Psychology 111

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Define Savant

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developmental disorders but with one or few extreme gifts

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Compare Gardner and Sternberg

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Gardner categorized intelligence into 8 categories (linguistic, mathematic, musical, spatial, etc)
Sternberg: triarchic theory (analytical, creative, practical)

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emotional intelligence

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ability to relate to others (good people skills)

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hedonic control

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ability to put off immediate gratification for long term goal

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reliability

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ability to get consistent results (cut in half and get equal results on both sides)

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validity

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test is testing what it says it will (chemistry is testing chemistry and nothing else)

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aptitude

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capacity or ability to learn

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achievement test

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what you already know

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What did Binet and Simon study?

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mental age (assessing children)

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What are females better in? Males?

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spelling, verbal, nonverbal, sensation, emotion-detecting, math computation

math-problem solving

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Why are intelligence tests bias?

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Don’t take into consideration how culture/environment affect intelligence

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Define motivation

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need or desire that energizes and directs behavior

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self-actualization vs self-transcendence

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Transcendence: look beyond self (meaning of life)

Actualization: fulfilling all things at the bottom of pyramid

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anorexia vs bulimia

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Anorexia: starving self
bulimia: binge and purge

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what is the perception of obesity?

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less likely chosen for a job, looked at as less intelligent, less friendly, lazy

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define sexual disorder

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consistently impairs sexual functioning or arousal

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Biopsychosocial approach

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an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis

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Job

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just working for money

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Career

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climbing up the the business matter to reach top goals

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calling

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working to better man kind

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achievement motivation

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desire for significant accomplishment, rapidly attain high standard

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James-Lange theory

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emotion follows arousal (sweat then feel nervous)

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Cannon-Bard

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emotion and arousal happen at the same time

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Two factor theory

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arousal, then cognitive label, then emotion

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how much arousal is necessary when the task is easy?

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high arousal for peak performance

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how much arousal is necessary when task is hard?

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slight arousal for peak performance

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emotion and culture

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5 or so basic emotions but cultures bring differences

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is fear learned or genetic?

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both

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Catharsis Hypothesis

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venting doesn’t work (get madder as you react)

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stressor vs stress reaction

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stressor=the thing causing stress
stress reaction=reaction to stressor

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stress and disease

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stress can increase disease

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general adaptation syndrome

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body goes on overload—body can’t tell difference between a final and being chased by a pitbull

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id

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carnal, pleasure principle (food, sex, sleep)

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superego

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controls id

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ego

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make sure superego isn’t controlling too much and id isn’t controlling too much

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strong id

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no self control

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fixation

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stuck in a specific phase
oral (too much bottle as a baby)

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reaction formation

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regression (suck thumb in pre-school), projection (projecting beliefs or wants on others)

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what was Roger's theory?

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unconditional positive regard

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what are the 5 big traits?

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Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
openness
Extraversion

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reciprocal determination

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a girl who is social goes out and parties, a boy who is shy stays home (what you put into something, that’s what you get) if you’re social you’re going to put yourself in situations where you are more social

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internal locus of control

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you have control over the situation, less stress

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spotlight effect

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you have control over the situation, less stress

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self-serving bias

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you’ll always give yourself the benefit of the doubt (bad score on test was because test wasn’t good and professor didn’t prepare)

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medical model

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we want symptoms for diagnosis, lacks cultural/situational/environmental implications

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self-fulfilling prophecy

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belief effects performance (say blacks are better at bbball and they will be)

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generalized anxiety disorder

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fearful, gittery, tense

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obsession vs compulsion

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obsession: thought
compulsion: action

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mood disorder characteristics

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extreme moods

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bipolar

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manic/depression
#1 misdiagnosed disorder

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schizo and jumbled words

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salad=saying things that don't make sense

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positive symptoms of schizo

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showing excessive signs

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negative symptoms of schizo

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absence of signs

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antisocial disorder

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mostly men
crazy--narcisstic