Perception
The type of processing where perception is driven by external stimuli.
What is bottom-up processing?
A decision-making shortcut that involves judging the likelihood of things based on how well they represent particular prototypes.
What is the representativeness heuristic?
The type of memory involved when remembering how to perform tasks like riding a bike.
What is procedural memory?
The tendency for IQ scores to rise over time across generations is known by this name.
What is the Flynn effect?
The condition of having a significantly below-average IQ score, typically below 70.
What is intellectual disability?
This term describes how expectations or prior knowledge influence perception
What is top-down processing?
This fallacy occurs when people believe that future probabilities are altered by past events.
What is the gambler's fallacy?
The phenomenon where information is better recalled when an individual is in the same state as when the memory was formed.
What is state-dependent memory?
The concept that intelligence is comprised of multiple independent abilities, such as in Gardner's theory.
What is multiple intelligences?
The type of test designed to predict future performance.
What is an aptitude test?
This type of attention phenomenon occurs when individuals fail to notice changes in their environment.
What is change blindness?
This concept describes the way information is presented and how it can influence decisions.
What is framing?
The process of repeatedly retrieving information to strengthen memory.
The type of intelligence that refers to accumulated knowledge and verbal skills.
What is crystallized intelligence?
This term refers to the consistency of a test in measuring what it aims to measure.
What is reliability?
The name of the depth cue where two parallel lines seem to converge in the distance.
What is linear perspective?
A logical step-by-step procedure that guarantees a solution to a problem.
What is an algorithm?
This phenomenon causes memories to fade rapidly after learning but stabilizes over time.
What is the forgetting curve?
A form of intelligence that involves novel thinking and the ability to adapt to new situations.
What is fluid intelligence?
The type of test designed to predict future performance.
What is aptitude?
This perceptual principle allows us to recognize objects as the same despite changes in size, shape, or brightness.
What is perceptual constancy?
This type of thinking involves generating multiple solutions to a problem.
What is divergent thinking?
The mental process of retrieving stored memories.
What is recall?
This condition occurs when a person has a limited mental ability but excels in a specific area.
What is savant syndrome?
This index is derived by dividing mental age by chronological age and multiplying by 100.
What is the intelligence quotient?