Pysch Final Exam

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Fluid intelligence

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is defined as the ability to solve new problems, use logic in new situations, and identify patterns. In contrast,

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-crystallized intelligence

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is defined as the ability to use learned knowledge and experience.

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· Gardner’s Intelligence.[·

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Gardner chose eight abilities that he held to meet these criteria:[2] musical-rhythmic, visual-spatial, verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic. He later suggested that existential and moral intelligence may also be worthy of inclusion

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Anxiety

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feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.·

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Obsessive Compulsive

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Excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions

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· Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

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The theory by itself was groundbreaking in that it was among the first to go against the psychometric approach to intelligence and take a more cognitive approach·

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Bipolar(of psychiatric illness)

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characterized by both manic and depressive episodes, or manic ones only.·

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Religion and Happiness

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So, religious people (at least in the United States and other religious countries) are happier on average than non-religious people. But, the key variable does not appear to be religion itself. Instead, it is the social connections that religious life facilitates that make people happy. Brooks, A. C·

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of

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Maslow's (1943, 1954) hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory in psychology comprising a five tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid. Need

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Agoraphobia

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-is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives the environment to be unsafe with no easy way to get away. These situations can include open spaces, public transit, shopping malls, or simply being outside the home.

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· Schizophrenia

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long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.·

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Sternberg’s Triangular of Love

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the three components of love, according to the triangular theory, are an intimacy component, a passion component, and a decision/commitment component."·

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Anti-social personality

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A mental health disorder characterized by disregard for other people/Those with antisocial personality disorder tend to lie, break laws, act impulsively, and lack regard for their own safety or the safety of others. Symptoms may lessen with age.

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Anorexia

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a lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.

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Bulimia,

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an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting, purging, or fasting.

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Binge-eating disorder

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is a serious eating disorder in which you frequently consume unusually large amounts of food and feel unable to stop eating.Almost everyone overeats on occasion, such as having seconds or thirds of a holiday meal. But for some people, excessive overeating that feels out of control and becomes a regular occurrence crosses the line to binge-eating disorder.·

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Approach-approach;

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between two desired gratifications ( approach-approach conflict), as when a youth has to choose between two attractive and practicable careers, may lead to some vacillation but rarely to great distress

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Avoidance-avoidance

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psychological conflict that results when a choice must be made between two undesirable alternatives

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;Approach-avoidance

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conflicts occur when there is one goal or event that has both positive and negative effects or characteristics that make the goal appealing and unappealing simultaneously. For example, marriage is a momentous decision that has both positive and negative aspects.·

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Aversion therapy

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a type of behavior therapy designed to make a patient give up an undesirable habit by causing them to associate it with an unpleasant effect.·

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Carl Rogers Client Centered

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This type of therapy diverged from the traditional model of the therapist as expert and moved instead toward a nondirective, empathic approach that empowers and motivates the client in the therapeutic process.