Unit 5.5 Flashcards
Metacognition
Thinking about thinking
Concept vs prototype
Mental catagory vs ideal example of concept
5 components of creativity spearman
EIVIC
Expertise
Imagination
Venturesome
Intrinsic motivation
Creative environment
Convergent vs divergent
Coming together on one solution vs
Trying to think of many solutions
Problem solving methods
Trail sand error
Algorithm
Heuristics
Insight
Obstacles to problem solving
Confirmation bias
Fixation
functional fixedness
Mental set
Availability vs Representative heuristic
Judging something based on How available something is to your memory vs Judging something based on how well it matches your prototype
Belief perservenrence
Maintaining belief even after being proven wrong
Phoneme vs morpheme
Smallest unit of sound
Smallest unit carrying meaning
Grammar
Semantics- rules for language
Syntax-order of words in a sentence
Stages of language development
Babbling
One word/Holophrasic
Two word/telegraphic
Overgeneralization
Over generalizing grammar rules
Goed raned
Skinner was __ Chomsky was __
Nurture
Nature, nativist
Chomsky
Nature
Universal grammar-we all use same basic elements and babies instinctively aquire language(LAD)
Surface vs deep
The word vs what it means
Broca’s area is __ wernickes area is ____
Speech /comprehension
Whorf
Language affects how we think
Can’t think of something we don’t have a word for
FALSE
General intelligence theory
Spearman
g-general intellegence
S-specific intelligences
Thursons 7 mental abilities
2S2Armp
Opposed spearman
Fluency,comprehension,special ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, reasoning, memory
Gardner multiple intelligences
Visual
Musical
Kinesthetic
Interpersonal (people smart)
Intrapersonal(self smart)
Mathematical
Linguistic
Naturalist
Bob sternburg trairchic theory
Analytical (academic)
Practical (street smarts)
Creative
Social intelligence
Knowing how to navigate social situations
Brain size..
Correlates with intelligence and complexity
Processing/perceptual/neurological speed correlates with intelligence
Binet/Simon
Beleived intellegence could increase
Wanted to aid in education
Developed IQ test/mental age
Terman Beleived in
Innate IQ
Developed Stanford-Binet
Led into eugenics
Modern IQ tests
Aptitude tests-Tests capacity to learn
Acheivment tests-test knowledge
WAIS/WISC-scale for children
Crystallized vs fluid intelligence
Increases with age (facts/knowledge)
Decreases with age (reasoning/abstract thought)
Flynn effect
IQ scores consistently continue increasing over time
Reliable is ___ valid is ___
Same results every time
Tests what it should
Types of validity
Construct/Content-measures what it claims to
Predictive validity-indicates future ability
