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PSYCH 1010-Test #3
PSYCH 1010- Test #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Refers to looking at peoples behaviors based on thoughts, intelligence and language processes as they mature and change. | Cognitive Psychology |
| People often form general rules and concepts based on specific experiences and examples. This type of reasoning is known as ________________ reasoning. | Deductive Reasoning |
| _________________________reasoning involves reasoning from a general case that we know to be true to a specific instance | Inductive Reasoning |
| The tendency to search for and use information that supports our ideas rather than refutes them is known as _____. | Confirmation Bias |
| _____ is the tendency to report falsely, after the fact, that we accurately predicted an outcome. It is sometimes referred to as the "I knew it all along effect | Hindsight Bias |
| being receptive to other ways of looking at things | Open mindedness |
| In the U.S., ___________________is defined as an all-purpose ability to do well on cognitive tasks, to solve problems, and to learn from experience. | Intelligence |
| involves developing uniform procedures for administering and scoring a test, as well as creating norms, or performance standards, for the test | Standardization |
| _____ is an individual's level of mental development relative to that of others. | Mental Age |
| People who are gifted have an IQ of _____. | 130 or higher |
| Intellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation) is a condition of limited mental ability in which an individual has an IQ of ____ and has difficulty adapting to everyday life. | Under 70 |
| Theorist who says there are 3 forms of intelligence | Sternburg's Triarchic Theory |
| Theorist who says there are at least 9 forms of intelligence | Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence |
| The case of _____________ suggests that language is learned/highly influenced by the environment | Genie |
| When most individuals develop a clear understanding of their language's structure, as well as a large vocabulary, during ___________________ | Childhood |
| Developmental psychologists study physical, cognitive, and _______________________ changes throughout the human life cycle. | Socioemotional |
| _________________________ refers to the pattern of continuity and change in human capabilities that occurs throughout the course of life. | Human Development |
| _____ refers to a person's ability to recover from or adapt to difficult times. | Resilience |
| Developmental psychologists use the term _____ to refer to a person's genes or biological inheritance. | Nature |
| __________________________refers to the individual's environmental and social experiences | Nurture |
| A(n) _______________________ is any agent that causes a birth defect. | Terotegen |
| Most adults reach their peak physical development during their | 20's |
| According to Piaget, egocentrism refers to young children's _____. | Self-Centered Arrogance |
| The term ____________________________ refers to an individual's behavioral style and characteristic way of responding. | Temperament |
| A(n) _____ is a mental framework for understanding what it means to be male or female in one's culture. | Gender Schema |
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