Chapter 5 Flashcards
What is metacognition?
It is a person’s ability to monitor and control his/her thinking.
Differentiate between the 3 stages of memory.
Sensory memory - holds information entering from the senses for
just a few seconds.
Short-term memory - interprets information from the sensory
memory and holds information for only 15 to 30 seconds.
Long-term memory - has a seemingly limitless capacity for retaining
information.
What are some techniques to promote memory? Explain them.
Elaborative Rehearsal - thinking about the meaning of information and how it relates to other information you know.
Chunking- grouping items into a unit, like abbreviations.
Humor.
Mnemonics - organizing facts or information to easily remember them.
Organizing -breaking up large amounts of information into smaller sections.
Mood State.
List the reasons why people forget.
Interference effects
Motivated forgetting
Distortion
False memories
Mood
What is the dynamic approach?
It is a phenomenon that states that intelligence develops through social and cultural mediation. It Introduced the concept of zone of proximal development (ZPD).
What is the zone of proximal development (ZPD)?
It is the undeveloped capacity that has the potential to develop through learning opportunities.
What is emotional intelligence? (EI)
It is the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions in positive ways.
It is not hereditary, it is learned.
What is contextual intelligence? (CI)
It is the ability to understand and adapt to different contexts.
It is made of these 3 intelligences:
Analytical Intelligence.
Creative Intelligence.
Practical Intelligence.
Study the other intelligences.
List the steps in the problem-solving process.
Acknowledge the problem.
Define the problem.
Generate solutions.
Evaluate solutions.
Choose a solution.
Implement the solution.
Evaluate the outcome.
Identify the barriers in decision-making.
Mental set - is a rigid thinking habit that can hinder finding new solutions.
Functional fixedness - is a mental block that hinders creative thinking about an object’s uses. Close-mindedness.
What are the characteristics of a left-brained person?
Logical.
Analytical.
Sequential.
Writing.
Reading.
Mathematical.
Objective.
What are the characteristics of a right-brained person?
Creative.
Holistic.
Intuitive.
Random.
Subjective.
