Chapter 7
Thinking/Intelligence
Thinking/Intelligence
Computed by dividing a child’s estimated mental age by the child’s chronological age, then multiplying this number by 100, developed by Wilhelm Stern
IQ
An immediate, specific negative or positive response to environmental events or internal thoughts
Emotion
a psychological state that, by creating arousal, motivates an organism to satisfy a need.
Drive
What is the name of the field that studies the immune system response to psychological factors?
psychoneuroimmunology
This personalty type is more easygoing and patient
Type B
One week before my rent is due, I am short $100. Rather than ask my parents for the money, I decide that I will work one weekend for my friend’s landscaping company. By doing this, I will then have enough money for rent. This strategy is an example of:
problem solving
If you force yourself to raise the edges of your lips into a smile, you will _____, as predicted by the _____.
begin to feel happy; facial feedback hypothesis
Joe is taking a psychology class and wants to do well because he loves the material. Joe is described as having ______ motivation
Intrinsic
The general adaptation syndrome consists of three stages that occur in the following order:
alarm, resistance, exhaustion
The circumstances and events that threaten individuals and tax their coping abilities
Stressors
This theory describes two aspects of intelligence
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale- Verbal and Performance
Imagine you are in the forest and come across a bear. Which theory would suggest that your response would be: I’m afraid because I’m shaking.
James-Lange
According to Maslow a state that is achieved when one’s personal dreams and aspirations have been attained.
Self-Actualization
Seeing someone who is red in the face and “ready to explode” with anger might indicate that the person has what personality type?
Type A personality
Who developed the GAS?
Hans Selye
When a friend asks you to recommend a restaurant, you send her to the place where you ate last Saturday because it comes most quickly to mind. This way of thinking is an example of:
Availability Heuristic
Emotion has three components, what are they?
Physiological process, Behavioral process, Cognitive appraisal
Shana wants to establish an exercise routine. Since she really does not like to exercise, she decides to reward herself. If she goes to the gym every day for two weeks, she will buy herself a new pair of shoes. Shana’s behavior is being motivated by a(n):
Incentive
Jason's grandfather is dying of cancer. _____ coping will be most effective in reducing Jason's stress around this event.
emotion
According to Lazarus, using defense mechanisms would be an example of what coping technique?
Emotion-focused
This concept states that people are not very good at trying to predict how they will feel about something in the future:
affective forecasting
According to the two-factor theory of emotion, we experience emotion through what two stage sequence:
physiological arousal followed by cognitive interpretation (label) of emotion
How many needs are in Maslow's Hiarchy
5
Thoughts and behaviors affect the environment. The environment affects human biology. In turn, biology affects behavior. This description fits the:
biopsychosocial model
Selye’s general adaptation syndrome describes _____ responses to stress. The primary and secondary appraisal model describes _____ responses to stress.
physical; cognitive