Classes 11-13 Flashcards

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Thinking

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cognition/the mental

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Concepts

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building blocks of thinking (mental grasping of similar objects, events, or ideas of people)

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Insight

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a sudden and often novel realization of the solution to the problem; provides a sense of satisfaction

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Confirmation Bias

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a tendency to search for information that confirms one’s preconceptions

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Fixation

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inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an impediment to problem solving

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Mental Set

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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

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Heuristics

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use or misuse; overconfidence

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Intelligence

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plotted on a bell curve

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IQ: Intelligence Quotient

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measurement of one’s intelligence

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Aptitude Test

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predicted ability to learn new concepts

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Achievement Test

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retrieve learned information

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12
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Howard Gardner

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researcher, developed theory of multiple intelligence

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Motivation

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the need or desire that serves to energize behavior and direct it toward a goal

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Instinct Theory

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idea by Charles Darwin; that behaviors were instinct

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Drive Reduction Theory

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(when Instinct Theory collapsed) idea that a physiological need creates a aroused state that then forces the organism to reduce it’s need

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Optimum Arousal

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(Arousal Theory) drive to experience the arousal

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Maslow

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developed the Hierarchy of Needs (pyramid of human needs)

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Hierarchy of Needs

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Maslow’s pyramid of human needs; physical-safety-love/belonging-self esteem-self actualization; once cannot progress unless the prior step is completed