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| ability to direct one's thinking adapt to one's circumstances and learn from one's experiences |
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| stat obtained by dividing a persons mental age by persons physical age then multiplying the quotient by 100 |
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| stat technique that explains a big # of correlations in terms of a small # of underlying factors |
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| every task requires a combo of a general ability (g) and skills that are specific to the task (s) |
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| Factor theory of intelligence |
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| ability to see abstract relationships & draw logical inferences |
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| crystallized intelligence |
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| ability to retain and use knowledge that was acquired through experience "info part " |
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| ppl of normal intelligence who have an extraordinary ability |
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| ppl wiht low intelligence who have extraordinary abilities |
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| ability to reason about emotions and to use emotions to enhance reasoning |
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| twins who develop from 2 diff eggs that were fertilized by 2 diff. sperm, share a womb and a birthday thats it |
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| develop from splitting of a single egg that was fertilized by a single sperm, exact genetic copies of eachother |
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| stat describes the proportion of the diff. btwn ppls scores that can ebe explianed by diffs in their genes |
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| those environmental factors that are experienced by all relevant members of a household |
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| those environmental factors that aren't experienced by all relevant members of a household |
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| an individ's characteristic style of behaving, thinking and feeling |
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| series of answers to a questionnaire that asks people to indicate the extent to which sets of statements or adjectives accurately describe their own behavior or mental state |
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| minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (MMPI-2) |
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| a well researched clinical questionnaire used ot assess personality and psych problems |
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| standard series of ambiguous stimuli designed to elicit unique responses that reveal inner aspects of an individ's personality |
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| projective personality test in which individ interpretations of hte meaning of a set of unstructured inkblots are analyzed to identify a respondent's inner feelings and interpret his or her personality structure |
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| thematic apperception test (tat) |
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| projective personality test in which respondents reveal underlying motives, concerns, and the way they see the social world through the stories they make up about ambiguous pictures of people |
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| a relatively stable disposition to behave in a particular and consistent way |
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| traits of the 5 factor model: conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience and extraversion |
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| regards personality as formed by needs, strivings and desires largely operating outside of awareness-motives that can also produce emotional disorders |
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| active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memories, the person's deepest instincts and desires and the person's inner struggle to control these forces |
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| source of bodily wants and needs, pleasure principle, |
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| reality principle, enables us to deal with life's practical demands |
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| reflects the internalization of cultural rules mainles learned as parents exercise authority |
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| everyday mistakes and errors |
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| unconscious coping mechanisms that reduce anxiety generated by threats from unacceptable impulses |
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