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1
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what are the 2 types of mental representation?

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Analogical & Symbolic

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what is analogical representation?

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having physical characteristics of objects

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What is symbolic representation?

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Representations that do not correspond to the physical characteristics of objects or ideas

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4
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Define cognition

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Mental activity that includes thinking and the result being understanding

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What is affect-as-information theory?

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People use current moods and feelings to make judgements

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6
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What is aphasia?

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Language disorder resulting in deficits in language and production

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7
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Which psychologist identified insight?

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KOHLER (chimpanzees)
MAIER (string and pliers)

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What is insight?

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The sudden realization of a solution to a problem

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9
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What are the 2 types of intelligence test?

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-Stanford Binet Test
-Wechsler Adult Intelligence

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What is the IQ equation?

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mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 100

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What are 4 components of spearman’s general intelligence

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-verbal
-quantitative
-abstract visual
-short term memory

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12
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List 2 of gardners intelligences

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-Musical
-Spatial

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What is emotional intelligence?

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Emphasizes the ability to manage recognize and understand emotions and appropriate them

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Environmental factors that influence intelligence?

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-Prenatal
-Postnatal
-Nutrition
-SocioEconomic status

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What is the order of piaget’s stages of development

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Sensorimotor- acquire information with senses and motor skills
Preoperational- symbolically thinking with objects
Concrete operational- think and understand logical operations
Formal operational- think abstractly

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16
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What are some teratogens

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Alcohol, drugs, medications, viruses, chemicals,unclean water

17
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What is a teratogen

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something that harms a developing fetus

18
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What is fetal alcohol syndrome?

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condition caused by maternal alcohol intake during pregnancy

19
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How are marriage and health related

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Married people typically are at less risk for mental illnesses (married ^ health ^)

20
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What is zone of proximal development

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a range of task that a child cannot yet complete but can learn through guidance

21
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3 main parenting styles ?

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Authoritarian
Permissive
Authoritative

22
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Definition of attachment

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a strong emotional connection between people that persist over time

23
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Attachment styles?

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secure
avoidant
ambivalent
disorganized

24
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What percentage of children have secure attachment?

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60-65

25
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Effects of bullying

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low self esteem and psychological disorders such as anxiety and depression

26
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What is the difference between alzheimer’s and dementia

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Dementia is deterioration in thinking,memory, and behavior
Alzheimer’s is personality changes and memory deficits

27
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what percentage of dementia cases are patients with alzheimer’s

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60-80

28
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Why is there no such thing as a bad emotion?

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all emotions serve a purpose and help us function and survive

29
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what is a primary emotion

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emotions that are innate and universal
-anger
-fear
-sadness

30
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what is a secondary emotion

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Blends of primary emotions
-remorse
-guilt
-love
-shame

31
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2 ways to classify emotions

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Circumplex model
1.Valence-pleasant or unpleasant emotions are
2.Arousal- how arousing emotions are

32
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is thought suppression a healthy way of dealing with emotions

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No !

33
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what is intrinsic motivation

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motivation to perform because value or pleasure
-reading a good book

34
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what is extrinsic motivation

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motivation to perform because of goals
-work for money

35
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what is locus of control

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extent to which people perceive outcomes as internally or externally

36
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describe yerkes dodson law

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performance increase with arousal up to a moderate level. additional arousal impairs performance

37
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What order is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs TOP TO BOTTOM

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Self actualization
Esteem
Belonging and Love
Safety
Physiological

38
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What is self actualization

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a state that is achieved when ones personal dreams and aspirations have been attained

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