Intelligence Definitions
This type of intelligence remains perhaps the most controversial
Emotional intelligence
What is the average IQ?
100
What is the term used to discuss the relationship between the physical brain/body and consciousness?
The mind-body problem
This theory of dreaming contends that we dream as a way to deal with repressed unconscious desires.
Freud's Wish Fulfillment
It is suggested that the average person gets this amount of sleep
8 hours
A type of intelligence that is focused on the ability to think on the spot and solve novel problems
Fluid intelligence
Put the following equation into plain english..
IQ = MA/CA x 100
Intelligence quotient equals mental age divided by chronological age times one hundred.
What was Rene Descartes's famous quote on consciousness?
Describes a physical and psychological dependence on substances
A sleep disorder characterized by a temporary stoppage in breathing forcing the person to wake up
Sleep apnea
What was the initial purpose of the first intelligence test?
To distinguish "bright" from "dull" children
What test is used in an attempt to determine whether an animal is self-aware?
The Mirror Test
This type of substance alters perceptions and mood.
Psychoactive Drugs
Term used to describe the stage in a typical night's sleep in which vivid dreams commonly occur
REM sleep
Which of the following is NOT one of Gardner's proposed multiple intelligences (musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic, technological, existential, logical, linguistic, and spatial).
Technological
What would your IQ have to be to be considered near or above genius?
130+
Who is responsible for introducing the idea of the unconscious mind?
Sigmund Freud
A term used to describe recurring problems falling or staying asleep
Insomnia
This approach to intelligence that assessed performance in logical, spatial, arithmetical, and mechanical abilities ("s") to find a single general ability factor termed....
The "g" factor
What appears to be strongly correlated with lower IQ scores?
Poverty
Where did the first recorded ideas about consciousness originate in the Western World?
Ancient Greece
Describes the diminishing effect that regular use of substances produces
Tolerance
The body is paralyzed by a mechanism in the brain during REM sleep.
Name the term that describes the phenomenon where people become conscious during this occurrence.
Sleep Paralysis