Learning and Memory
A measure of memory in which a person need only identify items previously learned. (Like on a multiple choice test).
What is recognition?
The ability to produce new and valuable ideas
What is creativity?
A test that measures potential to learn.
What is an aptitude test?
A system of rules that enable communication.
What is grammar?
The tendency to be more confident than correct.
What is overconfidence?
Conversion of sensory information into a form that can be retained as memory.
What is encoding?
A methodical, logical procedure that guarantees solving a problem.
What is an algorithm?
Level of performance typically associated with a certain chronological age? (Used in the IQ calculation)
What is mental age?
The smallest unit of sound that carries meaning.
What is a morpheme?
A sudden realization of a problems solution.
What is insight?
A mental image or best example of a category
What is a prototype?
The tendency to search for info that supports our preconceptions and ignore contradictory info.
What is conformation bias?
A condition where a person who is otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill.
What is savant syndrome?
When an infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to language.
What is the babbling stage?
A child speaks in short sentences using mostly nouns and verbs.
What is telegraphic speech?
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units.
What is chunking?
The inability to see a problem from a new perspective.
What is fixation?
The psychologist who proposed that intelligence has two components: general intelligence (g) and specific ability (s).
Who was Charles Spearman?
The frontal lobe area that directs the muscle movement patterns responsible for speech sounds.
The knowledge and verbal skills that you accumulate over time.
What is crystalized intelligence?
Estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory.
What is the availability heuristic?
What is divergent thinking?
Analytical, creative, and practical
What are the 3 intelligences in the Triarchic theory
The idea that language controls the way we think and interpret the world around us.
What is linguistic determinism?
The movement to encourage or discourage reproduction based on specific traits.
What is eugenics?