Problem Solving & Intelligence Flashcards

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Cognition

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The mental activities associated w thinking , knowing , remembering , & communicating

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Concept

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Mental groupings of similar objects , events , ideas , or Ppl
Grouped all memories & experience into one chair

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Prototype

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A mental image of best example of each concept we have developed

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Convergent thinking

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IQ tests measure a single correct answer

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5
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Divergent thinking

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Creativity tests measure multiple answers

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Five components of creativity

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Expertise : knowing things 
A venturesome personality : not following a crowd 
Instrisic : it's own sake 
Creative environment 
Imaginative thinking
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7
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Overconfidence

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Occurs when we over estimate our knowledge & abilities

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Mental set

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Our tendency to try to solve a problem in a manner that has worked in the past

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Confirmation bias

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The tendency to seek out evidence that confirms our findings more eagerly than seeking evidence that refutes our findings

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Belief perseverance

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Holding in one line of thinking despite over whelming evidence to the contrary ( imagine evidence as opposite )

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Framing

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The way in which something is presented can affect our decisions & judgements
Surveys easily illustrate framing

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Creativity

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The ability to produce novel & valuable ideas

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Algorithm

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A methodical , step by step , logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a problem

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Heuristic

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A simple , thinking strategy tht often allows us to make judgements & solve problems by adding common sense
QUICKER

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Insight

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A sudden & often novel realization of the solution to a problem

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Intuition

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An effortless , immediate , automatic feeling or thought , as a contrasted w explicit conscious reasoning

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17
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Trial & error

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Trying until something works

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18
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Fixation

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The inability to see a problem from a new perspective

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Functional fixedness

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He tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions
McGyer did not have this

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Representative heuristics

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Judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent or match particular prototypes
OFTEN LEADS TO FALSE CONCLUSIONS

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21
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Availability heuristic

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Making our judgements by estimating the likelihood of events based on their availibitu in memory

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Language

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Spoken , written , or signed words & the ways we combine them to communicate

23
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Phoneme

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The smallest distinctive of sound unit

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Morpheme

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The smallest unit that carries meaning

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Grammar

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A system of rules that enables us to communicate w & understandbotherw

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Babbling stage

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Beginning at bout four months , the stage of speech dev in which the infant utters various sounds

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One word stage

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From one to two , during which a child speaks mostly in single words

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Two word stage

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Bout two , the stage in speech dev during which a child speaks mostly in two word statements

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Telegraphic speech

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Early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram … using nouns & verbs

30
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Aphasia

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Impairment of language , usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to bro a area or wernicke

31
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Linguistic determinism

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Shorts hypothesis that language determines the way we think

32
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Damage to what lobe affects convergent ?

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Left parietal lobe

33
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Injury to what areas can affect reading , writing , & imagination ?

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Frontal lobes

34
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Mental functions

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Speaking
Perceiving
Thinking
Remembering

35
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Three problem solving strategies

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Trial & error
Step by step
No problem strategy

36
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Three building blocks of spoken language

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Phonemes
Morphemes
Grammar

37
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Noam Chomskys theory on how we acquire language

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Humans are born w a built in predisposition to learn grammar rules

38
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Noam Chomsky

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Nature

We’re born w a language acquisition device

39
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Language conclusion

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Language is a result of biology & experience combined

40
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B f skinner

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Nurture , we learn through experience

Children repeat sounds rewarded

41
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Motherese

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People talk to babies w varied pitch & intonation

42
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Does language indicate intelligence ?

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Language isn’t only bout communication
Allowed accumulation & transmission of knowledge & culture
We know things we don’t have to experience

43
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What kind of intelligence is assessed by traditional intelligence tests

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Analytical

44
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Expertise

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Expert skill

45
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Intrinsic motivation

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A desire to perform a behavior effectively for one sake

46
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Imagination

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Forming ideas

47
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Venturesome

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Willing to take risks

48
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Ben worf view on language influences thinking

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The more words you have for a concept , the more you recognize it

49
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How does WAIS test assess intelligence

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Measure similarities , vocabulary , block design , letters

Requires verbal & performance

50
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Can a test be reliable yet not valid

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All yet questions can relate to each other but not actually be a test of what was needed
It cannot be valid & not reliable

51
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Do intelligence test biased or discriminate

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They can be biased of culture experiences but they’re don’t discriminate