Themes in Intelligence
This early IQ test compared people's chronological age against their mental age in mathematical and verbal reasoning.
The Stanford-Binet IQ test
A person looking for Oreos in the store starts at the lefthand side of the store and goes meticulously down each aisle to search for the cookies. Here, the person is using this problem-solving strategy.
An algorithm
Liam sees a rock as just a rock, but Marta sees it as a paperweight, a tool to hammer nails, and a ball for playing catch. Here, Marta can overcome
Functional fixedness
These types of memories are vivid, emotional, and visceral - but not always stable or accurate, as determined by retrieval research.
Flashbulb memories
This type of test may highlight skills that predict an individual's future success in a field of study.
Aptitude test
To give his patient a diagnosis, Dr. Strom looks at their major symptoms and prescribes general antibiotics. Here, the doctor is using this type of problem-solving strategy.
A heuristic
Gambler's fallacy
Melly knows that she learned the term for creative thinking on a Friday in psych, it was near the end of the presentation, it starts with "D"...
Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon (retrieval failure)
This debate in intelligence testing asks whether one should focus on various discrete intelligences, "s," or the summation of those intelligences, "g."
Specific or generalized
Lawshe and Harris created the Purdue Creativity Test. A high score on this test may indicate high levels of this concept.
Divergent thinking
By using the same procedure to do all the math problems on his homework, Marc was unable to see an alternative strategy on a creative thinking problem. This failure to see a new problem-solving solution is most likely due to
Mental set
Lia isn't remembering the actual time she got food poisoning - she's remembering the last time she remembered it, with all the new information she has accumulated since.
Constructive memory (misinformation effect)
When separated from their biological parents, adoptive children's numerical and verbal reasoning skills correlated most closely with their
Biological parents
When asked to picture "dessert," many people may immediately call to mind an image of a chocolate chip cookie because it best represents this concept.
Their mental prototype
Lisle sees a car marked down on Carvana from "$14,301" to "AMAZING SALE - $9,999." He is more likely to purchase this car due to...
Framing
After severe head trauma, Xander is unable to create or encode any new memories.
Anterograde amnesia
This facet of intelligence may consistently increase throughout the life span as one accumulates more general knowledge.
Crystallized intelligence
This problem-solving phenomenon may occur in 0.3 seconds or less, and can be recorded using EEG in the temporal region of the cortex.
Insight
Because Millie has a flashbulb memory of barfing raw fish during her childhood, she assumes that most seafood is unsafe for consumption. This best illustrates...
Availability heuristic
This term allowed Ignacio to keep the phone number to Domino's Pizza in his short-term memory long enough to dial it. However, it was never encoded into long-term storage - he has to look it up every time he wants a pizza.
Maintenance rehearsal