Mind at work
This type of thinking involves narrowing down options to find the one best solution to a problem.
What is convergent thinking?
A robin is often used as an ideal example of this cognitive shortcut.
What is a prototype?
You buy a concert ticket, but when you feel sick the night of the event, you go anyway just because you already paid. What fallacy is this?
What is sunk cost fallacy?
This type of test is designed to assess potential for future learning.
What is an aptitude test?
This type of intelligence is reflected by your ability to solve new problems quickly without relying on past knowledge.
What is fluid intelligence?
This type of memory activation occurs when exposure to one stimulus influences how you respond to a later stimulus.
What is priming?
This problem solving method guarantees a correct result, but it’s time consuming.
What is an algorithm?
Believing you're due for a win after a series of losses at the lottery demonstrates what fallacy?
What is gambler's fallacy?
This type of test measures what a person already knows in a particular subject.
What is an achievement test?
This intelligence grows with age and experience, reflecting accumulated knowledge.
What is crystallized intelligence?
You're stuck solving a puzzle the same way every time, even though there's a simpler method. What cognitive limitation are you experiencing?
What is mental set?
You assume someone who wears glasses and reads poetry is more likely to be a librarian than a truck driver, even though the latter is statistically more common. What heuristic are you using?
What is representativeness heuristic?
Consumers are more likely to choose a package of ground beef that is labeled "80% lean" than one that is labeled "20% fat." What effect does this illustrate?
What is framing?
Taking the same test twice with similar results demonstrates this quality.
What is test retest validity?
A child whose cognitive abilities are typical of a 10 year old, regardless of their actual age, would be said to have this.
What is mental age?
You fail to realize a paperclip could be used to unlock a door. Which cognitive bias is at play?
What is functional fixedness?
After watching several news reports on shark attacks, you refuse to swim in the ocean, despite low odds. What mental shortcut is this?
What is the availability heuristic?
A student believes they will fail math because people like them aren’t "good at it." Their performance drops under pressure. What effect is this?
What is stereotype threat?
A test that consistently measures what it intends to measure is said to have this.
What is construct validity?
This test evaluates intelligence and cognitive abilities.
What is the Stanford-Binet IQ test?
Planning, organizing, and making decisions all fall under this set of higher-level cognitive abilities.
What are executive functions?
A child calls every four legged animal a dog until learning to distinguish cats and other animals. What process helped the child refine their concept?
What is accommodation?
A teacher adapts lessons to include multiple cultures and reduces implicit bias by doing this.
What is cultural representativeness?
Dividing a test in half and checking for consistency between parts measures this.
What is split half reliability?
If someone has a mental age of 8 and a chronological age of 10, their IQ would be calculated using this formula.
What is (Mental Age / Chronological Age) x 100?