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Chapter 7- Cognition Flashcards

(29 cards)

1
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Concepts

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Ideas that represent a class or category of objects events or activities

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Mental imagery

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Representations for objects or events used in mental activities

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Thinking

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Mental activities that occur in the brain when processing, organizing, understanding, or communication information to others

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4
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Insight

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Aha moments

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5
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Trial and error

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Trying one solution after another until one works

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Algorithms

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Step by step procedures for solving certain problems

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7
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Heuristics

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Educated guesses based on prior experience

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Creativity

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Consists of new ways of combining ideas or behavior

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Functional fixedness

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Only thinking about objects in terms of their typical uses

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Mental set

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A tendency to persist in using problem solving patterns that have worked in the past

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Confirmation bias

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A tendency to search for evidence that fits your beliefs while ignoring evidence to the contrary

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12
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Spearman’s g factor

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Intelligence comprises two different abilities

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G factor

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General intelligence

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s factor

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Specific intelligence

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15
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Gardner’s multiple intelligences

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Overall intelligence comprises nine different types

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Sternberg’s triarchic theory

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Intelligence comprises three different aspects (analytical creative and practical)

17
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Binet’s mental ability test

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Key element to be tested was child’s mental age

18
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Stanford-binet

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Uses a variety of verbal and nonverbal sub tests to provide an overall estimate of intelligence and scores related to five areas of cognition

19
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Wechsler tests

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Uses a variety of verbal and performance subtests to provide an overall score of intelligible and index scores related to four species cognitive domains

20
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Test construction

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Good tests are valid and reliable and normal

21
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Giftedness

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Typically grow up to be well adjusted adults

22
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Intellectual disability

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Adaptive skills significantly below age-appropriate level

23
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Emotional intelligence

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Awareness of and ability to manage one’s emotions, self motivation, empathy, and social skills

24
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Grammar

A

System of rules governing structure and use of language

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Syntax
Rules for combining words and phrases
26
Morphemes
Smallest units of meaning within a language
27
Semantics
Rules for determining the meaning of words and sentences
28
Phonemes
Basic units of sound in a language
29
Pragmatics
Social "niceties" or practical aspects of communicating with others