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Intelligence |
Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. |
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Emotional intelligence |
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions. |
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Intelligence test |
a method of assessing an individual's mental aptitudes and comparing them with those off others, using numerical score. |
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Mental age |
A measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet. A child who does as well as an 8 year old has the mental age of an 8 year old. |
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Stanford-Binet |
Widely used American revision of Binets original intelligence test. |
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Intelligence quotient (IQ) |
Ratio of mental age times 100. |
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Wais adult intelligence scale (WAIS) |
Most widely used intelligence test. |
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Standardization |
Defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a protested group. |
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Normal curve |
The bell shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes. |
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Reliability |
The extent to which a test yields consistent results. |
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Validity |
The extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to. |
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Crystallized intelligence |
Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills. Tends to increase with age. |
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Fluid intelligence |
Our ability to reason directly and abstractly. Tends to decrease during late adulthood |
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Intellectual disability |
A condition of limited mental ability inducted by an intelligence test score 70 or below and difficulty in adapting to the demands of life. |
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Fixed mind set |
Intelligence is in born leads to the desire to look smart. |
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Growth mind set |
Able to adapt and change and learn new things |
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Gardners intelligence theory |
Music/rhythm Naturalist Verbal linguistic Body kinetics Visual spatial Iner personal Intra personal Logical/math |
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Analytical |
Analyze judge evaluate (academic) |
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Practical |
Apply implement put into practice (street smarts) |
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Creative |
Create design invent originate and imagine. (Outside the box thinker) |
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Zygote |
The fertilized egg it enters a 2 week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo |
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Embryo |
The developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization through the second month |
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Fetus |
The developing human organism from 9 weeks after conception to birth. |
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Teratogens |
Agents such as toxins chemicals and viruses that can reach the embryo or fetus during prenatal development and cause harm. |
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Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) |
Physical and cognitive abnormalities in children caused by a pregnant women's heavy drinking. In severe cases symptoms include noticeable facial proportions |
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Animalistic thinking |
Giving non real things feelings. |
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Sensorimotor stage |
In Piagets theory that the stage 1 birth-2 during which infants know the weird misty by sensory |
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Object performance |
The awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived. (8 months cause and effect) |
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Preoperational stage |
Stage 2yr-7yr. A Child learns to use language but she's not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic. |
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Conservation |
The principle believed to be part of concrete operational |
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Egocentrism |
In Piagets theory the preoperational childs difficulty taking anothers point of view |
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Concrete operational stage |
6-11. During which children Gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events. |
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Formal operational stage |
Age 12. During which people begin thinking logically about abstract concepts. |
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Attachment |
An emotional tie with another person. |
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Eriksons psychological theory |
Stages characterized by a psychological events. |
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Temperment |
A person's characteristic emotional reactivity and intensity. |
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Basic trust |
According to erik. A sense that the world is predictable and trustworthy. |
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Adolescence |
The transition period from childhood to adulthood |
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Puberty |
The period of sexual maturation. Capable of reproduction |
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Identity |
Our sense of self according to erikson. The adolescent task to solidify a sense of self. |
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Social identity |
Who am i? |
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Intimacy |
Ability to form close loving relationships |
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Emerging adulthood |
Late teens to mid 20s. Independence |
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Cross sectional study |
A study in which people of different ages are compared with one another |
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Longitudinal study |
Research in which the same people are studied and retested over a long period. |
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Levels |
Birth-1 trust. Autonomy 1-3 potty train Initiate vs. Guilt 3-5 by myself and my idea Industry vs. Inferiority 5-12 productive (teacher aide) Adolescence own self identity Earthy childhood developing Mature adulthood 50s Changing wants to give back Late adulthood reflecting on your past. |
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3 Main Periods |
Germinal 0-2 weeks Embryonic 3-8 weeks Fetal 9 weeks to birth |
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Blastocyst |
Cells take on distinct characteristics gravitate toward particular positions |
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Placenta |
Organ surrounding the developing embryo and fetus |
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Implementation |
Process after conception developing organism burrows into the placenta |
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Embryonic period |
3-8 weeks major organs develop. Less than 2inches long. Develops eyes limbs and heart |
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Fetal period |
9 weeks to birth Sex organs develop at week 12 Brain development is significant Age of viability occurs around 22 weeks Earliest point you can deliver |
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Labor |
Should last 8-12 hours |
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Influences on development |
Nutrition Anxiety Mothers General health Maternal age Teratogens |
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APGAR |
Color Heart rate Reflexes Muscle tone Respiratory effort |
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Immature visual system |
Can only see -12inches |
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Functioning senses |
Ability to hear prefers moms voice Smell strong Taste prefers sweet over bitter Loves garlic |
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Reflex behaviors |
Rooting Sucking Babinski curling of food disappears soon after birth Maro startle Grasping strong baby |
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Attachment-Ainsworth |
Securely attached-comfy exploring upset then ok Avoidantly attached- not pay attention to mom Anxious resistant- tantrums |
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Parenting style |
Authoritative-sets rules Authoritarian- asks questions Permissive Indulgent-low expectations Neglectful- no rules or boundaries |
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Personality |
An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. |
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Psychoanalysis |
Freuds theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts the techniques used in treating psychological disorders by seeking to expose and interpret unconscious tensions. |
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Id |
A reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that according to freud strives to satisfy basic needs |
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Ego |
The largely conscious part of personality that mediates among the demands of the id and superego |
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Superego |
Thr part of personality that according to freud represents internalized ideas and provides standards for judgement and for future aspirations |
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Defense mechanisms |
The egos protective methods of reducing anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality. |
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Repression |
In psychoanalytic theory the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety arousing thoughts feelings and memories. |
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Projective test |
A personality test such as the Rorshach that provides ambiguous stimuli designed to trigger projection of ones inner dynamic |
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Rorscgach inkblot test |
Most widely used projective test not reliable. |
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Humanistic theories |
View personality with a focus on the potential for healthy personal growth. |
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Self actualization |
Psychological needs that arises after basic physical and psychological needs are met and self esteem is achieved the motivation to fullfill ones potential. |
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Unconditional positive regard |
According to rogers an attitude of total acceptance toward another person. |
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Self esteem |
Ones feeling of high or low self worth |
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Displacement |
Take out anger on someone else. |
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Projection |
Act in a particular way but you dont admit it and blame someone else. |
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Regression |
Gets angry and acts as a child. |
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Neo freudians |
Alternative to freud. |
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Carl jung |
Came up with introversion vs extroversion. |
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Maslow theory |
Food and water Security Friends Feeling of accomplishment Achieving our full potential |
