Ch 6 Flashcards
What happens during Piaget’s concrete operational period?
7-11 yrs old
children become less egocentric, performing mental operations, perspective taking, resisting conclusions that don’t match with facts
What is the formal-operational period? (Piaget)
11-adult years
deductive reasoning, puberty, angst, and overestimated abilities
What are the developments in information processing?
capacity and efficiency of storing and retrieving information
What to know about memory strategies?
7-8 yrs old learning and memory strategies are less effective because of rehearsal
older children are more efficient in learning and memory through:
Organization - structuring new info into related categories
Elaboration - making new info memorable by embellishing it
Using external aids of memory
What’s important with Metacognition?
Cognitive self-regulation: identifying goals, selecting effective strategies, and monitoring accurately
being aware of perception and being able to adjust strategies related to work
What is Metamemory?
our intuitive understanding of memory
Theory of mind: some memory tasks are easier than others
Growing knowledge of memory helps children use memory strategies more effectively
What is the difference between working memory and long-term memory
Working memory - quickly using chunks of information
Long-term memory - using flash cards or repeatedly being exposed to info
What are Psychometricians?
specialist trained measuring psychological characteristics, such as intelligence and personality
looking for patterns in performance
Who is John Carroll and what did he theorize?
Created a Hierarchical view of intelligence
Three Levels of IQ:
Top - the g factor (general IQ)
Middle - eight broad subcategories of IQ
Lowest - several specific skills associated with each of the eight subcategories
What is Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences?
nine types of intelligences
1-3: Linguistic, Logical-Mathematical, Spatial
4-9: Musical, bodily-kinesthetic, intrapersonal, naturalistic, existential
What is emotional intelligence? What are the benefits of emotional intelligence?
the ability to use one’s own and other’s emotions to solve problems and live more peacefully
better relationships, greater self-esteem, and greater workplace effectiveness
What is Sternberg’s theory of successful intelligence?
successful intelligence is using one’s abilities skillfully to achieve personal goals
Personal goals are achieve with what abilities
Analytic - generating different solutions
Creative - dealing adaptively with new situations and proble,s
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