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Chapter 7: Thinking and Intelligence Flashcards

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cognition

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Thinking, processes associated with perception, knowledge, problem-solving, judgment language, memory 

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Cognitive psychology

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Part of psych interested in how people think

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Concepts

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Category/groupings of linguistic info, images, ideas, or memories

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Why are concepts important?

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Used them to see relationships among elements of your experiences in to keep info on your mind organize/accessible

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Prototype

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Best example/representation of a concept. .
Example 1st bird comes to mind is a regular burgers, we went think of penguins they’re not prototypical birds

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Natural concepts

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Naturally created the experiences, either direct or indirect
Example hurricanes are direct snow is indirect for Louisiana

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Artificial concepts

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Define by specific set of characteristics
Example geometric shapes a triangle always at three sides

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Schema

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Mental construct, consisting of cluster/collection of related concepts
- Help, organizing info in brain

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Role schema

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Makes assumptions about how individuals in certain roles will behave
Always a possibility of a person may differ from their assume roll

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Event, schema, a.k.a. cognitive script

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Set a behaviors that feel like a routine
Ex what I do when I enter class
Behaviors become automatic, make them difficult to change
Ex driving to work on a day off

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Language

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Communication system using word/stomach rules to organize words to transmit info
All animals communicate; but only humans use language

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Lexicon

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Words of a given language (vocabulary)

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Grammar

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Set of rules that are used to convey meaning through use of lexicon

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Phonemes

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Basic sound unit of a given language; different languages have different sets of phonemes

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Morphemes

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Smallest unit of a language I have a
Ex : prefixes, root word, and suffixes

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Semantics

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Process which we derive meaning from morphemes and words

Sally hit the car versus the car hit Sally

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Syntax

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Way words organized into sentences

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Infinite generativity

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Ability to produce endless numbers of meaningful sentences, using a finite set at a word/rules
- every sentence has already been said

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Skinner

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Behaviorism: regards infant as starting from scratch and learning behaviors, based on responses or conditioning of those around them
Children produce speech we hope they never heard

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Chomsky

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Innatist theory: points out that learning from scratch can account for speed with which kids learn language, norther, generative ways of using it

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Universal, grammar,

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Oh world languages share a similar underlying structure

  • facilities, language in kids, less language processing in adults
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Language acquisition device

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Neural system of brain hypnotized to permitted understanding of a language

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Prelinguistic communication

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Sounds facial expressions, gestures, imitation, etc. that provide meaning without words

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Milestones of language development

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Crying, cooing, babbling gestures, first words

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First words

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10-18 months of age

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First sentences

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18 to 24 months

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Overgeneralization

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Extension of a Language rule, to exception to the rule

Example seeing gooses mouses instead of saying geese mice, which shows that they’re learning basic rules

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Problem-solving strategies

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Plan of action used to find a solution

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Trial and error

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Continue trying different solution to a problem is solved

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Algorithm

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Step-by-step, problem-solving, formula

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Heuristic

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Mental shortcuts used to solve problems
Rule of thumb/guesstimation

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Impulse to use heuristic occurs when 1 of five conditions are met

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Too much info, trying to make decision limited an important decision little info, making decision appropriate heuristic happens to come to mind in the same moment

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Working backwards

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Begin solving problem by focusing on end result

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Mental set 

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Persist in approaching a problem in a way that work in the past but not working now

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Functional fixedness

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Camper, Stephen object being used for something other than what it was designed for
Using butter knife as screwdriver

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Anchoring bias

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Focus on one piece of info and make a decision of solving problem
Being unable to stop focusing on a price on higher price is better benefits

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Confirmation bias

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Tendency to focus on information that confirms your existing beliefs

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Hindsight bias

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Believing you could’ve foreseen an outcome

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Representative bias

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Unintentionally, stereotype, someone or some thing because if it’s your idea of what the person should be

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Availability heuristic

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Make a decision based on an example info, or recent experience that is readily available

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Spearman’s G or general intelligence

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Consisted of one general factor which can be measured/compared among people

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Fluid intelligence (use)

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Ability to deal with new problems and situation

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Crystallized intelligence (store)

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Store of information, skills and strategies people have gained through education in prior experiences and previous use of fluid intelligence

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Analytical intelligence

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Flexible people process analyze info

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Robert Sternberg developed the triarchic theory of intelligence

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Analytical intelligence, creative intelligence, practical intelligence

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Creative intelligence

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Insightful component

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Practical intelligence

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Demands of every day environment

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Howard Gardner

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Multiple intelligence theory

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emotional intelligence

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skills that underlie accurate assessment evaluation, expression, regulation of emotions

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cultural intelligence

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how well you relate to the values of another cuklture exemplifies your cultural intelligence sometimes referred to as cultural competence

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creativity

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ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas, solutions, and possibilities

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divergent thinking

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described as “thinking outside box” allows ppl to arrive at unique, multiple solutions to a given problem

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convergent thinking

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ability to provide a correct or well-established answer ot solution to a problem

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binet test

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way to identify kids w. special assisstance

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intelligencde test

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diagnostic tool designed to measure overall thinking ability

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intelligence quotient IQ

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score describes kid’s performance
- chronological age w/ mental age

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standardization

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manner of administration, scoring, and interpretation of result is consistent

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norming

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giving a test to a large population so data can be collected comparing groups \

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wechsler scales

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provide separate measures of verbal and performance (or nonverbal) skills as well as total score

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mental age

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typical intelligence level found for ppl at a given chronological age

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chronological (physical) age

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actual age

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original formula

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mental age/chronological age X 100 = IQ
- no longer in use
- once we hit 16 our performance doesn’t increase by much (levels off)

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deviation IQ scores

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based on how someone deviates from average IQ of 100

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__ of ppl fall w/in 15 points of average (100)

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2/3
- score above 130 = gifted
- score below 70 = “developmentally delayed”

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brain size correlates w/ intelligence __ species, while its uncorrelated w/ intelligence __ species (including humans)

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across/within

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cortex of kids thicken fast; peak ~ 12

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may indicate intelligent brains take longer to mature
- also smart kids (IQ in top 10%) 7-yr olds have thinner cerebral cortex than other kids

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range of rxn

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each person responds to environment in a unique way based in their genetic makeup

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effects of poverty on intelligence

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test scores of kids w/ supplements were way higher than kids w/out them

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learning disabilities

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congnitive disorders that affect diff areas of cognition (particularly language or reading)

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dysgraphia

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struggle to write legibly

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dyslexia

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inability to correctly process lettersr

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