Psych Terms Missed Flashcards
What is Cultural Capital?
A social asset identified as non-financial which may influence individuals to attain success and social mobility. This can include values, knowledge, skills and ideas. Ex. Education, Art Collection
Name an example of Informational Social Intelligence
A lower GPA student agrees with a A+ student during a group activity without much thought or question.
(Conformity because they believe the other person is right)
Name a situation someone would follow a Behavioral Script
Going to a Doctor’s office. Checking in, sitting in waiting room, wait to be called upon.
What is the difference between crystallized and fluid intelligence?
Fluid intelligence is the ability to process new information and solve problems , peaks in early adulthood and declines with age
Crystallized intelligence is stored knowledge accumulated over the years, peaks in late adulthood fairly stable throughout life
Social Reproduction
Can refer to the passing of social inequalities from one generation to the next. Social mobility can be one of the things that is passed on
Hierarchy of Salience
Various identities of yourself are ranked and used depending on particular situations
Example of labeling theory
A smoking teenager is given the label that they are bad/or outcast at school.
Explain Differential Association theory in a few words
Criminal behavior is learned and most intensely applied with regards to the extent of how often the individual hangs out with criminals (family and friends)
Circular Reactions
Schemata
A representation of a pattern of behavior
Assimilation Vs Accommodation
Assimilation is understanding new objects or ideas with the existing capacity of understanding. Accommodation, on the other hand, is the tendency to adjust to a new object, that is to change one’s understanding to fit in the new object.
Centration Vs. Conservation
Centration is one of the reasons that young children have difficulty understanding the concept of conservation. Conservation is the awareness that altering a substance’s appearance does not change its basic properties
Paternalism
Paternalism means making all the decisions for the people you govern, employ, or are responsible for, so that they cannot or do not have to make their own decisions.
Nativist Theory
Innate ability to organize laws of language for mastering the native language
Basal Ganglia
Maintain Smooth Movements and steady posture
Gardner’s Theory
Theory of Multiple intelligences, able to be acquired; Spatial, Musical, Naturalist, Logical, Linguistic, Interpersonal, Bodily Kinesthetic
Accommodation (Eyes)
Contracting ciliary muscle to change the shape of the lens to focus the eye
Identity Shift Effect
Individual Shifts their identity to eliminate internal conflict caused by conforming to norms outside of their normal character. Think every teen movie when the nerd has a makeover
Identification
Identification is when someone outwardly accepts someone else’s ideas even if they don’t believe them
Internalization
Changing one’s behavior to fit with the group but also privately agreeing with the ideas of the group
Anterior Cingulate Cortex
Regulates impulse control and decision making
Centrosomes versus Centrioles
Centrioles are composed of microtubules involved in prophase I
Centrosomes are the organelle that “organize” the microtubules, MTOC
Non-Homologous End-Joining
Repairs double-stranded breaks in the DNA
What is an example of an Aliphatic Amino Acid?
Alanine.
A hydrocarbon that is not aromatic
