Module 9: Cognitive Development

Question 1

control beliefs

Answer 1

the belief that an individual can influence life outcomes, encompassing estimations of relevant external constraints and our own capabilities

Question 2

crystallized intelligence

Answer 2

knowledge, skills, experience acquired over a lifetime, accessible via memory and expressible in word/number form

Question 3

fluid intelligence

Answer 3

the ability to recognize patterns and solve problems, irrespective of any past experience of the context in which these patterns or problems arise

Question 4

tacit knowledge

Answer 4

pragmatic or practical and learned through experience rather than explicitly taught