Exam 3 Flashcards
What is the achievement need?
It is the desire for significant accomplishment, mastery of skills, and attaining high standards.
What is the purpose of achievement testing?
To measure knowledge and skills gained in a specific subject or field.
What is the affiliation need?
The need to build and maintain relationships and feel part of a group.
What is aptitude testing?
It assesses potential to learn or perform specific tasks.
What is the availability heuristic?
Judging the likelihood of events based on how easily examples come to mind.
What are basic language milestones?
Key stages like cooing, babbling, first words, and combining words as a child develops language skills.
What does the biopsychosocial model explain about sexuality?
It views sexuality as influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors.
What is the function of Broca’s area?
It controls language expression and muscle movements involved in speech.
What does the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) theory propose?
Intelligence consists of two main factors: crystallized intelligence (Gc) and fluid intelligence (Gf).
What is confirmation bias?
The tendency to favor information that supports one’s preexisting beliefs while ignoring contradictory evidence.
What is crystallized intelligence?
Accumulated knowledge and verbal skills that typically increase with age.
What is the ecology of eating?
Social and environmental factors influencing eating behavior, like eating with friends or portion sizes.
What are the components of emotional intelligence?
Perceiving, understanding, managing, and using emotions effectively.
What are the three components of emotions?
Physiological arousal, expressive behaviors, and conscious experience.
What is fluid intelligence?
The ability to reason quickly and abstractly, which declines with age.
What are heuristics?
Mental shortcuts for problem-solving and decision-making.
Who introduced the concept of general intelligence (g)?
Charles Spearman.
What’s Testosterone? (Human Sex Hormones)
Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone present in both sexes but higher in males, controlling male sex organ development and secondary characteristics.
What’s Estrogen? (Human Sex Hormones)
Estrogens are primarily female sex hormones present in both sexes but higher in women, contributing to female characteristics .
What influences hunger and eating behavior?
Hormones and brain areas (hypothalamus and hippocampus) regulate hunger, while eating is influenced by social factors like eating with friends and portion sizes .
What are instincts?
Complex, unlearned behaviors that are rigidly patterned throughout a species.
What is intelligence?
The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
How does intelligence change over the lifespan?
Intelligence test performance becomes predictive around age 4 and remains stable throughout life, with fluid intelligence peaking in 20s-30s then declining, while crystallized intelligence continues growing into old age
What do modern intelligence tests measure?
Modern IQ tests provide a summary score across cognitive areas like verbal comprehension and processing speed, with 100 being average, and tests require regular updating due to the Flynn effect