Names. Also. Never. Stop.
No matter how many new theories we go through, this person was STILL wrong about almost everything he said.
Who was Sigmund Frued?
This states that Mental Disorders are similar to physical ones; with potential Causes, Treatments and Cures.
What is the Medical Model?
This common way of separating people has been connected to some differences in intelligence, but not to an average difference in overall ability.
What is Gender?
We often think of this common act as "losing" consciousness, but really it's only a change. After all, someone has to go see what that strange rattling is.
What is Sleep?
This part of a Neuron releases Neurotransmitters to other Neurons.
What is the Axon Terminal?
One of this person's greatest successes came from trying to define what would make other people succeed! He even called it Successful Intelligence.
Who was Sternberg?
To find out what disorder may be affecting someone, you would compare their symptoms to the list found here. Check the publication date though, we're already past Version 5!
What is the DSM? (Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
On top of every other hurdle being in a low bracket of this comes with, it also leads people to scoring lower on many standardized intelligence tests, like the IQ test.
What is Socioeconomic Status? (SES)
This element of consciousness lets us know that we combine everything into one experience, instead of having a different one for each sense.
What is Unity?
If a portion of the brain is inside the brain, such that it would not be visible to the naked eye, we'd describe it with this word.
What is Subcortical?
He gave us the idea of "multiple intelligences" from Emotional all the way to Naturalistic.
Who was Gardner?
No matter what it is, or how strange it is, someone's thoughts or behavior do not count as a disorder unless they do this.
What is causing harm?
Being aware of when you may be using one of these is a great way to make better decisions. While the shortcut it offers may be nice, it might also lead to an illogical choice.
What are Heuristics?
This describes a person being able to talk about, or at least consider, their own mental state.
What is full consciousness?
This portion of the brain is very important for speaking. In fact, damage here may render someone almost unable to talk!
What is Brocca's Area?
This person had a large steel rod go through the entire front of their head, yet miraculously survived, teaching us a lot about the role of the Frontal Lobe.
Who was Phineas Gauge?
This states that it's not just about the experiences someone has. A particular person developing a disorder or not can also come down to specific things about them.
What is the Stress Diathesis Model?
What is the Sunk Cost Fallacy?
Any substance that affects someone's consciousness is said to be this.
What is Psychoactive?
If someone's brain has changed itself to account for an injury, or even just learning, it is showing this trait.
What is Plasticity?
This one SOUNDS like a name, and is even the name of a superhero. Really though, it's a famous Protective Technique involving random ink blots.
What is the Rorschach Test?
This is a very common criteria for someone to be diagnosed with a disorder. After all, who WOULDN'T be a bit jumpy for a while after watching a great horror film?
What is Duration? (length, ect; concept, not term).
This term described the trend we saw for several decades of intelligence steadily increasing. Recently though, we've started to see it slip back down.
What is the Flynn Effect?
Sometimes we may be TOO aware. If we are specifically looking for something, this may cause us to take extra notice if it actually does happen.
What is Perceptual Confirmation?
This describes the brain's strange "cross wiring" when it comes to which side of it has what jobs.
What is Lateralization?