Tw Test Flashcards
A significant finding for a one-way ANOVA indicates
Population means were different
Rape Trauma Syndrome
1 acute - shock, disbelief, dismay - expressive or controlled
2 outward denial - disbelief, rationalization
3 integration - long term process of coming to terms
Cytomegalovirus / CMV
Second most common cause of mental retardation after Down’s syndrome -
Infections can be life threatening during prenatal development or birth
10-15% develop symptoms during infancy or childhood
Mental retardation / visual - hearing impairment
Adults tend to be asymptomatic
Substance dependence time frame
Early 1-12 months
Sustained - 12 months or longer
Full - meets no criteria for dependence
Partial - meets one or more (but not all) criteria for dependence
Substance dependence time frame
Early 1-12 months
Sustained - 12 months or longer
Full - meets no criteria for dependence
Partial - meets one or more (but not all) criteria for dependence
Constructive memory - false recollection linked to lesions in the
Frontal (prefrontal) lobe
Unfairness vs differential validity
Unfairness = different scores on x but similar scores on y
Differential validity = different validities for the selection test
Trainability
How well is an employee likely to do in training - typically include job samples and are described as a type of job sample
Theories of IQ thurstone Galton Cattell Guilford
Theories of IQ
thurstone: factor analysis used to create a theory of Primary Mental abilities - varying degrees of sub components of intelligence
Galton: IQ is an inherited trait normally distributed in the population
Cattell: fluid and crystallized IQ
Guilford: convergent and divergent IQ
According to Social Judgement Theory, persuasion cannot happen if -
Info is judged to fall in the latitude of rejection
The person is ego-involved which causes the latitude of rejection to be larger
When people distort the new information through assimilation and contrast
Lewin’s Field Theory
Behavior is a function of the relationship between a person and his environment
- approach-approach etc
- life space - everything in the persons psychological environmen
Borderline intellectual functioning
IQ of 71-75 WITHOUT significant deficits in adaptive functioning
Premature infants
Do not differ in terms of academic, cognitive, or social skills
Neurogenisis is evidenced in The olfactory system The hippocampus The prefrontal region The inferior temporal region The posterior parietal region
(Not in the striate cortex)
Neurogenisis is evidenced in The olfactory system The hippocampus The prefrontal region The inferior temporal region The posterior parietal region
(Not in the striate cortex)
The suprachiasmatic nucleus is located in the
Hypothalamus
Children’s ethnic perspective taking ability -EPTA - stages
3-4 years - recognized as physical differences
5-9 years - accurately apply ethnic labels; objective cues - language, food preferences, physical appearance
7-12 years - social perspective on ethnicity, including prejudice
10-15 - begin to immerse self in ethnic group
