Problem Solving
This type of thinking expands the number of possible problem solutions
What is Divergent?
These are designed to test what a person has learned in a particular area.
What are Achievement Tests
This cognitive process affects how well you encode information. If you do not do this process, encoding does not happen.
What is Attention?
Lapses of attention & forgetting to do things
What is Absent-mindedness?
Syntax refers to...
What is the structure of the sentence?
The way something is presented might hinder success.
What is framing?
Describe the difference between Fixed and Growth Intelligence.
Fixed: Avoiding challenges & contradicting info
Growth: focused on the process, not the result
This part of your brain is a mental white board using mental imagery
What is Visuospatial Sketchpad?
This happens when stored information cannot be accessed even though we know we learned/experienced it
Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon
This refers to the ability to retrieve information without having any hints or cues.
What is Recall?
Name 3 problem solving strategies.
Algorithms
Trial & Error
Insight
Creativity
Draw the normal distribution for intelligence quotients (IQ).
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The more you practice something and come back to it, the easier it will encode. (Long-term potentiation)
Ms. Foianini remembers learning a new fun fact from her friend Doug. However, she actually learned this from her other friend Grace. This describes...
What is Misattribution?
You must have an IQ below this number to be considered intellectually disabled.
What is 70?
This mental shortcut is used to make judgements & are based on prior knowledge.
What is a Representative Heuristic?
This type of intelligence focuses on solving new problems, responding in new situations and identify patterns.
Fluid Intelligence
This part of the brain is most responsible for memory processing.
What is the Hippocampus?
Describe the difference between Proactive and Retroactive Interference.
Proactive Interference: prior learning hinders/alters the way you recall new info
Retroactive Interference: new learning/info disrupts the recall of old info
This part of your brain helps control your implicit and muscle memory.
What is the Cerebellum?
Ms. Foianini decided to continue playing soccer even though the doctor told her not to. She did not want to waste the rest of the season even though she could have injured herself further. This scenario describes...
Sunk-Cost Fallacy
This theory focuses on the idea that we have a level of intelligence that underlines all abilities
What is General Intelligence (Spearman)?
Describe the difference between Prospective and Retrospective memory.
Retrospective Memory: Memory for events that have previously occurred
Prospective Memory: Memory for events that have not happened yet.
Describe the difference between Retrograde and Anterograde Amnesia.
Retrograde: loss of OLD/PAST memories from before injury/trauma
Anterograde: inability to form NEW long term memories
These cells take care of the neurons in your body.
What are Glial Cells?