Clinical Psyc-Chapter 7 Definitions

Question 1

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 1

-what we have learned in life, both from formal education and general life experiences.

Question 2

Episodic Memory

Answer 2

-memory of a person’s direct experiences

Question 3

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 3

-the ability to solve novel problems; innate intellectual potential

Question 4

Flynn Effect

Answer 4

-the observed trend that IQ scores in developed countries have increased over the past few decades

Question 5

Full Scale IQ

Answer 5

-the total score for an intelligence scale obtained by summing scores on verbal and non-verbal scales; usually referred to as IQ

Question 6

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Answer 6

-general factor shared by all intellectual activities

Question 7

Premorbid IQ

Answer 7

-Intellectual functioning prior to an accident or the onset of a neurological decline

Question 8

Representativeness

Answer 8

-extent to which a sample reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is drawn

Question 9

Semantic Memory

Answer 9

-memory of general knowledge of words, concepts, and events