ch 7

Question 1

cognitive abilities

Answer 1

mental skills such as paying attention, reasoning, remembering, solving problems, speaking, and interpreting speech

Question 2

intelligence

Answer 2

general mental ability

Question 3

dualism

Answer 3

distinction of physical matter and consciousness

Question 4

phrenology

Answer 4

measured the size of lumps on surface of the skull

Question 5

flynn effect

Answer 5

IQ increases globally about three points per decade

Question 6

factor analysis

Answer 6

identifies clusters of related scores

Question 7

how does health factor into IQ

Answer 7

accounts for mens advantages as far as IQ, but odes not account for advantages for females cognitive tests

Question 8

men and boys have better performance in what skill?

Answer 8

visual-spatial

Question 9

Mental rotation

Answer 9

ability ot rotate an object in one’s mind

Question 10

what sex is better at mental rotation?

Answer 10

males

Question 11

why are researches so interested in metal rotation?

Answer 11

its needed for male dominated careers–like architecture and engineering

Question 12

spatial perception and visualization

Answer 12

perceive, understand, and remember spatial relations between objects

Question 13

what sex is better at spatial perception and visualization

Answer 13

boys a little, and grows into a stronger difference as peeps get older

Question 14

grater male variability hypothesis

Answer 14

sex differences will be more pronounced in the high and lo tails of distribution–males are disproportionately represented at both ends of the cognitive ability distribution

Question 15

are boys or girls more likely to be diagnosed with developmental disorders?

Answer 15

boys

Question 16

stereotype threat

Answer 16

when reminded of the negative stereotype of a certain group, you get anxiety because you believe the stereotypes may be true

Question 17

hwo does stereotype threat fuck u up

Answer 17

disrupts working memory capacity

Question 18

who is less likely ot take a guess on a test questions

Answer 18

women

Question 19

women get better grades in college but….

Answer 19

get lower SAT scores

Question 20

achievement motivation

Answer 20

need ot meet goals and accomplish tasks

Question 21

how does this impact girls in math

Answer 21

girls feel less motivated to persist in math, and are more likely to accept failure in math than boys

Question 22

how do men and women react differently to feedback?

Answer 22

• men think of it as a competition, so they accept compliments and deny negative remarks
• women see it as a evaluation, so they listen to both to improve their performance

Question 23

effort based learning does what ??

Answer 23

pushes kids to strive for better grade (japan out preformed US) regardless of their actual interest