Classes 11-13 Flashcards
Thinking
cognition/the mental
Concepts
building blocks of thinking (mental grasping of similar objects, events, or ideas of people)
Insight
a sudden and often novel realization of the solution to the problem; provides a sense of satisfaction
Confirmation Bias
a tendency to search for information that confirms one’s preconceptions
Fixation
inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an impediment to problem solving
Mental Set
a tendency to approach a problem in a particular way especially a way that has been successful in the past but may or may not apply
Heuristics
use or misuse; overconfidence
Intelligence
plotted on a bell curve
IQ: Intelligence Quotient
measurement of one’s intelligence
Aptitude Test
predicted ability to learn new concepts
Achievement Test
retrieve learned information
Howard Gardner
researcher, developed theory of multiple intelligence
Motivation
the need or desire that serves to energize behavior and direct it toward a goal
Instinct Theory
idea by Charles Darwin; that behaviors were instinct
Drive Reduction Theory
(when Instinct Theory collapsed) idea that a physiological need creates a aroused state that then forces the organism to reduce it’s need