Chapter 5 and 6 Flashcards
What is fluid intelligence?
The ability to reason, see relationships, think abstractly, and hold information in mind while working on a problem
What is crystallized intelligence?
One’s accumulated knowledge of the world and the procedures or mental models one has developed from past learning and experience
What are the steps of dynamic testing?
- Test
- Learn
- Re-test
Describe rule-learning, and example learning
Rule learners memorize principles, or step-by-step lists, and, “rules,” and carry them from problem to problem.
Example learners memorize situations or, “examples,” and compare new problems to the old example in their mind
What is the proper name of a nerve cell?
Neuron
What is the connection between neurons called?
Synapse
Define deliberate practice
goal directed, often solitary, consists of repeated efforts to reach beyond current level of performance.
Define elaboration
the process of finding additional layers of meaning in new material