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When one focuses only on that information that upholds their preexisting beliefs.
Confirmation bias
Who is considered the father of Cognitive Psychology?
Ulric Neisser
The ability to see complex relationships and solve problems.
Fluid intelligence
What are the roots of intelligence?
The interaction of nature and nurture
Rigidity in problem solving such as a person will likely use the same method to solving a problem, even if there is a seemingly obvious and more efficient solution available.
Einstellung
The inability to see an object having uses other than what they are designed for
Functional fixedness
Theory that each generation has a higher IQ than the last.
The Flynn Effect
The ability to understand the emotions of yourself and others, show empathy, understand social relationships and cues, and regulate your own emotions and respond in culturally appropriate ways.
Emotional intelligence
An ability to find ways in which seemingly distinct ideas might be interconnected.
convergent thinking
Individuals with greater ability to recall antidepressent advertising estimate the prevalence of depression to be higher than those with low recall.
Availability heuristic
Acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it
Crystallized intelligence
The field of psychology dedicated to examining mental processes involved in perception, memory and problem solving.
Cognitive psychology
A singly underlying intellectual capacity measured by intelligence tests.
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Students might not do well on a test when they are informed that people of their ethnicity, age, or gender usually do not perform well on these tests. This is an example of what concept?
Stereotype threat
What is the difference between well-defined and ill-defined problems?
Well-defined problems have clear solutions, while ill-defined problems are ambiguous and complex.
It is the part of memory that holds information temporarily for manipulation and processing.
Working memory
What is a Working-backwards problem-solving strategy?
Begin solving the problem by focusing on the end result.
- Breaking large tasks into a series of smaller steps.
What would be a reason to use Raven's Progressive Matrices instead of the traditional Wechlsler Adult Intelligence Scale to measure a participant's intelligence?
The participant is not a native English speaker?
Tony is 10 years old with an IQ of 80. Despite this, he is an incredible artist. What could explain this below-average IQ despite his evident skill?
Tony is an autistic savant
We might expect the fusiform (FFA) to be damaged in patients with
a. associative agnosia
b. aphasia
c. Capgras syndrome
d. prosopagnosia
Prosopagnosia
Ada recently joined a running club and completed her first 5-mile run. During the last mile of her run, she fails to notice balloons that are lining the street of an upcoming parade because she is thinking about how much her legs hurt. This is a real-world example of
inattentional blindness
Landry is discussing summer plans with a friend at a busy restaurant. He suddenly hears someone at a nearby table mention his name, and he shifts his attention to the conversation at the other table. What is the term described in this experience?
Cocktail party effect
What is the most useful approach to chunking the digit sequence 17761492911?
1776 1492 911
Week after week, Solomon watched his favorite TV show. He never planned to memorize the characters' names, and he never took any steps to memorize them. Nonetheless, he soon knew all the characters' names. This sort of learning is called
incidental
When asked to recall a list of 25 words, participants are likely to remember only some of them. What words are they likely to recall?
The first few words on the list and approximately the last 5 or 6 words on the list