Thinking and Creativity!
A mental image or best example of a category?
Prototype
Raul and Sophia were having a picnic when it started to rain. They did not think of using their big plastic tablecloth as a temporary rain shelter and so were drenched within minutes. Their oversight best illustrates
Functional Fixedness
In the words “helped” and “called,” the “ed” ending is a(n)
Morpheme
Those who score above average on tests of mathematical aptitude are also likely to score above average on tests of verbal aptitude. According to Charles Spearman, this best illustrates the importance of
the g factor
Tests designed to assess what a person has learned are called ________ tests.
Achievement Test
A rule of thumb. Using this is a quick way to solve a problem, but is usually error prone.
Heuristic
Miss Jan is orderly, neat, quiet, and shy. She enjoys reading in her spare time and belongs to a social club that includes three librarians, nine real estate agents, and eight social workers. A tendency to conclude that Jan must be one of the three librarians would illustrate the powerful influence of
Representativeness Heuristic
Beginning around 4 months, the stage of speech development in which an infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language.
Babbling stage
Although Nicole scored well above average on the SAT, she frequently loses her temper and needlessly antagonizes even her best friends. Her behavior best illustrates a low level of
Emotional Intelligence
When a person's test performance can be compared with that of a representative and pretested sample of people, the test is said to be
Standardized
Type of creative thinking that diverges in different directions. Expanding the number of possible problem solutions.
Divergent thinking
When individuals try to solve a problem the same way all the time because it has worked in the past. This sometimes makes it harder to solve problems
Mental Set
What is the type of speech present in the early speech stage when the child speaks like this "play doggy". These statements usually consist of one verb and one noun.
Telegraphic speech
Robert Sternberg distinguished among three types of intelligence to complete his Triarchic Theory, name the three types
Analytical, Creative and Practical
About ________ percent of WAIS scores (which produces a normal curve) fall between 85 and 115.
68%
Reasoning from something specific to something general, which puts your thought into concepts and groups.
Inductive Reasoning
An unwillingness to give up our beliefs even when the evidence proves us wrong is called
Belief Perseverance
Impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area (impairing understanding).
Name of the intelligence theory where it's theorists states our intelligence may be broken down into seven factors.
Thurstone's primary mental abilities theory (spatial ability, verbal comprehension, reasoning, etc.)
The widespread improvement in intelligence test performance during the past century is called
The Flynn Effect
Mention 2 of the 5 components of creativity:
Expertise
Imaginative thinking skills
A venturesome personality
Intrinsic Motivation
A creative environment
Many people perceive carjackings as more serious threats to their lives than failing to use seatbelts because carjackings are so much more memorable. This best illustrates the importance of
Availability heuristic
It has been suggested that Alaskan Eskimos' rich vocabulary for describing snow enables them to perceive differences in snow conditions that would otherwise go unnoticed. This suggestion most clearly illustrates
Linguistic determinism
The ability to solve problems logically and think in abstract ways. This also comes with thinking quickly and processing a lot of information at once. This type of ability decreases with age, especially during late adulthood.
Fluid Intelligence
Your psychology teacher has announced that the next test will assess your understanding of sensation and perception. When you receive the test, however, you find that very few questions actually relate to these topics. In this instance, you would be most concerned about the ________ of the test.
validity