Exam 3 Flashcards
Dr. Hinitz
Howard Gardener
Created the theory of Multiple Intelligences
Insight
Appears to be an operantly rewarded thinking process motivated by the final result
Control of one’s life is…
Control of one’s body
The most important psychological quality
The ability to control
Empathy is like
Two tuning forks vibrating at the same frequency
When does attachment begin?
In the womb
An environmental agent that can effect birth (illness, drugs, stress)
Teratogen
What is the leading cause of intellectual disability
FASD
A tendency to search for evidence that supports a way of thinking, while disregarding information that challenges it
Confirmation Bias
Noam Chomsky
Proposed a universal grammar that allows us to understand the structure language provides
Intelligence
Knowing the context of where you are, what resources it takes to succeed, and having those resources
What are the 8 Intelligences?
Musical, Bodily, Logical, Spatial, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Naturalist,Linguistic
Daniel Goleman
Belived in the ninth intelligence; emotional intelligence
Thinking
A brain activity in which people mentally manipulate information (words, visual images, sounds) from other data
Wolfgang Kohler
Hung bananas from ceiling to study problem solving in chimps
Reactant’s Theory
Jack Brahm; ppl are driven to establish, maintain, or regain freedom through action and thought
Your relationships and financial success reflect…?
How seriously you keep your word
Karen Carpenter
A famous pop singer who died of anorexia and bulimia
Running Rats Study
Rat A got to make every choice in its life, and rat B was forced to follow. They ate the same, ran the same, slept the same, and rat B was far less healthy than rat A because it couldn’t make its own choices
Androgens
Male sex hormones
Estrogens
Female sex hormones
What is sex analogous to?
communication