2. 1 Jeopardy – Intelligence and Motivation Intelligence Testing Intelligenc e MotivationAppetite Potpourri Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy Jeopardy

3. 2 $100 Intelligence Testing Joni claims that she is intellectually gifted because she “possesses” an IQ of 145. She is most clearly committing the error known as this.

4. 3 $100 Intelligence Testing What is reification?

5. 4 $200 Intelligence Testing To assess whether intelligence is a single trait or a collection of several distinct abilities, psychologists have made extensive use of this.

6. 5 $200 Intelligence Testing What is factor analysis?

7. 6 $300 Intelligence Testing A person who demonstrates an exceptional specific mental skill while otherwise remaining very limited in intellectual capacity is said to show signs of this condition.

8. 7 $300 Intelligence Testing What is savant syndrome?

9. 8 $400 Intelligence Testing A 12-year-old who responded to the original Stanford-Binet with the proficiency typical of an average 9-year-old was said to have an IQ of this.

10. 9 $400 Intelligence Testing What is 75?

11. 10 $500 Intelligence Testing the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of intelligence test performance.

12. 11 $500 Intelligence Testing What is one’s mental age? Note: Coined by Alfred Benet.

13. 12 $100 Intelligence These tests are designed to assess learned knowledge or skills.

14. 13 $100 Intelligence What are achievement tests?

15. 14 $200 Intelligence The distribution of intelligence test scores in the general population forms a bell-shaped pattern, called this.

16. 15 $200 Intelligence What is a normal curve?

17. 16 $300 Intelligence The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century.

18. 17 $300 Intelligence What is the Flynn effect?

19. 18 $400 Intelligence Melinda completed the Computer Programming Aptitude Test when she applied for a position with Beta Electronics. Six months later, she took the same test when she applied for a position with another company. The fact that her scores were almost identical on the two occasions suggests that the test has a high degree of this.

20. 19 $400 Intelligence What is reliability?

21. 20 $500 Decision-making Both depressed and non-depressed individuals receive similar scores on a diagnostic test for depression, suggesting that the test is not this.

22. 21 $500 Decision-making What is valid?

23. 22 $100 Motivation This theory has been accused of simply naming rather than explaining behaviors.

24. 23 $100 Motivation What is instinct theory?

25. 24 $200 Motivation An aroused, motivated state that is often triggered by psychological need.

26. 25 $200 Motivation What is a drive?

27. 26 $300 Motivation A physiological state that usually triggers motivational arousal.

28. 27 $300 Motivation What is a need?

29. 28 $400 Motivation The goal of drive reduction, this is defined as the body’s tendency to maintain a constant internal state.

30. 29 $400 Motivation What is homeostasis?

31. 30 $500 Motivation Positive or negative environmental stimulus that motivates behavior.

32. 31 $500 Motivation What is an incentive?

33. 32 $100 Appetite for Destruction This theory would be most helpful for explaining why people are motivated to watch horror movies.

34. 33 $100 Appetite for Destruction What is the arousal theory?

35. 34 $200 Appetite for Destruction Hunger controls are located within this part of the brain.

36. 35 $200 Appetite for Destruction What is the hypothalamus?

37. 36 $300 Appetite for Destruction This hormone, secreted by the stomach, increases appetite.

38. 37 $300 Appetite for Destruction What is ghrelin?

39. 38 $400 Appetite for Destruction Secreted by fat cells, this protein dampens hunger.

40. 39 $400 Appetite for Destruction What is leptin?

41. 40 $500 Appetite for Destruction The specific body weight maintained automatically by most adults over long periods of time.

42. 41 $500 Appetite for Destruction What is the set point? Our weight thermostats are somewhat flexible and are influenced by environmental as well as biological factors. Some researchers have therefore adopted the term settling point.

43. 42 $100 Potpourri When encouraged to eat as much as they want, people tend to eat less if the foods are offered in smaller rather than larger portion sizes, illustrating this.

44. 43 $100 Potpourri What is unit bias?

45. 44 $200 Potpourri Twenty-two-year-old Tawana is slightly overweight and loves to eat, particularly snack foods and rich desserts. Fearful of becoming overweight, she frequently takes a laxative following episodes of binge eating. Tawana most clearly suffers from this disorder.

46. 45 $200 Potpourri What is bulimia nervosa?

47. 46 $300 Potpourri A completely focused state of consciousness resulting from optimal engagement of one's skills is called this.

48. 47 $300 Potpourri What is a flow?

49. 48 $400 Potpourri The profession most likely to be concerned with the effect of supervisors' management styles on worker motivation and productivity.

50. 49 $400 Potpourri What is industrial- organizational psychology?

51. 50 $500 Potpourri Carlos is so friendly and likable that his job supervisors and co-workers often appraise his work skills and performance more positively than is actually warranted. This best illustrates evaluators' vulnerability to these threats to appraisal.

52. 51 $500 Potpourri What are halo errors?

53. 52 Final Jeopardy Category Testing

54. 53 Final Jeopardy Question The test that provides separate verbal comprehension, perceptual organization, working memory, and processing speed scores, as well as an overall intelligence score, is this intelligence test.

55. 54 Final Jeopardy Answer What is the WAIS?