Intelligence
The name of IQ tests for adults and children
The two scales emotions are rated on
What is Affect (negative vs positive) and Arousal (low vs high)
Drive
What is a psychological state that, by creating arousal, motivates an organism to satisfy a need
Language variation used by a group of people who share geographic proximity or ethnic background
What is Dialect
A mental shortcut (name 3 of them)
What is Heuristics (Availability, Representativeness, Affective)
Theory that says there is one factor of intelligence
What is Spearman's General Intelligence Theory
Primary emotions
What are innate, evolutionary adaptive, and universal emotions. Anger, fear, sadness, disgust, happiness, surprise, and contempt
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
What is a value or pleasure that is associated with an activity, and external goals that motivate one to complete an activity
The parts of the brain that govern speech production and comprehension
What is Wenicke's Area and Broca's Area
Paradox of Choice
What is the idea that people want as many choices as possible, but often experience conflict and indecision when there are too many choices
The type of intelligence I am using, according to Sternberg, when I sit in a classroom and take a test
What is Analytic?
Theory that says that emotions follow bodily responses
What is the James-Lange theory
Yerkes-Dodson Law
What is the law that states performance on challenges increases with arousal until a moderate level, and then after that point decreases.
Linguistic Relativity Theory
What is the idea that language determines thought
Recently, you have seen 3 news reports on your local news about people winning the lottery. You go out and buy a lottery ticket, thinking that if you are going to win, now is the time. This is an example of the ...?
What is Availability Heuristic
Which of the following is an example of fluid intelligence?
A. The 13th President of the United States
B. A crossword puzzle
C. Knowing the height of the Empire State Building
D. Identifying a noun in a sentence
What is B
You are hiking through the woods when you see a bear. You feel your heart rate quicken and simultaneously realize that you are scared. What theory is this?
What is the Cannon-Bard Theory
Self-Determination Theory
People are motivated to satisfy needs for competence, relatedness to others, and autonomy. (Intrinsic). Argues that extrinsic rewards undermine the feeling that people are choosing for themselves.
The order of appearance of language milestones
a. single words
b. telegraphic speech
c. babbling
d. sentences of 3 or more words
e. cooing
What is (e) cooing, (c) babbling, (a) single words, (b) telegraphic speech, and (d) sentences
You see two men in front of you at the coffee shop. One is dressed in a T-Shirt and sweatpants. The other is in a suit. Later you are asked which one is more successful and you pick the man in the suit, because he is obviously on his way to a job. This is an example of ... ?
What is the Representative Heuristic
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
What is Linguistic, Logical Mathematical, Musical, Spatial, Bodily-kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, and Naturalist
Theory that says that cognitive responses to situations are important in determining emotions
What is the Schachter-Singer Theory
Self-Perception Theory
People are seldom aware of their specific motives, instead drawing inferences on their motives according to what seems to make the most sense
Theories of Language Development
The difference between normative decision making theories and descriptive decision making theories
What is normative theories define how people make decisions, always selecting the choice that yields the biggest gain. Descriptive theories focus on actual choices because people often show biases in decision making