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    Exam 3 Study Guide

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    Exam 3 Study Guide Emotion and Motivation 1. What were the key components of Dr. Gewirtz’s definition of emotion? It’s different than “feelings”‚ “A state‚ elicited by a strongly motivational (i.e. “reinforcing”) event or by anticipation of such an event‚ that produces a coordinated set of adaptive responses. 2. Emotional responses have three aspects: “feelings‚” autonomic responses‚ and somatic responses. What does each of these refer to? Feelings: Introspection‚ subjective Autonomic

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    My Virtual Child Assignment #5 1) One of the main activities that I believe that has promoted healthy behavioral practices and interest in physical activities is when we routinely take Jessica for walks to the park and continue to encourage her with age appropriate activities with her friends. When we take Jessica to the zoo and the park‚ she continuously asks questions and is very intrigued on why things happen. My partner and I physically interact with Jessica as much as possible. When

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    Diagnostic Assessment

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    Walden University Denise White Final Project February 17‚ 2013 Name of Examinee: Luis Date of examination: 2/11/13 Date of Birth: 5/20/77 Date of report: 2/17/13 Chronological Age: 32years Name of examiner: D. White BACKGROUND INFORMATION Luis is a 32-year-old male who immigrated to the U.S. when he was 14. He later became a US citizen. Although‚ Spanish is his native language‚ he speaks English extremely well. He recently returned to living with his parents after being laid

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    What is intelligence? Sattler describes a famous symposium conducted in 1921 at which 13 psychologists gave 13 different definitions of intelligence (1992‚ pp. 44-45). Some of these definitions are paraphrased below: Intelligence is. . . the tendency to take and maintain a direction. . . judgment‚ otherwise called good sense‚ practical sense‚ initiative. . . everything intellectual can be reduced to . . . relations or correlates. . . adjustment or adaptation to the environment. . . global capacity

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    How Children Succeed Which matters more‚ cognitive ability or motivation? By Paul Tough|Posted Wednesday‚ Sept. 5‚ 2012‚ at 10:43 AM Some M&M’s for your thoughts? Photograph by Anders Lagerås/Wikimedia Commons. The following article is adapted from Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed: Grit‚ Curiosity‚ and the Hidden Power of Character‚ out now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Angela Duckworth‚ a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania‚ has made it her life’s work to analyze which children

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    Army Alpha Testing

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    after intelligence tests designed for individual use in one-on-one assessment. In developing the mental tests‚ the psychologists subscribed to the position that one could be quite intelligent‚ but illiterate or not proficient in the English language. Based on this reasoning‚ two major tests were developed‚ the Army Alpha for literate groups‚ and the Army Beta for illiterates‚ low literates or non-English speaking (Yerkes‚ 1921). Both tests were based on the theoretical position that intelligence was

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    Foster Care

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    and guidance are vital in ensuring their academic success. Unfortunately‚ children in foster care are less likely to receive these components to assist them in becoming successful in academia‚ which in turn affects their chances to live a productive adult life. The needs of the children and youth in foster care are in need of reformation across each state throughout the nation. Since the development of foster care‚ the focus of intervention has and continues to be a reactive approach‚ instead of

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    Credits to the Author

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    Clark Wissler discovers that Cattellian “brass instruments” tests have no correlation with college grades. * 1905 Binet and Simon invent the first modern intelligence test. * 1914 Stern introduces the IQ‚ or intelligence quotient: the mental age divided by chronological age. * 1916 Lewis Terman revises the Binet-Simon scales‚ publishes the Stanford-Binet. Revisions appear in 1937‚ 1960‚ and 1986. * 1917 Robert Yerkes spearheads the development of the Army Alpha and Beta examinations

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    Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) A part of the Beck Scales to assist the clinician in making balanced and reliable assessments of patients. Test results are useful as a first step in detecting and proper treatment of an affective disorder. The Beck Anxiety Inventory gauges the severity of patient anxiety. Beck Depression Inventory Assesses depression and‚ in conjunction with the Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)‚ to gauge the likelihood of suicide. The Beck instrument is commonly used

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    Meaning and Nature

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    describing it with categories or scores. Psychological testing was originally designed for two purposes: to measure intelligence and to detect personality disorders. Over time‚ psychological testing has expanded to measure diverse concepts.   Psychological tests are written‚ visual‚ or verbal evaluations administered to assess the cognitive and emotional functioning of children and adults. Psychological tests are formalized measures of mental functioning. Most are objective and quantifiable; however

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