Thinking & Intelligence Flashcards
What are the 3 general public factors that contribute to general factors for “intelligence”?
- Verbal Ability 2. Practical Problem Solving Abilities 3. Social Competence
Former theories about intelligence have been poorly defined b/c of?
its constructs do not directly measure intelligence
____, ability to reason abstractly in novel environments & situations
Fluid Intelligence
How do we measure intelligence?
Psychometrics, IQ Test, Raven Matrices, WAIS, etc.
What 2 things is working memory store composed of?
- Short-term Memory 2. Attentional System
___, the component of the working memory system that holds information coming from sensory memory & long term memory
Short-term Memory
___, ones ability to control attention is related to ones potential to reason abstractly
Attention-Intelligence
In dealing with attention-intelligence, the constructs related to ‘intelligence” are latent variables b/c why?
they are not directly observable
___, a humans control over a continued set of behaviors, cognitive processes, or goals
Attention
What are the 2 key properties of attention?
Selective & Limited Attentions
Which of the 2 key properties of attention is how the mental focus can be (but not always) intentionally directed?
Selective Attention
Which of the 2 key properties of attention is how cognitive processing cannot occur for all stimuli simultaneously?
Limited Attention
Tasks that measure working memory capacity (WMC) reliably reflect ones ability to ___
Control Attention
___, works in conjunction with attentional processes (controlled attention) b/c attention is directed to information while it is actively being manipulated in our working memory
Working Memory & Intelligence
___ task requires that individuals focus on one primary task & goal (e.g., simple digit, word span)
SingleTtask
___ task requires individuals switch between 2 tasks & its goals (e.g., OSPAN, RSPAN) & extra processing
Dual Task
What 2 dual task test seem to measure an important aspect of real-world high-level cognition (thinking)?
OSPAN & RSPAN
Which of the 2 dual task test made individuals remember symbols that appeared in a box then were told to say out loud whether or not the math equation is true or false?
OSPAN
___, measures interference through the use of incongruent colored words (say the color & not the word)
Stroop Task
In the ___ trials the colored words matched the color & had a 75% achieving rate
Congruent Trials
In the ___ trials the colored words did not match the color & had a 25% achieving rate
Incongruent Trials
According to the Stroop Task, low span individuals were significantly less accurate than high span individuals b/c why?
The manipulation increased goal neglect for low span individuals
___, pupils tend to dilate when mental effort is exerted or when processing load is increased
Task-Evoked Pupil Dilations
In task-evoked pupil dilation ___ = high span individuals & ___ = low span individuals
Undilated Pupils & Dilated Pupils
