Chapter 14: Individual Differences in Cognition Flashcards
Concrete-operational stage
Book definition: “The third of Piaget’s four stages of development, during which a child has systematic schemes for thinking about the physical world. (p. 340)”
Conservation
Book definition: “A term used by Piaget to refer to the particular properties of objects that are preserved under certain transformations. (p. 341)”
Crystallized intelligence
Book definition: “Cattell’s term for the factor in intelligence that depends on acquired knowledge. (p. 358)”
Factor analysis
Book definition: “In the context of intelligence tests, a statistical method that tries to find a set of factors that will account for performance across a range of tests. (p. 356)”.
Fluid intelligence
Book definition: “Cattell’s term for the factor in intelligence that depends on the ability to reason or solve problems. (p. 358)”
Formal-operational stage
Book definition: “The fourth of Piaget’s four stages of development, during which a child has abstract schemes for reasoning about the world. (p. 340)”
Intelligence quotient (IQ)
Book definition: “A measure of general intellectual performance that is normed to have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. (p. 353)”
Preoperational stage
Book definition: “The second of Piaget’s four stages of development, during which a child has unsystematic schemes for thinking about the physical world. (p. 340)”
Psychometric test
Book definition: “A test of various aspects of a person’s intellectual performance. (p. 353)”
Sensory-motoric stage
Book definition: “The first of Piaget’s four stages of development, during which a child lacks basic schemes for thinking about the physical world and experiences it in terms of sensations and actions. (p. 340)”
