Psych1 Ch.9-12

is the capacity to reason, solve problems and acquire new knowledge

is a person's potential ability

is a person's knowledge and progress

is a common factor that underlies certain mental abilities

is the ability to process information and act accordingly

is mental ability derived from previous experience

is a type of intelligence generally assessed by intelligence tests that present well-defined problems with only one correct answer

is a type of intelligence characterized by the ability to adapt to new situations, come up with unique and unusal ideas, and think of novel solutions to problems

is the ability to find many solutions to complicated or poorly defined problems and use those solutions in practical, everyday situations

is a step by step procedure that a person can follow to arrive at a solution to a particular problem

is a bias that limits a person's ability to think in uncoventional ways

describes the effect that occurs when a person's beliefs distort his or her logical thinking

are informal rules that make the decision-making process quick and simple.

proposes that a person selects stimuli early in the perception process, even before he or she assesses the meaning of the input

is part of the perceptual system that holds information for a short time before it is accepted or rejected by a filter

states that the language a person speaks influences his or her conception of reality

collect data from different individuals at different ages in order to track age difference

collect data from the same individual over a period of time to track age changes

is the tendency for motor skills to emerge in sequence from top to bottom

is the tendency for motor sills to emerge in sequence from iside to outside

is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood

is the end of the menstral cycle and ability to bear children

describes gradual sexual changes in men as they age that include declines in sperm count, testosterone level, and speed of erection and ejaculation

consists of mental activities associated with sensation, perception, thinking, knowing remembering and communicating

are concepts or frameworks around which people organize and interpret information

is a process in which a person interprets new experience in terms of existing schemas

refers to the difference between what a child can do alone versus what a child can do together with a more competent person

are the smallest meaningful units of language that represents the objects, events, ideas, characteristics and relationships in that language's vocabulary

are elementary vowel and consonant sounds that combineto form morphemes

is a person's biological classification as either male or female based on the sex chromosomes contained in his or her dna

is a set of behaviors and characteristics that define individuals as boys and men or girls and women in society

is a condition in which a genetically male fetus's receptors for androgens fail to function, resulting in the development of external female genitalia

is a person's sense of being a boy or a girl, man or woman

is a condition in which a person feels he or she was born with the body of the wrong sex

refers to boys and men who show traditionally masculine traits and behaviors, and girls and women who show traditionally femine traits and behaviors

• learning through modeling. reinforcements and punishments.
• emphasizes the role of cognition in motivation and the importance of expectations in shaping behavior

states that the processs of gender differentiation begins at a very young age; as children develop schemas for other things around them, they also develop a schema for their gender and adjust their behavior to algin with it

people who are nether specifically masculine or feminine

consists of prejudice and unfair treatment against men or women based on gender stereotypes

is a process of early attachment in which the first thing a newborn sees is considered its mother

are expectations about the way men and women behave

is a widely held concept about a person or group of people that is based only on gender

describes enduring sexual attraction toward members of our own sex, the other sex or both