Chatpter 11-12 Motivation And Intelligence Flashcards
Definition of Standardized Test and Examples
Same test questions for everyone, measuring same thing, general tests
What theory would explain the motivation to watch horror movies?
Arousal Theory
Intrinsic motivation is an important component of?
Achievement
Flynn Effect is caused by?
Rising intelligence
T/F: Girls are more likely to outperform boys in Spelling Bees
True
Examples of Innate Mental Abilities
Born with hot burns
Subtest of WAIS
Widely used adult test, verbal and performance (nonverbal)
In terms of Maslow’s motivational hierarchy the higher level needs of employees are most likely to be satisfied by?
Esteem needs
Effects of elevated leptin
More hungry
Savant Syndrome
Low abilities but exceptional skills in some things
Aptitude tests
Future, ability will be
EX. ACT, SAT
Definition of a Set Point
Body automatically maintains weight which is Pre-determined
Definition of reliability and examples
Measurement consistency of a test
EX. Retakes should be similar
When hungry, blood glucose level is _____ and blood insulin level is ______
Low, low
Factor analysis
Stat procedure that identifies clusters of related items contest
Reasons for Binet and Simon designing a intelligence test
Measure kids mental age for French schools
Achievement test are designed to
See what you learned so far
Howard Gardner’s beliefs
8 intelligences, not 1. Independent of one another
Correlation between head size and brain size vs. intelligence
Positive
T/F: Boys are better in Math
True
Aptitude test and examples
ACT, SAT
Studies suggest that there is a positive correlation between intelligence and the brain’s ______
Size
T/F: food and water is the highest level need in Maslow’s hierarchy of human motives?
True
Aptitude tests are to ______ as achievement test are to ______?
Future, so far
Research on sexual orientation indicates that:
Determined before birth raised by homo’s - not a factor, can’t be influence
Definition of Validity
Test predicts/measures what it’s supposed to
Definition of incentives
Positive/negative influence that motivates behavior
Organizational psychologists are most likely to be involved in
Workplace
Know Lewis Terman and what he did
Revised Binet’s original intelligence test
For a hungry person, the consumption of food serves to:
Psych needs
T/F: A homosexual orientation is very persistent and difficult to change
True
When organisms weight rises above the set point, the organism is likely to experience a(n)
Hunger decrease, energy increase
Anorexia patients are most likely to have parents who?
Alcohol, obesity, depression probs, big deal of appearance
Theory Y explain
Intrinsically motivated: to better one’s self
Theory X explain
Extrinsically motivated: praise money
The levels of serotonin in the brain is ______ by a diet high in ______
Boosted, carbs
T/F: People are most likely to dislike the taste of sweet
False
Achievement test examples
ISTEP
Motivation is defined by psychologist as:
Need or desire that energizes and directs behavior
The first modern test of intelligence was developed where?
France 1930
Emotional Intlligence
Ability to perceive, express, regulate emotions
Anorexia nervosa is typically characterized by:
Restricts food, underweight, but still feel fat
T/F: many sexual active American adolescents fail to avoid pregnancy because they are ignorant concerning basic human reproductive functioning.
True
Which profession is most directly involved in the application of psychology principals to the work place?
Industrial organizational
The similarity between the intelligence test scores of identical twins raised apart is?
About the same IQ
IQ equation
Mental age/chronological age x 100
Halo errors
When evaluation by employer is biased
Simon LeVay discovered that a cluster of neural cells located in the ________ was _________ in homosexual men than in heterosexual men.
Hypothalamus, smaller
The best indicator of infants intellectual aptitude is their?
Parental guidance
Down syndrome is caused by what?
Extra chromosome in genetic make-up
Intelligence is?
Capacity to understand the world & the resourcefulness to cope with challenges
Spearman’s G Factor refers to?
General intelligence
Incentives examples
Praise, aroma of fresh food, sight of sun
360-degree feed back
Rating self & others rating you
Which pair of individuals is most likely to receive similar intelligence test scores?
Twins
A need refers to what?
S-Factor
T/F: Instinctive behavior is unlearned.
True
What brain structure detects sex hormone levels and activates sexual arousal?
Hypothalamus
Homeostasis refers to what?
Constant state-body chemistry
Increasing years of schooling over the last half century have most like contributed to what?
Raising IQ
What would happen if you electrically stimulated the ladder hypothalamus of a well fed lab rat?
Begin to eat
Research on the sexual response cycle indicates what?
4 stages
