Exam 2 Review Flashcards
Intelligence
Global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, think rationally, and deal effectively with his environment
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General intellectual capacity
IQ (intelligence quotient)
Score on intelligence tests that reflects general intellectual capacity
IQ from childhood into adulthood is?
Very stable
What is the Flynn effect?
The Flynn effect is an increase in average IQ scores over the 20th century
What are the probable causes of the Flynn Effect
Advances in education, greater use of technology, and more people being engaged in intellectually demanding work
Crystallized Intelligence
Learned abilities based on education and experienced, measured by vocabulary and by verbal comprehension
What is crystallized intelligence dependent on?
Dependent on education and experience
Fluid Intelligence
Basic adaptive abilities
(reflects more basic, physiologically-based types of ability
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requires adaptation to new situations,
shows mild decrease at earlier ages [35-40yrs old])
Memory
Abilities to retain or store information and retrieve it when needed
3 Memory Stores
Sensory store, short-term store, long-term store
Sensory store
information is detected by the senses and processed briefly by the perceptual system
Long-term Store
Information is stored– both facts (in the semantic memory) and events (in the episodic memory)
Short-term Store
Information is held “in mind” for immediate recall (primary memory) or for active processing (working memory
Short-term (Primary) memory
Information held for a brief period of (i.e. 30 seconds); reflects the passive maintenance of information
(Example: looking up a phone number and repeating it to yourself)
