The person responsible for the development and design of the first useful individual test of intelligence was who?
Binet
100
The distribution of IQ scores is displayed by what shape?
Normal bell-curve
100
The branch of psychology that studies how behavioral principles can be used to prevent illness and promote health is known as, what?
Health Psychology
100
Stress and upsetting emotions can affect the ____ system in ways that increase susceptibility to disease.
Immune system
100
Victims of this type of stress often feel that they are losing control of their lives.
Traumatic stresses
200
The items that Binet included on his test were based on what?
Tasks that an average child could perform at each age level.
200
IQ is defined by what equation?
Mental age/Chronological age x 100.
200
Heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer are examples of ____, which often result from health-damaging personal habits.
Lifestyle diseases
200
People are particularly prone to stress when they can't, or think they can't, what?
Control their immediate environments.
200
Feigned apathy and drug use are examples of which reaction to frustration?
Psychological escape
300
The global capacity to act purposefully, think rationally, and deal effectively with the environment is known as, what?
Intelligence
300
A ten-year-old child with a mental age of ten would have an IQ of what?
100
300
According to your textbook, ____ are actions that increase the chances of disease, injury, or early death.
Behavioral risk factors.
300
The study of the ways in which stress and the immune system affect susceptibility to disease is called, what?
Psychoneuroimmunology
300
Protecting oneself from an unpleasant reality by refusing to accept or believe this reality is known as, what?
Denial
400
The g-factor refers to, what?
General mental abilities.
400
An intellectual disability is formally defined by deficiencies in what two areas?
IQ and adaptive behaviors.
400
Obesity is considered a behavioral risk factor for many affluent nations. In the United States, it is currently estimated that ____ percent of all adults are overweight.
65%
400
According to your textbook, a person who is happy, optimistic, self-confident, and bounces back emotionally from adversity is what?
Physically and psychologically healthy.
400
A psychological state that occurs when events appear to be uncontrollable is called what?
Learned helplessness.
500
The average mental ability a person displays at a given age is known as his or her, what?
Mental age.
500
The largest number of people are found in what IQ range?
90 to 109
500
The term disease-prone personality refers to a person who has, what?
Persistent negative emotions that result in poor health.
500
True or False: Stress is almost always harmful and must be avoided at all costs
False
500
Small, irritating, and frustrating events faced in daily life are referred to as, what?