Chapter 7 - Increase Your Abilities

Question 1

What is a key determiner of fluid intelligence?

Answer 1

Capacity of Working Memory - the number of new ideas and relationships a person can hold in their mind.

Question 2

Name three coginitive multipliers:

Answer 2

1. Growth mindset
2. Practicing like an expert
3. Memory Cues

Question 3

What is a growth mindset?

Answer 3

A belief that intelligence is largely within your own control”

Question 4

What is a performance goal?

Answer 4

A goal to validate your own ability.

Question 5

What is a learning goal?

Answer 5

A goal to develop to acquire new knowledge or skills.

Question 6

How does the difference between a performance goal and a learning goal manifest?

Answer 6

When you choose a performance goal, you pick the same stunt over and over again.
When you choose a learning goal, you pick ever increasing challenges, and you interpret setbacks as useful information that helps you sharpen your focus, get more creative, and work harder.

Question 7

What is more important than IQ in determining success?

Answer 7

• Grit
• Curiosity
• Persistence

Question 8

How long does it take to become an expert?

Answer 8

Ten thousand hours, and the best among them had spent a larger percentage of those hours in solitary, deliberate practice.

Question 9

What are mnemonic devices?

Answer 9

Mental tools to help hold material in memory for ready recall.

Question 10

What is a memory palace?

Answer 10

A mental tool where you use an image as a recall device.