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Final Exam Flashcards

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Sir Francis Galton

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The idea of hereditary genius, and coined the expression “nature vs nurture” (1869)

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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

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Created tests to identify students in need of assistance, the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale, and the concept of mental age (1905)

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Lewis Terman

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Created the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, and concept of the Intelligence Quotient (IQ), which is MA/CA x 100 (1969)

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David Weschler

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Created the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale, which is less dependent on verbal abilities, and discarded IQ score in favour of deviation IQ (1955)

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Charles Spearman

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Inventor of factor analysis, found mental abilities to be profoundly correlated, labelled general mental ability “g)”, and specific mental abilities “s”.

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LL Thurstone

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Described seven primary mental abilities, with too much emphasis on general mental abilities

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Mild intellectual disability

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IQ of 55-70, Grade 6 education by late teens, special education is helpful (some graduate high school). Can be capable of self-support in safe and stable environment.

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Moderate intellectual disability

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IQ of 40-55, Grade 2-4 education by late teens, special education necessary. Can be semi-independent in a sheltered environment. Help needed with mild stress.

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Severe intellectual disability

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IQ of 25-40, limited speech, toilet habits, and so forth, with systematic training. Can contribute to self-support under limited supervision.

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Profound intellectual disability

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IQ of under 25. Little or no speech, no toilet training, total care required.

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Three-ring concept of giftedness

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Exceptional intelligence or ability in a specific domain, exceptional creativity, exceptional commitment

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Determinants of intelligence

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Heredity (family studies, twin studies, heritability estimates), environment (Flynn effect, adoption studies, cumulative deprivation hypothesis), interaction (concept of reaction range)

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Flynn effect

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Increase in IQ test scores (Proposed to because of increased education access)

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Socioeconomic IQ test disadvantage

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Cultural bias on IQ tests

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Drive theories

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The human body seeks to maintain homeostasis- therefore, lack of calories and hunger motivates eating.

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Incentive theories

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Humans are motivated by success, friendship- environmental factors, external to the body.

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Situational determinants of achievement behaviour

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Strength of motivation, estimation of probability of success, fear of failure

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Parental Investment Theory

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Males make smaller investment, compete for mating opportunities. Females make larger investment, more
discriminating of partners.

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Elements of Emotional Experience

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Physiological (autonomic arousal), cognitive (conscious experience), behavioural (non-verbal expressive)

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Environmental factors in the experience of hunger

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Learned preferences, habits, exposure, stress, food-related cues

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James-Lange Theory of Emotion

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Conscious experience of emotion results from one’s perception of autonomic arousal.

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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

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Emotional response is simultaneous to autonomic arousal

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Schachter’s Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

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Experience of emotion depends on two
factors: autonomic arousal and
cognitive interpretation.

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Happiness

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Little correlation to income, age, parenthood, intelligence, attractiveness. Modest correlation to physical health, good social relationships, faith, culture. Strong correlation to work satisfaction, personality, love, and marriage.

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Levels of conscious awareness

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Unconscious, conscious, preconscious

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Repression

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Burial of thoughts and feelings in unconscious

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Sublimation

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Reaction formation

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Behaving in a way opposite of one’s true feelings

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Regression

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Reversion to immature patterns of behaviour

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Displacement

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Diverting feelings toward one person onto a substitute target

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Identification

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Fostering an alliance with a real or imagined group to bolster self-esteem

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Projection

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Projecting thoughts or feelings or motives onto something else

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