Module 31-32
Module 33-34
Module 35-36
Module 37-38
Module 38-41
100

Learning over time through the encoding, storage and retrieval of information.

Memory

100

Inability to form new memories

Anterograde Amnesia 

100

Phoneme = the smallest distinctive sound unit.

Morphemes = smallest unit that carries meaning; I,s, pre, ed

Phonemes & Morphemes make up _________.

Grammar

100

A general intelligence factor that underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.

g

100

the proportion of variation that we can attribute to genes.

Heritability 

200

doing many things at once

Parallel Processing

200

inability to retrieve information from own past

Retrograde Amnesia

200

Period of childhood for language development. 

Critical Period

200

theory focused on seven different "primary mental abilities. Verbal comprehension, Reasoning, Perceptual speed, Numerical ability, Word fluency, Associative memory, Spatial visualization

Thurstone

200

A study in which people of different ages are compared with others

Cross-Sectional Study

300

the facts and experiences we can consciously know and declare.

Explicit memories

300

incorporating misleading info into one’s memory of an event

Misinformation Effect

300

impairment of language; left-hemisphere damage.

Aphasia

300

believed in the idea of multiple intelligences. He identified 8 intelligences: 

Howard Gardner

300

Research in which same people are restudied and retested over a long period.

Longitudinal Study

400

Non-declarative memories. (Example: Knowing how to ride a bike). 

Implicit Memories

400

tendency for old patterns of problem solving to persist, and make it impossible for us to see new ways to solve the problem

Mental Set

400

cannot speak well, but can sing familiar songs and comprehend speech.

Broca's area

400

defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) multiplied by 100 (thus, IQ=ma/ca X 100).

Intelligence Quotient

400

a condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders caused by an extra copy of chromosome 21.

Down Syndrome

500

Chunking = organizing items into familiar, manageable units. Phone numbers, names

Mnemonics =  memory aids-vivid imagery, organizational device

Chunking and Mnemonics are examples of what?

Effortful Processing Strategies 

500

refers to our tendency to maintain initial beliefs even after the evidence we used to form the belief is contradicted

Belief Perseverance 

500

speak meaningless words; disrupts understanding.

Wernicke's Area

500

phenomenon in which there is a marked increase in intelligence test score averages over time

Flynn Effect

500

Have IQ scores above 130-135

Intellectually Gifted