Gen Psych Final

• Convergent thinking (intelligence) uses skills already acquired to solve a problem and divergent thinking (creativity) finds multiple ways to solve a problem
• Intelligence is the mental capacity to learn from experiences, adapt to new situations, and understand and handle abstract concepts
• Group IQ tests are cheaper, mostly used, can be given by anyone and have limited information
• Individual IQ tests are more reliable, needs a lot of training to give test, provides greater insight
• The history of IQ testing is that in France in 1904 they used it to separate special ed in schools
• To find an IQ score its your mental age/cardinal age x 100
• IQ actually measures your learning potential, what you are going/not going to learn in the future
• Developmental Psychology is the study of certain stages of life
• Lifespan Psychology is the study of womb to tomb
• Genetic messages are carried by the Y chromosome
• * 3 stages of prenatal development are zygote, embryo, fetus
• The most important stage is the embryo
• Rooting - lips follows whatever is stimulating them
• moro reflex - when the stomach is touched and the arms and legs fan out
• Grasping (palmer reflex) - when babies grab things and won't let go
• Swimming - when babies are born they can swim (doggie paddle)
• Depth Perception - The ability to judge the distance of objects
• Balinski Reflex - when you run a feather across the feet and the toes curl
• 4 stages of Piaget's cognitive development are sensory motor, pre operational, concrete stage, and formal operations
• Sensory motor - knowing something is still there even if you can't see it
• Pre-operational - the inability to different between self and others
• Concrete Stage - kids can only learn by what they can see/be apart of
• Formal Operations - you can handle logic, propositions, and what ifs
• Attachment is formed by tender love and care (TLC)
• Adolescence begins with puberty
• *The changes that takes place during puberty is growth spurt and becoming fertile
• The major goal of adolescence is to find self identity
• *imaginary audience is when you feel like everyone is watching you
• A myth about old age is that there is a decline in intelligence
• Personality is a makeup of everything in your life, emotions, motivations, biological
• Freudian 5 stages are oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital
• Rorschach is an ink blot test
• TAT shows you pictures and you have to tell a story of whats going on
• MMPI is 567 true or false questions
• Eysenck and Cattell came up with the 16 PF (personality factors) to determine personality
• ID is the pleasure principle, you want it and you want it now
• Ego is the mediator of the ID and Super Ego
• Super Ego is the reality principle and the voice of reason
• The 3 levels of consciousness are the unconsciousness, consciousness, and subconciousness
• Humanists view personality as that you can't break personality down, you have some control over it, and your personality needs other people