Questions on Psychology

Exam 3 Study Guide

Chapter 7
• How do psychologists define intelligence, and how do various theories of intelligence differ?
• How is intelligence measured and how are intelligence tests constructed?
• What is intellectual disability and what are its causes?
• What defines giftedness, and does being intellectually gifted guarantee success in life?
• What is the influence of heredity and environment on the development of intelligence?
• How is language defined, and what are its different elements and structure?
• How does one interpret IQ scores?
• Does language influence the way people think, and are animals capable of learning language?
• What evidence is there for the reliability and validity of IQ tests
• What are some ways to improve thinking?
• How are IQ tests used clinically?
• How are IQ tests important for the death penalty?

Chapter 9
• How do psychologists define motivation, and what are the key elements of the early instinct and drive-reduction approaches to motivation?
• What are the characteristics of the three types of needs?
• What are the key elements of the arousal and incentive approaches to motivation?
• How do Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and self-determination theories explain motivation?
• How various motivation theories fit together
• How does Daniel Pink conceptualize motivation
• What happens in the body to cause hunger, and how do social factors influence a person’s experience of hunger?
• What are some problems in eating behavior, and how are they affected by biology and culture?
• What are the three elements of emotion?
• What are the BIS and BAS systems
• What is the structure of emotional experience and expression.
• What does the Needs Assessment Questionnaire measure?
• What is a Duchenne smile
• How can the study of expression be applied to lie detection?
• Know the natural kinds, circumplex and evaluative space models of emotion.
• What are the approach and avoidance systems? How does one measure