Key Terms

Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly they will move to the bottom of the activity.

Question

analytic intelligence
automatic processing
avoidant coping
cognitive artifacts
creative intelligence
crystallized intelligence
emotion-focused coping
expertise
fluid intelligence
general intelligence (g)
practical intelligence
problem-focused coping
religious coping
Seattle Longitudinal Study
selective optimization with compensation
stressor
weathering
A strategy to deal with stress by tackling a stressful situation directly.
The process of turning to faith as a method of coping with stress.
A form of intelligence that involves such mental processes as abstract planning, strategy selection, focused attention, and information processing, as well as verbal and logical skills.
A form of intelligence that involves the capacity to be intellectually flexible and innovative.
The idea of g assumes that intelligence is one basic trait, underlying all cognitive abilities. According to this concept, people have varying levels of this general ability.
Thinking that occurs without deliberate, conscious thought. Experts process most tasks automatically, saving conscious thought for unfamiliar challenges.
The intellectual skills used in everyday problem solving. (Sometimes called tacit intelligence.)
The gradual accumulation of stressors over a long period of time, wearing down a person’s resilience and resistance.
Any situation, event, experience, or other stimulus that causes a person to feel stressed. Many circumstances that seem to be stresses become stressors for some people but not for others.
A strategy to deal with stress by changing feelings about the stressor rather than changing the stressor itself.
Intellectual tools passed down from generation to generation which may assist in learning within societies.
Specialized skills and knowledge developed around a particular activity or area of specific interest.
The first cross-sequential study of adult intelligence. This study began in 1956 and is repeated every 7 years.
The theory, developed by Paul and Margaret Baltes, that people try to maintain a balance in their lives by looking for the best way to compensate for physical and cognitive losses and to become more proficient in activities they can already do well.
Those types of basic intelligence that make learning of all sorts quick and thorough. Abilities such as short-term memory, abstract thought, and speed of thinking are all usually considered part of fluid intelligence.
Those types of intellectual ability that reflect accumulated learning. Vocabulary and general information are examples. Some developmental psychologists think crystallized intelligence increases with age, while fluid intelligence declines.
A method of responding to a stressor by ignoring, forgetting, or hiding it.
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