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36 Cards in this Set
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Intelligence |
ability to direct ones thinking, adapt to ones circumstances and learn from ones experiences |
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Ratio IQ |
Stat obtained by dividing a persons mental age by physical age X100 |
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Deviation IQ |
Stat obtained by dividing a persons test score by the average test score of people in the same age group X100 |
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Intelligence predicts |
Academic performance, occupational status, job performance, and income |
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Two-fact theory of intelligence |
every task requires a combination of general ability and task specific skills |
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Relative intelligence |
generally stable over time |
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Absolute Intelligence |
can change considerably over time |
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Genes and intelligence |
genes decide range of IQ but environment decide point in the range |
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Best predictor of Intelligence |
wealth (raised in high income fam. can raise IQ 12-18 points) |
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Correlation between amount of formal education and intelligence |
.55-.90 (smart people tend to stay in school longer) |
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Malleable Mindset |
Belief in the ability for intelligence to grow through effort and hardwork |
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Fixed Mindset |
Belief that intelligence is a fixed amount and little change can occur |
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Developmental Psych |
Study of continuity and change across the life span |
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Infance (time period) |
birth through 18/24 months |
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Childhood (time Period) |
18/24 months through adolescence |
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Why are humans born with underdeveloped brains? |
To pass through birth canal To be able to adapt to wide range of environments |
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Motor development |
Emergence of ability to execute physical action |
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Reflexes |
Specific patterns of motor response that are triggered by specific patterns of sensory stimulation |
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Cephalocaudal |
top to bottom |
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Proximodistal |
inside to out |
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Cognitive development |
Emergence of the ability to think and understand |
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Sensorimotor Stage |
9Birth-2yrs) infant acquires info about the world by sensing it and moving around with it |
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Preoperational Stage |
(2-6yrs) Children have a preliminary understanding of the physical world |
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Concrete Operational Stage |
(6-11yrs) Children learn how carious actions or operations can affect or transform concrete objects |
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Formal Operational Stage |
(11yrs +) children can solve non-physical problems, abstract thinking |
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Attachment |
emotional bond that forms between newborns and primary caregivers |
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Preconventional Stage |
childhood |
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Conventional Stage |
adolescence |
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Postconventional Stage |
adults |
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Adolescent interest in sex often precedes knowledge about it |
leading to high teen pregnancy in the US sex ed in US lacking |
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Psychological separation from parents |
begins in adulthood as young adults take on roles in marriage and parenthood (married people are happier and have better health, marital satisfaction ebbs and flows) |
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Abilities peak (age) |
20's |
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Abilites deteriorate (age) |
between 26-30 and onward |
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semantic memory over life |
stays pretty neutral |
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episodic memory over life |
declines |
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The socio-emotional selectivity theory |
younger adults are orientated toward future-pertinent info older folks focus on positive emotional satisfaction |
