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Chapter 7 Flashcards

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Mathematical genius

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Issac Newton - calculus

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Inventive Genius

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Nicola Tesla - modern technology, electric car

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Creative genius

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Walt Disney

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Political genius

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Abraham Lincoln

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Literary genius

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Jane Austen - pride and prejudice

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Spatial genius

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Michelangelo - David

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Business genius

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Bill gates - Microsoft

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Moral genius

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Ghandi

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Athletic genius

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Kobe Bryant

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Coaching genius

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Nick Saban

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Musical performance genus

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Clara Schumann - pianist
Yuja wang - pianist

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Compositional genius

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Johann Sebastian Bach

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Relational genius

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Will Rogers- “I have never met a man i didn’t like”

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Whimsy genius

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Lewis Carroll
Dr. Seuss

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Over coming obstacles genius

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Helen Keller - lost sight and hearing - Anne Sullivan

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Serving genius

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Florence nightingale - Lady w/ lamp - nurse during Crimean war

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Artistic genius

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Rembrandt van rijn - $ 33 million

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Inclusion, equity, diversity genius

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Fredrick Douglass - slave

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Acting genius

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Meryl Streep

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Four fold reasoning

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  1. Diversity of intelligence
  2. difference between concept (category) and prototype (person)
  3. be inspired to strive toward own greatness and contribution
  4. Select own genius in area of interest
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Napoleon Hill

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Educated man is not one w most knowledge, but one who was developed faculties of the mind so he can aquiver anything he wants w/o violating rights of others

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IQ

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Fixed at birth - genetic
How close we get to healing invented iq depends on actions, environment, and choices

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Thinking (cognition)

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Mental activity in brain when organizing and attempting to understand information & communicating into to others

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Mental Images

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Mental representations that stand for objects/events & have a picture-like quality

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Concepts

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Ideas that represent a class or category of objects events, ideas or activities

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Prototypes

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Examples that match defining characteristics of the concepts

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Problem solving

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Goal directed cognitions

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Decision making

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Selecting among alternative choices

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Trial and error

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Random efforts at finding a solution until success/failure

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Algorithms

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Certain step by step procedures to solve certain types of problems

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Heuristics

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Rule of thumb
Educated guess that helps us narrow down the possible solutions for a problem

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Representativeness heuristic

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Associate certain type of object for all objects of that type
Red muscle car vs tan volvo

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Availability heuristic

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Use of available info to answer a question where your info is limited
Scared of aircraft’s but really the safest option just hear about

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Working backwards heuristic

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Start from end goal and work out plan to achieve said goal

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Subgoals

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Mechanism to achieving larger goals

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Insight learning

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Sudden perception of a solution to a problem
“aha” moment
Alternative perspective
Permanent forms of learning

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Functional fixedness

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Fixed on one type of learning that they ignore other methods that might be superior

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Mental sets

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Tendency to persist in using problem solving methods that have worked in the past
Punishing in parenting

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Confirmation bias

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Tendency to search for evidence that fits one’s beliefs while ignoring any evidence that doesn’t fit beliefs

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Creativity

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Process of solving problems by combining ideas or behavior in new ways

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Convergent thinking

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Pulling ideas together to form a decision

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Divergent thinking

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Exploring many perspectives that might contribute towards an eventual solution

43
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Earl Nightingale

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5% of people think
5% of people think they think
90% of people have no idea how to think

44
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Napoleon Hill

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An educated optan is not one with the most knowledge but rather an educated man is one who has developed the faculties of their mind to acquire anything they want (or equivalent) without violating the rights of others

45
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Nightingale examples

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Lost keys
Getting good grades
Arguing with spouse
Personal challenge
Debt

46
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Intelligence

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Ability to learn from one’s experiences, acquired knowledge, and use resources effectively in adapting to new situations or solving problems

47
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Spearman’s G factor

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General intelligence
High G linked with high S

48
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Spearman’s S factor

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Specific intelligence

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Gardeners multiple intelligence

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Verbal linguistic
Musical
Logical/mathematical
Visual/spatial
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Naturalistic
Existential (big picture, meaning of life)

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Robert Sternberg’s triarchic theory

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Analytical intelligence: book smart
Creative intelligence: artists, composers, creative people
Practical intelligence: street smart, deal w challenges as they arrive

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Cattell-horn-Carroll (CHC) theory

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Crystallized intelligence: accumulation of knowledge, increase over time
Fluid intelligence: ability to process info effectively, subject to environment and choices of individual, must use brain vigorously or else it will decline in ability to think effectively

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Alfred Binet

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Metal ability test
Originator of IQ tests
Place children in right grade

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Stanford Binet

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One of two major IQ tests

54
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David Wechsler Intelligence Scale

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One of two IQ tests

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IQ

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Intelligence quotient
MA/CA X 100
Mental age/chronological age

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Deviation IQ

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Average IQ is fixed at 100 with standard deviation of 115

57
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Bell curve

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68% 85-115
96% 70-130
99.7 55-145

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Reliability

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Does it measure consistently

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Validity

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Does it measure what it is designed to measure

60
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Intellectual disability

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Retardation
Mild, moderate, severe, profound

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Giftedness

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Are smart people likely to be more crazy
60 year study
Early on: socially well adjusted, skillful leaders, above average physique, resistant to mental disorders
Adulthood: more academic degrees, greater success (professional, financial, relational, self image), Lowe levels of mental disorders
Early pushing found to be destructive

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Emotional intelligence

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Twin and adoptive studies
More DNA related, higher IQ correlation
Same environmental conditions, higher IQ correlation

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