THINKING
The mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.
What is COGNITION?
The bell-shaped distribution of intelligence scores in the general population.
What is a NORMAL CURVE?
The body’s tendency to maintain a relatively constant (i.e., balanced) state that permits cells to live and function.
What is HOMEOSTASIS?
The theory that states emotions are caused by physiological reactions (e.g., we feel excited because our heart begins to race).
What is the JAMES-LANGE THEORY?
The hormone linked with AGGRESSION.
What is TESTOSTERONE?
“Cognitive shortcuts” that can lead to errors in information processing.
What are HEURISTICS?
According to Charles Spearman, the single determinant responsible for a person’s overall intelligence.
What is G FACTOR?
The part of the brain that is most centrally involved in hunger motivation.
What is the HYPOTHALAMUS?
The theory that states the conscious experience of an emotion occurs at the same time as the body’s physical reaction.
What is the CANON-BARD THEORY?
The hormone linked with TRUST.
What is OXYTOCIN?
An effect that explains why information presented FIRST often exerts the most influence.
What is the PRIMACY effect?
Our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills, which tends to increase with age.
What is CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE?
The theory in motivation that explains why salmon will return to the place where they were born to give birth to the subsequent generation of offspring.
What is INSTINCT THEORY?
The theory that states a combination of psychological changes and our cognitive interpretations combine to produce our emotional experiences.
What is SCHACTER & SINGER’S TWO-FACTOR THEORY?
The phenomenon at play if you fail to raise your hand in class because you assume everyone else knows the answer but later, you find out that your friends in the class were also confused.
What is PLURALISTIC IGNORANCE?
The cognitive shortcut that might cause you to judge that a young person is more likely to be the instigator of an argument than an older person, because you believe younger people are more likely to start fights.
What is the REPRESENTATIVENESS HEURISTIC?
The researcher who proposed the Triarchic theory of intelligence, comprising three types (analytical, practical, creative).
Who is ROBERT STERNBERG?
The theory of motivation that best explains why some people enjoy dangerous hobbies such as skydiving and bungee jumping.
What is AROUSAL THEORY?
The researcher who proposed that our emotional reactions can sometimes be quicker than our interpretations of a situation (i.e., we therefore feel some emotions before we think).
Who is ROBERT ZAJONC?
In achievement motivation, the type of orientation in which you strive to be seen as successful and intelligent in the eyes of others.
What is PERFORMANCE ORIENTATION?
The psychological predisposition to listen to information that agrees with our beliefs and values and to ignore or distort information that disagrees with them.
What is CONFIRMATION BIAS?
The intelligence researcher who supported the idea that it is possible to have multiple intelligences (specifically 8 types).
Who is HOWARD GARDNER?
According to research on belongingness, the type of support you offer when taking notes for a friend who is absent from class.
What is TANGIBLE support?
The theory that illustrates the importance of remaining calm and relaxed (i.e., exhibiting a low level of arousal in order to perform well) while taking a difficult exam like the SAT.
What is the YERKES-DODSON LAW?
The part of the brain that is most active when you engage in controlled processing, using your rational, “cool” brain.
What is the PREFRONTAL CORTEX?