Memory
Thinking
Intelligence
Motivation & Emotion
Misc.
100
Retaining information in memory over time is called this.
What is storage?
100
This is a problem solving strategy that guarantees a solution to a problem.
What is an algorithm?
100
This is the ability to learn from experiences, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations.
What is intelligence?
100
The body's tendency to maintain a balanced or maintained state.
What is homeostasis?
100

This type of memory is used to identify a criminal in a lineup of suspects.

What is recognition?

200

What are the 3 stages of memory?

Sensory

Working/Short-Term

Long-term

200
The tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions.
What is functional fixedness?
200

Thinking outside the box

What is divergent thinking?

200

This is a desire to perform a behavior with promised rewards or threats of punishment.

What is extrinsic motivation?

200

This says that the event causes physiological AND emotion simultaneously 

What is the Cannon-Bard Theory of emotion?

300

The tendency to recall the first and last items on a list more easily.

What is the serial positioning effect?

AKA Primacy-Recency Effect

300
Our tendency to focus on information that supports our preconceptions.
What is confirmation bias?
300

What is the difference between fluid and crystallized intelligence?

Fluid - ability to see complex relationships and solve problems

Crystallized - acquired knowledge and ability to use it

300
This is the desire to perform a behavior for its own sake, because it is fun and interesting to do.
What is intrinsic motivation?
300

What are the 6 basic, universal emotions?

Fear, Anger, Disgust, Happy, Sad, Surprise

400

This type of encoding helps by making material meaningful.

What is semantic encoding?

400
These are efficient and they lead to a rapid solution.
What is a mental set?
400

According to Sternberg's Theory of Intelligence, what are the 3 categories?

Analytical

Practical

Creative 

400

What are the three types of motivation according to McClelland?

Achievement, Affiliation, and Power

400

After an accident, a woman can't remember anything about her life before the accident. Over time, her memories returned.

What is an example of retrograde amnesia?

500

What are the four types of memory?

Declarative

Semantic

Episodic

Procedural

500
This is a shortcut in thinking or remembering.
What is a heuristic?
500
According to Howard Gardner, what are 4 of the 8 types of intelligence?
Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Logic-Math, Nature, Linguistic, Musical, Spatial, Bodily
500
This says that we experience emotion because we are aware of our bodily response to an emotion producing stimulus.
What is the James-Lange Theory?
500

What are the five levels of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid?

Self-Actualization

Esteem

Belonging & Love

Safety & Security

Physiological Needs