Ulti NMAT Rev: Psychology (Part 2)
Question and answers verified to pass
Motive - correct answer ✔an impulse that causes a person to act
Motivation - correct answer ✔an internal process that makes a person move
toward a goa
- purpose or driving force behind our actions
Drive Reduction Theory - correct answer ✔Actions are done in order to
reduce needs or drives and maintain a constant physiological state
(homeostasis)
Intrinsic motivation - correct answer ✔to act for the sake of the activity alone
- based on internal drive or perception
Extrinsic motivation - correct answer ✔to act for external rewards
- based on external circumstances
Incentive - correct answer ✔environmental stimulus that pulls people to act
in a particular way
Intelligence - correct answer ✔Capacity to learn from experience, apply this
to furure endeavors and adapt successfully to one's environment
Intelligence quotient (IQ) - correct answer ✔performance relative to same-
aged peers
,Interpersonal intelligence - correct answer ✔ability to understand other
people
Intrapersonal intelligence - correct answer ✔ability to understand one's self,
recognize and manage emotions
Analytical Intelligence
Practical intelligence
Creative intelligence - correct answer ✔Sternberg's Theory of Triarchic
Intelligence
Analytical intelligence - correct answer ✔academic problem solving and
computation
Practical intelligence - correct answer ✔street smarts and common sense
creative intelligence - correct answer ✔imaginative and innovative problem
solving
Musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, verbal-linguistic, logical-
mathematical, naturalistic, intrapersonal, visual-spatial - correct answer
✔Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence (enumerate 8)
nuclei - correct answer ✔locations of neuron cell bodies within the CNS
ganglia - correct answer ✔locations of neuron cell bodies in the peiphery
Tracts - correct answer ✔locations of axons in the CNS
,nerves - correct answer ✔locations of axons in the periphery
Gray matter - correct answer ✔- a continuous cortical sheath that appears
darker and even a bit grayish
- contains cell bodies of neurons
nuclei - correct answer ✔gray matter found in large clusters of cells deep
within the cerebral hemisphere and brainstem
white matter - correct answer ✔- lighter than gray matter
- comprises axon tracts
Gyrus - correct answer ✔the outwardly rounded ridges of cortex
sulcus - correct answer ✔the grooves between the gyri
fissure - correct answer ✔deep sulcus
Thalamus - correct answer ✔relay stations for sensory information
Hypothalamus - correct answer ✔maintains homeostasis and integrates
endocrine system
basal ganglia - correct answer ✔smoothens movements and helps maintain
postural stability
, limbic system - correct answer ✔controls emotions and memory
septal nuclei - correct answer ✔pleasure-seeking
amygdala - correct answer ✔fear and aggression
hippocampus - correct answer ✔memory
fornix - correct answer ✔communication within limbic system
midbrain - correct answer ✔contains inferior and superior colliculi
hindbrain - correct answer ✔cerebellum, medulla oblongata, reticular
formation
Frontal - correct answer ✔- executive function
- impulse control
- long-term planning
- motor function
- speech production
Parietal - correct answer ✔- sensation of touch, pressure, temperature, and
pain
- spatial processing
- orientation and manipulation
occipital - correct answer ✔visual processing
Question and answers verified to pass
Motive - correct answer ✔an impulse that causes a person to act
Motivation - correct answer ✔an internal process that makes a person move
toward a goa
- purpose or driving force behind our actions
Drive Reduction Theory - correct answer ✔Actions are done in order to
reduce needs or drives and maintain a constant physiological state
(homeostasis)
Intrinsic motivation - correct answer ✔to act for the sake of the activity alone
- based on internal drive or perception
Extrinsic motivation - correct answer ✔to act for external rewards
- based on external circumstances
Incentive - correct answer ✔environmental stimulus that pulls people to act
in a particular way
Intelligence - correct answer ✔Capacity to learn from experience, apply this
to furure endeavors and adapt successfully to one's environment
Intelligence quotient (IQ) - correct answer ✔performance relative to same-
aged peers
,Interpersonal intelligence - correct answer ✔ability to understand other
people
Intrapersonal intelligence - correct answer ✔ability to understand one's self,
recognize and manage emotions
Analytical Intelligence
Practical intelligence
Creative intelligence - correct answer ✔Sternberg's Theory of Triarchic
Intelligence
Analytical intelligence - correct answer ✔academic problem solving and
computation
Practical intelligence - correct answer ✔street smarts and common sense
creative intelligence - correct answer ✔imaginative and innovative problem
solving
Musical, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, verbal-linguistic, logical-
mathematical, naturalistic, intrapersonal, visual-spatial - correct answer
✔Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligence (enumerate 8)
nuclei - correct answer ✔locations of neuron cell bodies within the CNS
ganglia - correct answer ✔locations of neuron cell bodies in the peiphery
Tracts - correct answer ✔locations of axons in the CNS
,nerves - correct answer ✔locations of axons in the periphery
Gray matter - correct answer ✔- a continuous cortical sheath that appears
darker and even a bit grayish
- contains cell bodies of neurons
nuclei - correct answer ✔gray matter found in large clusters of cells deep
within the cerebral hemisphere and brainstem
white matter - correct answer ✔- lighter than gray matter
- comprises axon tracts
Gyrus - correct answer ✔the outwardly rounded ridges of cortex
sulcus - correct answer ✔the grooves between the gyri
fissure - correct answer ✔deep sulcus
Thalamus - correct answer ✔relay stations for sensory information
Hypothalamus - correct answer ✔maintains homeostasis and integrates
endocrine system
basal ganglia - correct answer ✔smoothens movements and helps maintain
postural stability
, limbic system - correct answer ✔controls emotions and memory
septal nuclei - correct answer ✔pleasure-seeking
amygdala - correct answer ✔fear and aggression
hippocampus - correct answer ✔memory
fornix - correct answer ✔communication within limbic system
midbrain - correct answer ✔contains inferior and superior colliculi
hindbrain - correct answer ✔cerebellum, medulla oblongata, reticular
formation
Frontal - correct answer ✔- executive function
- impulse control
- long-term planning
- motor function
- speech production
Parietal - correct answer ✔- sensation of touch, pressure, temperature, and
pain
- spatial processing
- orientation and manipulation
occipital - correct answer ✔visual processing
