Chapter 7 Cognition Language And Intelligence Flashcards
Concepts
Categories that allow us to quickly comprehend information
Formal concepts
Rules and definitions
Natural concepts
They arise out of every day experiences
Framing
The way information is presented so as to emphasize either a potential gains or potential loss as the outcome in decision-making
Anchoring
Over estimation of the importance of the factor by focusing on it to the exclusion of other relevant factors
Functional fixedness
Failure to use the Milear objects in novel ways to solve problems
Mental set
The tendency to continue to use the same old method even though another approach might be better
Artificial intelligence
Programming of computer systems to stimulate human thinking in solving problems and in making judgments and decisions
Psycholinguistics
The study of how language is acquired produced used and how the sounds of symbols of language or translated into meaning
Benjamin wharf
The linguistic relativity hypothesis
Linguistic relativity hypothesis
The notion that a language person speaks largely determines the nature of that person’s thoughts
Charles spearman
Believe that intelligence is composed of a general ability factor and a number of specific abilities… G factor
Thurstone
Proposed seven primary mental abilities that singly or in combination are involved in all intellectual activities. They are verbal comprehension, numerical ability, spatial relations, perceptual speed, word fluency, memory, reasoning
Gardner’s theory
Theory of multiple intelligences:
Linguistic, musical, logical mathematical, spatial, bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalistic
Sternberg
Triarchic theory of intelligence: three types..
Contextual
Componetial
Experimental
