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What is cognition?
The process of thinking mentally processing information such as concepts, language, and images
What is intelligence?
The ability to solve problems, learn from experience, and use knowledge to adapt to novel situations
What is the definition of language?
our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning.
"Chair", "freedom", and "ball" are all examples of what?
Concepts
What chromosome do people with Down syndrome have an extra copy of?
Chromosome 21
When does the "babbling stage" begin?
4 months
When does the "two word stage" begin?
About age 2
What is the inability to see a problem from a fresh perspective called?
Fixation
Who conducted a famous study of high IQ children?
Lewis Terman
In general, males score higher than females on tests of
What is the definition used for telegraphic speech?
"go car"
The basketball players could remember the main points of their coaches half time talk, but not her exact words. This is because they encoded the information...
Semantically
What does heritability relate to?
A measure of how well differences in people's genes account for differences in their traits
What is stereotype threat?
A self confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
Children are said to have an intellectual disability if they have difficulty adapting to the demands of independent living and have IQ scores below
70
What are the components of emotional intelligence
empathy, effective communication or social skills, self-awareness, self-regulation, and motivation.
What is crystallized intelligence?
The accumulation of knowledge, facts, and skills that are acquired throughout life
What did Carol Dweck study?
Human motivation
Charles Spearman's g refers to
Genereal intelligence
The most widely used modern intelligence test was developed by
David Wechsler
According to Noam Chomsky, what is the most essential environmental stimulus necessary for language acquisition
Name the six characteristics and resources that a creative person requires according to Sternberg's theory
Intellectual abilities, knowledge, styles of thinking, personality, motivation, and environment
What does the Flynn effects refer to?
Gradual improvement in intelligence test scores over the last several decades
Heritability of intelligence refers to
The amount of group variation in intelligence that can be attributed to genetics
Recent research about brain size and function suggests that
People who are smarter use less energy when solving problems