MIDTERM CHC Flashcards
Fluid Reasoning (Gf)
The use of deliberate and controlled mental operations to solve
novel problems that cannot be performed automatically
Crystalized Knowledge (Gc)
The knowledge of the culture that is incorporated by individuals
through a process of acculturation. Gc is typically described as a
person’s breadth and depth of acquired knowledge of the
language, information and concepts of a specific culture, and/or
the application of this knowledge.
Visual Processing (Gv)
The ability to generate, store, retrieve, and transform visual
images and sensations. Gv abilities are typically measured by
tasks (figural or geometric stimuli) that require the perception
and transformation of visual shapes, forms, or images and/or
tasks that require maintaining spatial orientation with regard
to objects that may change or move through space.
* Visualization (Vz), Spatial relations (SR), Closure speed (
Short-term memory (Gsm)
The ability to apprehend and maintain awareness of a limited
number of elements of information in the immediate situation
(events that occurred in the last minute or so).
Long-term storage and retrieval (Glr)
The ability to store and consolidate new information in
long-term memory and later fluently retrieve the stored
information (e.g., concepts, ideas, items, names) through
association.
Processing Speed (Gs)
The ability to automatically and fluently perform relatively easy
or over-learned elementary cognitive tasks, especially when
high mental efficiency (i.e., attention and focused concentration)
is required.
Auditory Processing (Ga)
Abilities that depend on sound as input and on the functioning of
our hearing apparatus. A key characteristic is the extent an individual
can cognitively control (i.e., handle the competition between signal
and noise) the perception of auditory information
