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PSYCH EXAM 3 PT. 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The term "fluid intelligence" is sometimes equated with "street smarts", while "book smarts" is often equated with this other form of intelligence | Crystalized Intelligence |
| Charles Spearman believed that "g" was equivalent to this | IQ |
| Psychologists have used this type of research study when trying to isolate the effects of genes and environment on IQ | Twin Studies |
| An individual with autism who has a highly developed skill in some area would be considered this | Savant |
| This man believed that there are actually eight different domains of intelligence, and that it was possible for someone to have an "island" of intelligence in just one of these areas, even if they are weak in the others | Howard Gardner |
| This term refers to the idea that the adolescence time period is getting longer - both in terms of when puberty starts, and when the age of adult responsibility is assumed | Protraction of Adolescence |
| The security of this reflects the bond which forms between parent and child, and can be tested through the use of the Strange Situation task | Attachment |
| This term describes a developing infant in the final stage of pregnancy | Fetus |
| While many older adults will have difficulty fighting off major illnesses, they may actually have a superior ability to fight off minor illnesses due to their lifetime development of these | Antibodies |
| In early childhood, Jean Piaget observed many abilities develop over time, including this ability which enables children to understand that changing the appearance of something does not change it's mass/volume/amount | conservation |
| The emotional expressions of anger, happiness, fear, surprise, sadness, and disgust seem to be displayed in common ways even across cultures, leading psychologists to develop this theory | Universality Hypothesis |
| Masking, Neutralizing, Intensification, and Deintensification are all examples of this | Deceptive Expression |
| According to this theory, forcing yourself to smile can actually make it easier for you to experience happiness | Facial Feedback Effect |
| While expressions may be common across cultures, this form of communication could be much less so | Body Language |
| paul Ekman studies these, theorizing that they are "leaks" of true emotion which can highlight when individuals engage in deception | Microexpressions |
| According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, the base of the pyramid-shaped hierarchy includes this | Basic Physiological Needs (Food, water, etc.) |
| This phenomenon demonstrates that people will sometimes mistake arousing emotions (such as fear or anger) for lust and/or love if they happen to be with someone else they find romantically attractive | Misattribution of Arousal Theory |
| This theory of motivation can help explain why people have motivation to ride roller-coasters, skydive, or participate in other thrilling (yet dangerous) activities | Arousal Optimization Theory |
| According to this phenomenon, humans will not equally weigh gains and losses (even if they are equivalent); instead, they will become more risk-taking when a potential loss is involved | Loss Aversion Phenomenon |
| This theory of human motivation believes that homeostatic properties are the driving force in human motivation. | Drive-Reduction Theory |
| This approach to understanding personality relies on adjectives to describe personality - yet this can be difficult given the sheer number of words which could be used! | Trait Approach |
| This type of personality test (such as the Rorschach Inkblot Test) uses ambiguous stimuli meant to be interpreted by someone in order to reveal aspects of their personality. | Projective Personality Tests |
| This trait, one of the Big-5, can be used to describe how friendly and trusting an individual may (or may not) be towards others. | Agreeableness |
| This test, an example of a personality inventory, assesses personality across different "scales" of psychopathology. | Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) |
| This personality test scores an individual across four domains, with a dominant trait being represented with a letter. | Myers-Briggs Type Indicator |
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