Intelligence
Creativity/Problem Solving
Language
Development
Developmental Theories
100
If you have a really high, rare score on cognitive tests (like Sheldon on Big Bang Theory who has an IQ of 130).
What is being gifted (as opposed to being average or in the impaired/intellectually disabled range).
100
I think "Oh my goodness, I just KNEW Professor Kelly was going to email a reminder to complete my SONA research credits".
What is the hindsight bias - you only "knew" that after it happened.
100
How do all children start forming language (meaning what are their first sounds like?)
What is babbling - all children across cultures start talking by repeating sounds like babababa or kakakakaka.
100
Cocaine is a stimulant that can cause birth defects, which is also known as this:
What is a teratogen (anything that causes a birth defect).
100
This theory suggests we can learn what is important to our culture by having a peer or adult explain or show us how to do something.
What is Vygotsky's social learning theory.
200
In addition to our genetics, this causes changes in our IQ.
What is our environment, including things like nutrition and enriching experiences. This is why identical twins (who share the same genes) can have different IQs (because they have different experiences, even in the neonatal period).
200
You want to come up with only one solution to a problem that best solves that problem.
What is convergent thinking (as opposed to divergent thinking).
200
This is a part of language that may be more difficult for someone who is bilingual to remember and includes idioms like "They're as slippery as an eel".
What is pragmatics?
200
This is one criticism of Freud and Piaget's theory and is related to how long development occurs.
What is development occurs from conception to end of life - these theories primarily focus on ages 0 to roughly 12.
200
This theory explains why your little brother screams when he thinks you got more macaroni and cheese then him after you spread yours all across your place.
What is Piaget's cognitive theory (so your little brother must have been in the pre-operational stage).
300
The processing speed task we completed in class could also measure what other things?
What is sustained attention (since it lasts about 2 minutes in the real version of the test), visual skills, fine motor skills (since you need to hold a pencil) and even mental flexibility (since you need to be okay with understanding that an octopus and crocodile are animals).
300
In the show "House", the doctor often lists very rare disorders first, without considering much more common disorders.
What is base rate neglect - ignoring that those rare disorders are very unlikely.
300
These things are socially appropriate for adolescents to do.
What is engage in opposite gender friendships, spend more time alone (for boys), spend more time with peers (for girls), think egocentrically (thinking everyone is paying attention to their flaws or is judging them), have conflicts with family members (adolescents are trying to be more independent).
300
This theory suggests that we have a particular conflict to resolve in each stage from birth to the end of life.
What is Erikson's Psychosocial Theory
400
In the movie "Step Brothers", Brennan asks his therapist if he can wash his clothes in the dishwasher. This is an example of what type of problem solving?
What is overcoming functional fixedness since he is using an object for something other than it's intended use.
400
This is the term Chomsky used to suggest we have an innate ability to learn language.
What is the language acquisition device.
400
This is one way we study what infants are interested in.
What is preferential looking (we assume babies are more interested in faces because they love to look at them for long periods of time).
400
Someone is 20 but is not yet able to solve hypothetical problems would be considered delayed, according to Piaget.
What is True. Even in cultures where hypothetical, deductive reasoning is not needed or taught, Piaget would suggest these individuals are not fully cognitively developed.
500
Is it wrong for me to give only the visual subtests of the Stanford Binet IQ test to my bilingual client?
What is YES! You cannot give only certain parts of an IQ test - this is unreliable. You should instead have someone who is fluent in that language give the standardized version of the Stanford Binet in that other language.
500
If you watch a lot of youtube videos of Buffalo Bills football fans breaking things, drinking a lot of depressants (like alcohol), and conclude that someone walking down the street wearing a Bills shirt must act this same way, you are using which heuristic?
What is representative heuristic - you don't know what that person looks like and only know generalizations made about people who wear the same clothing.
500
According to Piaget, younger children would not be able to understand what types of language?
What is abstract language, like what we need to understand that a term in algebra represents a number.
500
This type of parenting allows children to do what they want and imposes few restrictions on behavior, but still includes much parental interactions.
What is permissive parenting.
500
This stage of Piaget's theory suggests that infants put things in their mouth in order to learn and explore their world (e.g., dirt tastes bad, cheerios are tasty).
What is sensorimotor stage (from age 0-2).
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