |
tasks performance suffers if level of arousal is to high or low p341 |
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drive reduction theory |
approach to motivation that assumes behavior arises from pshchological needs that cause internal drives to push the organism to satisfy the needs and reduce tension and arousal |
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masters and johnson |
four stages of sexual response..excitement,plateau,orgasm,resolution |
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cannon bard theory |
emotion inducing stimulus elicits pshycological and emotional experience in parallel |
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schachter singer theory |
cognitive arousal theory two things must happen before emotion occurs:physical arousal and labeling of arousal |
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social readjustment rating scale |
assesment that measures the announce of stress in a persons life over a one year period resulting from major life events |
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sexual response phases |
excitement ,plateau, orgasm and resolution |
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amygydala |
brain strucute located near hippocampus responsible for fear responses and memory of fear |
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social learning theory |
learning thru observation and imitation of models and helps gender roles develop |
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homeostasis |
tendancey of body to maintain a certain state |
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instincts |
biologically determined and inate patterns of behavior that exists in both people and animals |
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anhedonia |
inability to feel pleasure or enjoyment |
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motivation |
process by which activities are started directed and continued so that physical or psychological needs or wants are met |
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test validity |
the degree to which a test actually measures what it is supposed to measure |
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functional fixedness |
a block to problem solving that comes from thinking about objects in terms of only there typical functions |
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algorithm |
very specific step by step procedure for solving certain types of problems |
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facial feedback |
theory of emotion that assumes that facial expressions provide feedback to the brain concerning the emotion being experienced which in turn causes and intensifies emotion |
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alfred binet |
did the first IQ test determined patients mental age |
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heuristic |
educated guess based on prior experiences that helps narrow down possible solutions for a problem"rule of thumb" |
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stress |
used to describe physical,emotional and cognitive behavior responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging |
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ptsd |
post traumatic stress disorder,anxiety, reacurring nightmares, disturbances in sleep, problems in concentratoin and flashbacks that last more than a month after a very tragic event |
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hardy personality |
person who seems to strive on stress, but lacks anger and hostility of type a personality |
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arousal theory |
theory of motivation in which people are said to have a optimal level of tension that they seek to maintain by increasing or decreasing stimulaiton |
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approach avoidance |
conflict occuring when a person must choose b/w two desirable goals |
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dyspareunic |
pain in the genitals that can occur before,during or after intercourse, is experienced by both sexes |
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james lang theory |
a motion inducing stimulus elicits a pschological response/leads to autonomic arousal/autonomic arousal stimulates emotion |
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sympathetic nervous system |
gives u the fight or flight response p419 |
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