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Psychology42913
Question | Answer |
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Phonemes | Basic sounds that make up a language |
Morphemes | The smallest unit of language that carries meaning |
Intelligence | Problem solving skills and the ability to adapt to and learn from life's everyday experiences |
Binet | Alfred Binet constructed the first intelligence test after being asked to create a measure to determine which children would benefit from instruction in Francis' schools |
Levels of Retardation | Mild, moderate, severe, and profound |
Howard Gardner | 8 frames of mind: Verbal, mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinsthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist |
Normal distribution | A symmetrical, bell-shaped, curve with a majority of scores falling in the middle of the possible range and few scores appearing at the extremes of the range |
Maslow's hierarchy | States that individuals' main needs are satisfied in the following sequence: physiological, safety, love and belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization |
Motivation | The force that moves people to behave, think, and fell the way they do |
Intrinsic motivation | Motivation that is based on internal factors such as organismic needs as well as curiosity, challenge, and effort |
Extrinsic motivation | Motivation that involves external incentives such as rewards and punishments |
Personality | A pattern of enduring, distinctive thoughts, emotions and behaviors that characterize the way an individual adapts to the word |
Traits | An enduring, personality characteristic that tends to lead to certain behaviors |