Back in my day
H.M. had this type of amnesia
What is anterograde amnesia?
An assessment of a child's intellectual standing compared to same-aged peers
What is mental age?
The type of problem solving where there is only one right answer
What is convergent problem solving?
Method of breaking down information into smaller pieces
What is chunking?
This stage of development is characterized by a general lack of object permanence
What is the sensorimotor stage?
Remembering when you learned to ride a bike with your parents is an example of this type of memory
The idea that one factor underlies intelligence
What is general intelligence (g-factor)?
The inability to think of an object as something other than its intended use
What is functional fixedness?
What is the method of loci (memory palace)?
The ability to explain and predict another person's behavior as a result of recognizing their mental state
What is theory of mind?
Remembering how to ride a bike is an example of this type of memory
What is procedural memory?
Standardized tests are an example of this approach
What is the psychometric approach?
Measure of divergent problem solving
The process of linking a piece of new information to existing knowledge
What is elaborative rehearsal?
The task that shows infants understand physics
What is the rod-and-block test?
When you are consciously rehearsing a piece of information, it is in this memory storage
What is working memory?
The ability to think logically without prior knowledge
What is fluid intelligence?
The space where an individual separates themselves from reality to generate possible solutions
What is a mental problem space?
The cognitive structures that help us organize and understand information into categories
What are schemas?
The term for agents that harm the embryo or fetus
What are teratogens?
The gradual process of memory storage
What is consolidation?
The theory that each person has a unique pattern of intelligences
What is the Gardner theory of multiple intelligences?
The collection of cognitive skills that control the higher order thinking processes needed for creative problem solving
What are executive functions?
What is the encoding specificity principle?
The type of attachment where a child is happy to play alone and is immediately soothed
What is secure attachment?