Thinking
The manipulation of mental representations of information in order to draw influences and conclusions
What is thinking?
A system for combining arbitrary symbols to produce an infinite number of meaningful statements
What is language?
The global capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and deal effectively, with the environment
What is intelligence?
The sudden realization of how a problem can be solved
What is insight?
A mental representation of objects or ideas based on properties they share
What is a mental image?
A category of languages that lack verbal communication
What is sign language?
This is responsible for a person's overall performance on tests of mental ability
What is G factor/ general factor?
A problem-solving strategy that involves attempting different solutions and eliminating those that do not work
What is trial and error?
A mental category of objects or ideas based on properties they share
What is a concept?
Each language's set of rules for combining words
What is syntax?
A deficit in mental abilities impair functioning such that standards of personal independence are not met
What is an intellectual disability?
A problem-solving strategy that involves following a specific rule, procedure, or method that inevitably produces the correct solution
What is an algorithm?
The most typical instance of a particular concept
What is a prototype?
This major component of language allows for us to speak about ideas, objects, and activities that are not physically present
What is displacement?
When an individual possesses an exceptional amount of natural ability or talent, especially when it becomes evident in childhood
What is giftedness?
The tendency to persist with solutions that worked in the past
What is mental set?
Individual instances of a concept or category, held in memory
What is exemplars?
The idea that all infants possess a basic understanding of the common principals of language organization
What is universal grammar?
This psychologist suggested that a common factor, or general mental capacity, is at the core of different mental abilities
Who is Charles Spearman?
The tendency to view objects as functioning only in their usual or customary way
What is functional fixedness?