Intelligent Behaviors and Social Psychology

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Course Outline

  1. Fourteen Intelligent Behaviors
  2. Plutchik’s Fundamental Emotions
  3. Strategies for Emotion Management
  4. Foundations of Social Psychology
  5. Interactions and Relationships
  6. Person Perception and Judgment
  7. Social Norms and Behavior

1. Fourteen Intelligent Behaviors

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Intelligent behavior: A way of conducting oneself that manifests dispositions associated with efficient and effective problem-solving.
  • Metacognition: Awareness of how one is thinking or knowledge of what is occurring in one’s mind.
  • Creativity: The application of ingenuity, originality, and insight to generate original, unique, clever, or useful products, solutions, and techniques.

Essential Points

  • The fourteen intelligent behaviors are persistence, overcoming impulsiveness, listening to others, flexibility in thinking, metacognition, checking for accuracy and precision, questioning and problem-posing, applying past knowledge to new situations, precision of language and thought, using all the senses, creativity, living with a sense of wonderment, cooperation, and sense of humor.
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1. Which description best captures what an intelligent behavior is?

2. Which of the following lists includes only examples of the fourteen intelligent behaviors?

3. What is the key component of overcoming impulsiveness before beginning a task?

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What is intelligent behavior?

A way of conducting oneself that shows dispositions for efficient problem-solving.

Name three of the fourteen intelligent behaviors.

Persistence, overcoming impulsiveness, and listening to others.

What does overcoming impulsiveness involve before starting a task?

Planning, clarifying goals, exploring alternatives, and considering consequences.

What is metacognition?

Awareness of how one is thinking or knowledge of one's mind activity.

What is creativity?

Applying originality and insight to create unique or useful products or solutions.

What are Plutchik's eight fundamental emotions?

Joy, trust, fear, surprise, sadness, disgust, anger, and anticipation.

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