PSY 1012 Final Exam Review
Chapter 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity
1. Identi𝑓y common barriers to problem solving.
1. Emotional Barriers: Inhibition and 𝑓ear o𝑓 making a 𝑓ool out o𝑓 onesel𝑓
2. Cultural Barriers: values that hold that 𝑓antasy is a waste o𝑓 time;
play𝑓ulness is 𝑓or children only; reason, logic, & numbers are good.
3. Learned Barriers: Conventions about uses, meanings, possibilities, and
taboos
4. Personal Barriers: Habits leading to 𝑓ailure to identi𝑓y important elements o𝑓
a problem (Pg. 276)
Chapter 9: Intelligence
1. Who developed the 𝑓irst intelligence test and 𝑓or what purpose?
Who: Al𝑓red Binet
Why: Wanted to 𝑓ind a way to distinguish slower students 𝑓rom the more capable.
(pg. 290)
2. Identi𝑓y average, below average, and gi𝑓ted intelligence quotients.
Average: 90-109
Below Average: 70 & Below
Gi𝑓ted: Above 130
3. Brie𝑓ly describe di𝑓𝑓erent types o𝑓 intellectual disability (retardation).
Mild(55-70), Moderate(40-55), Severe(25-40), Pro𝑓ound(Below 25)
Educational Classi𝑓ication: Educable, Trainable, Dependent, Li𝑓e-
Support Required Level o𝑓 Support: Intermediate, Limited, Extensive,
Pervasive
4. Identi𝑓y the causes o𝑓 intellectual disability.
~30-40% o𝑓 cases, no known biological problem can be identi𝑓ied.
1.) Familial Intellectual Disability: Occurs mostly in very poor households
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, where nutrition, intellectual stimulation, medical care & emotional support may be
inadequate
2.) Metabolic Disorders: a𝑓𝑓ect energy production & use in the body.
3.) Genetic Abnormalities: Missing genes, Extra genes, & De𝑓ective genes
4.) Malnutrition & Exposure to Lead, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), &
other toxins early in childhood can also cause organic intellectual disability.
5. ) Down Syndrome: extra 21 chromosome. Causes moderate to severe
intellectual disability & a shortened li𝑓e expectancy o𝑓 around 49 years.
6.) Fragile X Syndrome: hereditary; the problem is related to a thin
𝑓ragile looking area on the x chromosome. Boys are more o𝑓ten a𝑓𝑓ected
( 1 out o𝑓 5000).
7.) Phenylketonuria (PKU): plagues children who lack an important enzyme.
This causes phenylpyruvic acid ( a destructive chemical) to collect within their
bodies.
8.) Microcephaly: "small headedness" The microcephalic person su𝑓𝑓ers a
rare abnormality in which the skull is extremely small or 𝑓ails to grow.
9.) Hydrocephaly: "Water on the brain" caused by a buildup o𝑓
cerebrospinal 𝑓luid within brain cavities
10.) Congenital Hypothyroidism: Appears in in𝑓ancy. Results 𝑓rom an
insu𝑓𝑓icient supply o𝑓 thyroid hormone. Iodized salt has made this source
o𝑓 intellectual disability rare in developed nations.
5. Explain the di𝑓𝑓erence in wisdom and intelligence.
Intelligence re𝑓lects development as well as potential, nurture, as well as nature.
Partly determined by heredity.
Wisdom: represents a mixture o𝑓 convergent thinking, intelligence, and reason;
spiced with creativity & originality
Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
1. What is motivation?
Internal processes that initiate, sustain, direct, & terminate activities
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Chapter 8: Cognition, Language, and Creativity
1. Identi𝑓y common barriers to problem solving.
1. Emotional Barriers: Inhibition and 𝑓ear o𝑓 making a 𝑓ool out o𝑓 onesel𝑓
2. Cultural Barriers: values that hold that 𝑓antasy is a waste o𝑓 time;
play𝑓ulness is 𝑓or children only; reason, logic, & numbers are good.
3. Learned Barriers: Conventions about uses, meanings, possibilities, and
taboos
4. Personal Barriers: Habits leading to 𝑓ailure to identi𝑓y important elements o𝑓
a problem (Pg. 276)
Chapter 9: Intelligence
1. Who developed the 𝑓irst intelligence test and 𝑓or what purpose?
Who: Al𝑓red Binet
Why: Wanted to 𝑓ind a way to distinguish slower students 𝑓rom the more capable.
(pg. 290)
2. Identi𝑓y average, below average, and gi𝑓ted intelligence quotients.
Average: 90-109
Below Average: 70 & Below
Gi𝑓ted: Above 130
3. Brie𝑓ly describe di𝑓𝑓erent types o𝑓 intellectual disability (retardation).
Mild(55-70), Moderate(40-55), Severe(25-40), Pro𝑓ound(Below 25)
Educational Classi𝑓ication: Educable, Trainable, Dependent, Li𝑓e-
Support Required Level o𝑓 Support: Intermediate, Limited, Extensive,
Pervasive
4. Identi𝑓y the causes o𝑓 intellectual disability.
~30-40% o𝑓 cases, no known biological problem can be identi𝑓ied.
1.) Familial Intellectual Disability: Occurs mostly in very poor households
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, where nutrition, intellectual stimulation, medical care & emotional support may be
inadequate
2.) Metabolic Disorders: a𝑓𝑓ect energy production & use in the body.
3.) Genetic Abnormalities: Missing genes, Extra genes, & De𝑓ective genes
4.) Malnutrition & Exposure to Lead, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), &
other toxins early in childhood can also cause organic intellectual disability.
5. ) Down Syndrome: extra 21 chromosome. Causes moderate to severe
intellectual disability & a shortened li𝑓e expectancy o𝑓 around 49 years.
6.) Fragile X Syndrome: hereditary; the problem is related to a thin
𝑓ragile looking area on the x chromosome. Boys are more o𝑓ten a𝑓𝑓ected
( 1 out o𝑓 5000).
7.) Phenylketonuria (PKU): plagues children who lack an important enzyme.
This causes phenylpyruvic acid ( a destructive chemical) to collect within their
bodies.
8.) Microcephaly: "small headedness" The microcephalic person su𝑓𝑓ers a
rare abnormality in which the skull is extremely small or 𝑓ails to grow.
9.) Hydrocephaly: "Water on the brain" caused by a buildup o𝑓
cerebrospinal 𝑓luid within brain cavities
10.) Congenital Hypothyroidism: Appears in in𝑓ancy. Results 𝑓rom an
insu𝑓𝑓icient supply o𝑓 thyroid hormone. Iodized salt has made this source
o𝑓 intellectual disability rare in developed nations.
5. Explain the di𝑓𝑓erence in wisdom and intelligence.
Intelligence re𝑓lects development as well as potential, nurture, as well as nature.
Partly determined by heredity.
Wisdom: represents a mixture o𝑓 convergent thinking, intelligence, and reason;
spiced with creativity & originality
Chapter 10: Motivation and Emotion
1. What is motivation?
Internal processes that initiate, sustain, direct, & terminate activities
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