______ is a form of communication that involves spoken, written, or gestural symbols combined in a rule-based form.
Language
According to the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence this type of intelligence is defined by having "good common sense" and "streets smarts"
What is practical intelligence?
____ has limited capacity system for temporary storage and manipulation of information for complex tasks such as comprehension, learning, and reasoning
Working Memory
The Bobo Doll Study demonstrated what?
observational learning
7+/- 2
____ is a rules for combining words and morphemes into meaningful phrases and sentences
Syntax
The observation that each generation has a significantly higher IQ than the previous generation is known as the:
What is the Flynn effect?
The forgetting curve demonstrates that we retain about ______ of information after we learn it the first time.
20%
This type of learning, in which the stimulus or experience occurs before the behavior and then gets paired or associated with the behavior, is known as
What is classical conditioning?
______ is the control center of working memory; coordinates attention and information exchanges.
Central Executive
This is a mental shortcut that saves time when solving a problem
Heuristic
This is the capacity to narrow in on the single “correct” answer or solution to a given question or problem (e.g., giving the right response on an intelligence tests)
What is convergent thinking?
This is the act of getting information out of long-term memory storage and back into conscious awareness
What is retrieval?
This type of reinforcement schedule is used to deliver reinforcement at predictable/specified times
What is a fixed interval reinforcement schedule?
When something is moving, we experience a smooth, continuous perception of that movement thanks to _____.
Iconic Memory
Manuela is using an instruction manual for installing new software on her computer. She is using this type of problem-solving?
What is an algorithm?
This type of intelligence is characterized by acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it
What is crystallized intelligence?
This is occurs when old information hinders the recall of newly learned information
What is proactive interference?
This type of reinforcement occurs when a behavior is rewarded every time it occurs
What is continuous reinforcement?
Fill-in-the-blank questions are to ___________, as multiple-choice questions are to _________.
Recall, Recognition
The Range of Reaction theory suggests that IQ is determined through a combination of genes and environment such that?
Genes determine our range potential and environment determines where within that range IQ falls
Identical twin's intelligence has a .80 correlation when?
They are raised apart.
Participants in a research study were guided by a researcher through the imaginary experience of going to the doctor’s office and having a procedure done in which a skin sample was taken from their finger. What most likely occurred following this?
Participants reported this event actually happened in their life
The inability to see how familiar objects can be used in new ways.
What is functional fixedness?
Oscar was asked to view several photos. One of the pictures was of a blue car driving down a country road. Later, the researcher asks him to describe the picture of a red car driving down a country road. Oscar then falsely remembers viewing a picture of a red car. This demonstrates
Suggestibility and The Misinformation effect