Intelligence, Creativity, Language
These are the rules specifying how words can be combined to form meaningful sentences
Syntax
This is the experiment devised by Ainsworth to assess the quality of parent–infant attachment
The Strange Situation
This is the type of long-term memory that occurs without conscious awareness
Implicit Memory
This term refers to an individual's overall view and evaluation of themselves as a person
Self-Esteem
This is the ability to reason about others' thoughts, beliefs, intentions, and hidden emotions, and using this information to predict their behaviour
Theory of Mind
This is the theory that divides intelligence into general mental ability (g), and specific abilities (s).
Spearman's Two-Factor Theory
This attachment pattern is characterised by strong infant separation anxiety and ambivalent reactions to the caregiver
Resistant
In the information processing model, this is the first memory store where initial information from the environment is held
Sensory Register
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism are the elements of this
The Big Five / Five Factor Model
These are neural cells in several brain areas that are activated both when we perform an action and when we observe someone else performing it
Mirror Neurons
This is the phenomenon of IQ scores increasing across generations
The Flynn Effect
The development of self-awareness leads to the emergence of these, also known as 'secondary emotions'
Self-Conscious Emotions
The lack of memory before 3–4 years old is known as this
Childhood Amnesia
Martin & Halverson described organised sets of beliefs & expectations about males & females that guide the kinds of information attended to and remembered, known as this
Gender Schemata
This, according to Wellman, is the early infant understanding of other people's actions versus their goals
Desire Psychology
Language Acquisition Device
These are the cultural rules that specify what emotions should be expressed, and under what circumstances
Display Rules for Emotion
Visual Accommodation
Thomas & Chess categorised infant temperament into easy (40%), difficult (10%), and this
Slow-to-Warm-up (15%)
In the social cognitive theory, this is the avoidance of self-condemnation when engaged in immoral behaviour by justifying, minimising, or blaming others for one's actions
Moral Disengagement
This theory categorises intelligence into components: 'Practical', 'Creative', and 'Analytic'
Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
Carstensen described this, the way older adults prioritise emotionally meaningful relationships and positive experiences over acquiring new information
Socioemotional Selectivity Theory
This is the ability to use one sensory modality to identify a stimulus or pattern of stimuli already familiar through another modality
Cross-Modal Perception
Marcia's Identity Status Model includes 'Diffusion', 'Foreclosure', 'Achievement', and this, where one experiences an identity crisis and has not yet made a commitment
Moratorium
This is the view that both deliberate thought and more automatic emotional intuitions can inform decisions about moral issues and motivate behaviour
Dual-Process Model of Morality