Unit 6 Flashcards

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Mental Operations

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Cognitive actions that can be performed on objects or ideas.

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Deductive Reasoning

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Drawing conclusions from facts; characteristic of formal-operational thought.

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Working Memory

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Type of memory in which a small number of items can be stored briefly.

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Long-Term Memory

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Permanent storehouse for memories that has unlimited capacity.

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Organization

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As applied to children’s memory, a strategy in which information to be remember is structured so that related information is placed together.

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Elaboration

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Memory strategy in which information is embellished to make it more memorable.

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Metamemory

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Person’s informal understanding of memory; includes the ability to diagnose memory problems accurately and to monitor the effectiveness of memory strategies.

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Metacognitive Knowledge

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A person’s knowledge and awareness of cognitive processes.

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Cognitive Self-Regulation

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Skill at identifying goals, selecting effective strategies, and monitoring accurately; a characteristic of successful students.

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10
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Psychometricians

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Psychologists who specialize in measuring psychological traits such as intelligence and personality.

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Fluid Intelligence

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The ability to reason and think abstractly and solve problems. Independent of learning, experience, and tradition.

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Crystallized Intelligence

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Based upon facts and rooted in experiences. Becomes stronger as we age, accumulating new knowledge and understanding.

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Linguistic Intelligence

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Knowing the meanings of words, having the ability to use words to understand new ideas, and using language to convey ideas to others.

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Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

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Understanding relations that exist among objects, actions, and ideas as well as the logical or mathematical operations that can be performed on them.

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Spatial Intelligence

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Perceiving objects accurately and imagining in the mind’s eye the appearance of an object before and after it has been transformed.

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Musical Intelligence

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Comprehending and producing sounds varying in pitch, rhythm, and emotional tone.

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Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

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Using one’s body in highly differentiated ways as dancers, craftspeople, and athletes do.

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Interpersonal Intelligence

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Identifying different feelings, moods, motivations, and intentions in others.

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Intrapersonal Intelligence

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Understanding one’s emotions and knowing one’s strengths and weaknesses.

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Naturalistic Intelligence

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Understanding the natural world, distinguishing natural objects from artifacts, and grouping and labeling natural phenomena.

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Existential Intelligence

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Considering “ultimate” issues, such as the purpose of life and the nature of death.

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Emotional Intelligence

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Ability to use one’s own and others’ emotions effectively for solving problems and living happily.

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Analytic Ability

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In Sternberg’s theory of intelligence, the ability to analyze problems and generate different solutions.

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Creative Ability

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In Sternberg’s theory of intelligence, the ability to deal adaptively with novel situations and problems.

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Practical Ability
In Sternberg's theory of intelligence, the ability to know which problem solutions are likely to work.
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Mental Age (MA)
In intelligence testing, a measure of children's performance corresponding to the chronological age of those whose performance equals the child's.
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Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
Mathematical representation of how a person scores on an intelligence test in relation to how other people of the same age score.
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Culture-Fair Intelligence Tests
Intelligence tests devised using items common to many cultures.
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Stereotype Threat
An evoked fear of being judged in accordance with a negative stereotype about a group to which you belong.
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Divergent Thinking
Thinking in novel and unusual directions.
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Intellectual Disability
Substantially below-average intelligence and problems adapting to an environment that emerge before the age of 18.
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Learning Disability
When a child with normal intelligence has difficulty mastering at least one academic subject.
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Word Recognition
The process of identifying a unique pattern of letters.
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Comprehension
The process of extracting meaning from a sequence of words.
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Phonological Awareness
The ability to hear the distinctive sounds of letters.
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Knowledge-Telling Strategy
Writing down information as it is retrieved from memory, a common practice for young writers.
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Knowledge-Transforming Strategy
Deciding what information to include and how best to organize it to convey a point.