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psychology 1//2 test

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  1. 1what is intelligence?ability to be goal-oriented and exhibit adaptive behavior
  2. 2is intelligence fixed or does it change?it changes
  3. 3who was Francis Galton?he started Eugenics movement. he wanted to measure human traits. he also wanted to improves the human race. we do this by breeding with smart people only.
  4. 4what did francis Galton focus on?superioreority, to breed with only those surperior. and strong reaction time
  5. 5who has alfred binet?he wanted to know why some children at same age have difficulty in some classes. he made a test to identify those who are struggling and put them in another class.
  6. 6who was lewis terman?he revised binet's test, called it Stanford binet test cause he was a professor at Stanford. it determined IQ. he developed IQ formula (mental age/coronological x 100= IQ
  7. 7what was charles spearmen theory of intelligence?he believed in general intelligence factor
    (g-factor), which means if your good at one thing your good at everything, same goes if your bad at something.
  8. 8what was raymond catell's theory on intelligence?he says there are 2 factors of intelligence. crystalized intelligence: memorizing, increases with age. and fluid intelligence, has to do with problem solving, it decreases with age.
  9. 9what are the 2 types sub-test scores and how do these 2 scores determine if you have ID, IDD, or mental disorder?verbal and performance scores. if there is a large gap between these two you have a learning difficulty.
  10. 10what ages do they not give intelligence tests?3 and under
  11. 11what are the 3 criteria psychological tests need to meet in order to be used widely? define eachstandardization: must be given to random representative groups. reliability: tests gives consistent results, and validility: does it measure what its supposed to measure?
  12. 12what are the two types of validility?content: corresponds to achievement tests its testing knowledge you already know.
    predictive: like aptutu, intended to predict how you will do on the real test in the future, like SAT determines wheather if you are worthy enough to pass it in college by taking it in high school.
  13. 13if test is valid..... if test is reliable it doesnt have to be...it has to be reliable
    valid
  14. 14what are the genetic influences on intelligence?genetics: it could be heritable, in your genetic makeup.
  15. 15how much percentage of identical twins get same IQ score even if they split or brought up differently? ferternal twins?, but only brought up together what about ferternal twins reared apart? what about for siblings related and but only if reared together? if siblings related and are reared apart? step brothers or sisters?86%
    60%
    24% (this proves enviornment has to do with intelligence cause its the way they were raised)
    47%
    24%
    31%
  16. 16who was Jay Mcbigger hunt?he wanted to know if we gave an persian infants an enriched enviornment would it influence its intelligence? he trained care givers to play with infants in persion sounds. babies tried to mimik them at 22 months they learned more than 50 body parts in persian language. this process is also known as stimulating the babies brain.
  17. 17who was arthur Jensen?he wanted to know why people put in slower programs still failed . he says cause they have low IQs, stupid. he is being racist to minorities (non-whites).
  18. 18what are girls better at doing than boys? boys than girls?girls are better at spelling and memory cause a long time ago they had to use memory to know where to find berries. better memory=better memory to spell.
    men are better at problem solving cause they had to kill pray, figure out how to do it without getting hurt.
  19. 19who was william shockly?if we paid low IQ women so we can sterolized (no longer to give birth) then no more stupid babies.
  20. 20metal retardation ID,IDD has an IQ score of what?below 70
  21. 21what is the percentage of males getting mentally retarded?50% more likely than females.
  22. 22what is EMH ( edcabable mentally handocapped) IQ? is it mild, severe...? why does it say edcabable?it has an IQ of 69-50, mild
    edcabable cause they can only be educated to 6th grade.
  23. 23what is TMH ( trainable mentally handicapped? IQ score is it mild, moderate..? what grade can they be educated up to?IQ of 35-49, moderate.
    2nd grade, they can only learn repetitive jobs that repeat themselves.
  24. 24CMH (severe/costodile mentally handicapped)? IQ score can they do things on their own?IQ score of 34-20. they need to be supervised
  25. 25PMH (profound mentally handicapped)? IQ score? supervised?IQ score of lower than 20. supervised 24/7.
  26. 26what are the biological causes of mental retardation?genetics: passed down
    disease: pregnent women can contract a disease causing brain damage.
    trama: x-rays done while pregnent (radiation) can cause damage to babies brain.
  27. 27what are enviornmental causes of mental retardation?poor education, nutrition, medical care.
  28. 28what are some conditions that lead to mental retardation? list IQ score characteristics?down syndrome: IQ score of below 70. difficulty to demands of life. they have physical and mental disorders.
  29. 29what is the cause of down syndrome?extra pair of chromosomes, should be 21, leading to physical disorders.
  30. 30what are some characteristics of down syndrome?almond eyes
    small teeth
    elongated face
    males usually infertile
  31. 31PKU (picotitanaria)?inherited, 90% suffer from this fair skin and blue eyes. if not treated right away they can have problems breaking down protien and can cause ID.
  32. 32what is hypothyrodism?when thyroid is not producing the hormone causing damage to brain.
    ex: midgets, leads to dwarfing.
    treatment theropy: endocrine theropy
  33. 33FAS fetal alcohol system?if pregnent women consume alcohol, cause blindness, deformaties, or damage in brain causing ID.
  34. 34what is Autism? what is the Assburgers end called?can range on a scale.
    assburgers end is the extreme end of the scale, they are really smart. they act deaf but not, just cant understand you. they are just like parrots and repeat words.
    they think you know what they are thinking
  35. 35how much percent of autistics dont like to like to be touched?25%
    they also have no fear of danger cause they cant feel pain.
  36. 36what are some autistic repetative behaviors?flapping hands, moving hands. helps them concentrate and retain sainess.
  37. 37what happens to autisitcs if you change their scheduele?they cant do it.
  38. 38what is sybone syndrome?when person has talented skill but limited mental ability.
    like the guy memorizing all those notes but has ID.
  39. 39what are some causes of autism?genetics. passed down.
    abnormal brain structure
    harmful structures during pregnancy
    or during brain development some cells move to wrong side of brain.
    having a fragile x-chromosome called chromosome syndrome
  40. 40treatments for autism?medication to control hyperactivity to allow them to focus?/ special education/prosac

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