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Miscellaneous
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Psychology
Post-Graduate
12/02/2016

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Imprinting
Definition
refers to the way newly hatched ducks and geese instinctively follow the first moving object they see
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Critical periods
Definition
Konrad Lorenz worked with goslings and applied his results to the principle of what
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Critical periods
Definition
the concept that certain behaviors must be learned at specific stages of development or they may not be learned at all
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Heredity
Definition
_______ and environment are both important in critical periods of development
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Motivation
Definition
Abraham Maslow, a humanistic psychologist, developed a theory of _______, which he called a hierarchy of needs
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Theory of motivation
Definition
according to this theory, a person must first satisfy basic needs such as the need for good and shelter, before he can turn his attention to higher needs
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Belonging/love
Definition
what comes first on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, esteem or belonging/love?
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Person
Definition
in some religions, such as Buddhism and Hinduism, the development of the ______ is included in the belief system
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Intelligence
Definition
the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge
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Intelligence
Definition
the ability to reason, think in abstract terms, and understand abstract ideas, plan, and acquire language and knowledge
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Adaptive thinking
Definition
Piaget's definition of intelligence specified ________ or action
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Culturally biased
Definition
a major criticism of intelligence testing is that it is often ________
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Emotional intelligence
Definition
this, according to Daniel Goleman, is self-motivation and self-awareness, empathy, social awareness, and persistence
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Interpersonal
Definition
the emotionally intelligent person also has strong ________ skills
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Id
Definition
the component of the personality most concerned with primitive instincts such as hunger, sex, and aggression and is not concerns with the consequences of actions
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Ego
Definition
the personality component responsible for balancing the id and the superego or conscience
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Ego
Definition
the ______ has most immediate control over behavior and is most concerned with external reality
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Personality
Definition
the id, ego, and superego are one part of Freud's theory of ________
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Id
Definition
Freud believed people are born with ______, which helps the baby get it's needs met
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Ego
Definition
by the age of three, the child begins to develop a/an
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Reality principle
Definition
based on _______, the ego meets the needs of the id while taking the child's reality into consideration
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Generativity
Definition
the ability to recreate or produce offspring
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Generativity
Definition
Erikson, in his "Stage 7- Middle Adulthood" uses this term to refer to a person's ability to care for another
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Self-centered
Definition
a person with Generativity will not be _____________
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Stagnation
Definition
according to Havinghurst, ________ is the opposite state of generativity
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Self-absorption
Definition
according to Havinghurst, during stagnation a person will demonstrate _________
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Infancy
Definition
a person started to indentify himself or herself as male or female in _______
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