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AP Psych Unit 5 Test

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Definition
show The study of internal mental processes (all the things that go on inside your brain)  
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Metacognition   show
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Concepts “Organization”   show
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Prototype “First Think Of”   show
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show Type of thinking that focuses on coming up with the single, well-established answer to a problem (limits creativity)  
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Divergent Thinking “Imagination”   show
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Problem Solving   show
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show A trial-and-error approach to problem-solving involves trying a number of different solutions and ruling out those that do not work  
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show Set of step-by-step procedures that provides the correct answer to a particular problem  
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Heuristics “Rules of Thumb”   show
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Representativeness Heuristic   show
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Availability Heuristic   show
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show A sudden and often new realization of the solution a problem, such as suddenly seeing a cause and effect relationship  
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Wolfgang Kohler   show
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Mental Set   show
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Functional Fixedness   show
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Confirmation Bias   show
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show Tendency to hold on to beliefs even when evidence proves those beliefs to be wrong  
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Overconfidence   show
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Hindsight Bias "I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon   show
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show The process of presenting or posing an issue or question, how an issue is framed can significantly affect decisions and judgments people make  
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show Favoring the first information offered  
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show Language our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning  
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show Smallest meaningful unit of sound in a language  
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Morphemes   show
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show The system of rules governing the structure and use of a language  
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show Beginning at four months of age, Infant spontaneously vocalizes various sounds at first unrelated to the language spoken in the home  
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One-Word Stage   show
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show Age two, a child speaks mostly two-or three word statements “Get Ball”  
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show child will use mostly nouns and verbs  
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Full Sentences   show
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show Skinner believed children learn language through operant conditioning—that children receive “rewards” for using language in a functional manner  
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Noam Chomsky, Inborn Universal Grammar   show
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Wernicke’s Area   show
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Broca’s Area   show
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Broca’s aphasia   show
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Critical Periods for Language   show
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show Whorf’s hypothesis that language determines the way we think  
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Intelligence   show
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Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale (1905)   show
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show Lewis Terman modified test for the United States, audience of varied ages and broader range of subjects  
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General Intelligence (g factor), Charles Spearman   show
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Factor analysis   show
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John Horn & Raymond Cattell   show
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show the ability to reason and think flexibly, tend to diminish with adult aging  
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Crystallized Intelligence   show
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show Theory describes eight distinct types of intelligence based on skills and abilities  
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show Condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing  
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Robert Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence   show
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show The ability to perceive, control, and evaluate emotions  
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Wechsler Intelligence Scales (WAIS)   show
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show Portion of variation among individuals in a population that results from genetic causes  
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Flynn Effect (James Flynn)   show
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show Focus on methods for acquiring and analyzing psychological data  
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Standardization:   show
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show Each test taker completes the test under the same conditions as all other participants in the sample group  
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show Designed to measure a person's level of skill, accomplishment, or knowledge in a specific area  
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Aptitude Tests   show
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Group Tests   show
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show Tests administered to one person by a trained professional  
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Reliability “Consistency”   show
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show *Best for Intelligence, administering a test twice at two different points in time  
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Split-Half Reliability   show
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show The degree in which a test actually measures what it’s supposed to measure  
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Content Validity   show
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show test accurately forecasts performance on a future measure  
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Ethics & Standards in Testing   show
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show Interested in looking at your ability to use logic to solve problems, to recognize patterns, and to make rapid connections between different points of information  
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The majority of scores (about 68 percent) on the WAIS-III tend to lie between:   show
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Normal Distribution   show
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show Score two or more standard deviations below the norm on a traditional IQ test (70 IQ or below)  
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show Genetic conditions like Down syndrome Problems during pregnancy such as drug and alcohol use Labor and delivery problems Injuries such as head trauma and illnesses such as meningitis and seizure disorders  
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show Very few individuals (approximately 0.2%) receive a score of more than 145 (indicating a very high IQ)  
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