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What is mental set
Tendency people have to only use solutions that have worked in the past
What type of test is the Binet-Simon
Series of tests designed to assess mental abilites
Crystallized Intelligence
Accumulation of knowledge throughout life
What is Heritability
Portion of variation among individuals in population that results from genetic causes
Encoding
Process of putting info into memory
Functional fixedness
View problems only in their customary manner
What is the Standford-Binet intelligence test
Modified test, varied ages as well as broader range of subjects
Howard Gardner's Theory
Describes 8 distinct types of intelligence bases on skills
The Flynn effect
IQ scores rising
Storage
Creation of a permanent record of encoded info
Confirmation bias
confirming that your solution is right
What is general intelligence
If you score well on one then you will score well in the next
Savant syndrome
Condition which person otherwise limited in mental ability has exceptional specific skill
recall
Acess info w/o being cued
retrieval
Calling back of stored info on demand when needed
Belief perserverance is also known as what
denial
John Horn and Raymond Cattell
They were determines that spearman's g should be divided into 2
Emotional Intelligence
Ability to perceive, control, evaluate emotions
Recognition
Identifying info after experiencing it again
Info processing model
Model of memory
What is intelligence
Ability to learn from ones experiences, knowledge and problem solving
Fluid intelligence
Ability to reason and think flexibility
What does WAIS stand for
Wechsler Intelligence Scales
relearning
Learn for the second time
Memory
Persisted over time, info that is stored