Definition
Methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees you'll solve a particular problem
Algorithm
What are Sternberg's three of intelligence
Analytical, creative, and practical
Impaired ability to speak words describes which procedure?
Broca's area
Ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
Creativity
What is the average IQ?
100
Simple thinking strategy that often allows you to make judgement & solve problems efficiently; speedier but more error prone
Heuristic
Spearman's General Intelligence
A basic intelligence predicts our abilities in many different academic areas
Impaired ability to understand words describes which procedure?
Wernicke's Area
Fast, automatic feelings and thoughts; includes insight heuristics, and other forms of unconscious processing
Intuition
What's a standardized test?
defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a presented group
Tendency to search for info that supports our preconceptions & ignore or distort evidence that contradicts them
Confirmation Bias
Three areas of intelligence that predict real world success
Sternberg's Triarchic Theory
Speaking, perceiving, thinking, remembering is the brain operating by ________?
dividing its mental functions into smaller tasks
Overestimating the accuracy of our beliefs and judgements
Overconfidence
Art work, musical performances, compute #'s rapidly, identify almost instantly the day of the week that matches any given date in history
Savant
Expands number of possible problem solutions
Divergent Thinking
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
Our abilities are best viewed as eight independent intelligences which include a broad range of skills beyond traditional school smarts
Scans show that different neural networks in your brain are activated by
Nouns and verbs
Ignoring evidence that proves our beliefs are wrong
Belief Perseverance
What slows down normal development?
Malnutrition, sensory deprivation, and social isolation
inability to see a problem from a new perspective; an obstacle to problem solving
Fixation
Linguistic, naturalistic, and spatial are examples of?
Gardner's 8 intelligences
Why is it so difficult to learn a new language in adulthood?
Our brain's critical period for language learning is in childhood, when we can absorb language structure almost effortlessly.
Wording a question or statement so that it evokes a desired response
Framing
What is the original IQ formula that worked fairly for children but not for adults?
A persons mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100