General Perception
When people attend to mentions of their name in loud environments
What is cocktail party effect?
These give the illusion of depth on flat two-dimensional surfaces.
What are monocular depth cues?
Mental shortcuts to make quick judgements
What are heuristics?
The idea that if a person is good at one thing they will be good at everything else.
What is general intelligence/g-factor/g?
When an exam measures what it is designed to be measured.
What is validity?
When one relies primarily on internal prior expectations when making decisions.
What is top-down processing?
The perception of movement due to adjacent lights turning on and off.
What is the phi phenomenon?
What is a prototype?
The intelligence theory including practical, analytical, and creative aspects.
What is triarchic theory?
When an exam yields similar results each time it is administered.
What is reliability?
This occurs when differences to the environment are not perceived due to inattention.
What is change blindness?
Retinal disparity and convergence
What are binocular depth cues?
Recalling the first or most vivid example that comes to mind
What is availability heuristic?
The idea that IQ scores have generally increased generation to generation over the last 100 years.
What is the Flynn effect?
Administering exams using consistent procedures and environments.
What is standardization?
Closure, figure and ground, proximity, and similarity are all perceptual prinicples from this school of psychology.
What is Gestalt psychology?
The perception of movement due to rapid viewing of slightly different images.
What is stroboscopic movement?
The tendency to perceive an object only in terms of its more common use.
What is functional fixedness?
The two gentlemen that created the first intelligence test.
Who are Simon and Binet?
An exam that predicts how someone will perform in the future.
What is an aptitude test?
An interaction of sensation and perception that is affected by internal and external processes.
What is attention?
These maintain the perception of an object even when the images of the object change.
What are perceptual constancies?
Cognitive processes that allow individuals to generate, organize, and carry out behaviors and experience critical thinking.
What are executive functions?
The intelligence quotient formula.
What is (Mental Age/Chronological Age) x 100?
A self-confirming conern that one will be evaluated based on a negative generalization.
What is a stereotype threat?