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intelligence
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- 1Spearman 'g' factor(general factor )
apprehension of experience, making sense of relations, making sense of correlates - 2spearman 's' factorskills specific to a particular test.
- 3factor analysis of intelligence(spearman and pearson) investigates intelligence by common factors
- 4correlational coefficientsdegree to which a particular test is related to a particular factor in factor analysis
- 5fluid intelligencereflected by performance on culture-free tasks, like seeing patterns
- 6crystallized intelligence(cattel)
already acquired information - 7evolutionary theorymen: hunters and gatherers --> superiorly spatial
- 8sternbergs triarchic theory of intelligencecomponential intelligence, experiential intelligence, contextual intellgience
- 9componential intelligenceknowledge acquisition components
- 10Experimental intelligenceability to diseparate elements and create new ideas
- 11Contextual intelligence(subject to natural selection)
Adaptation, selection, shaping - 12normsData concerning comparison groups that permit the score of an individual relative to his peers
- 13Mental agelevel of intellectual development that could be expected for an average child of a particular age
- 14Intelligence Quotient (IQ)Standford-binet
if a child scores mental age= real age then they are average if mental age is above or below real age - 15deviation IQcompares childs score with other children of the same chronological age
- 16Flynn effectphenomenon which proposes that peoples IQ scores are increasing.
- 17heritabilitymeasures the relative contributions of differences in genes and environmental factors to the overall variability of the trait in a particular population
- 18Mental modelsmental constructions based on physical reality
- 19Deductive reasoningconsists of inferring specific from general principles
- 20Inductive reasoninginvolves inferring general principles from particular facts
- 21Confirmation biasOCCURS WHEN PEOPLE TEND TO SEEK EVIDENCE THAT MIGHT CONFIRM THEIR HYPOTHESIS or beliefs
- 22Probability Heuristicoccurs when people draw erroneous conclusions by not taking the probability of an outcome into account
- 23Phenylketonuria (PKU)Inherited metabolic disorder that disrupts brain development--> untreated it can amount to retardation
- 24Source memoryemphasis recall of the context of which an event occurred, rather than the content
- 25prospective memoryremembering to preform an activity in the future
- 26metamemory"knowing about knowing'
- 27dementiagradual and relentless decline in cognitive ability and impairment in short term and long term memory
- 28conceptscategories of objects actions or states that share some attritubutes
- 29Formal conceptsdefinition that lists rules be included in that definition
- 30spatial abilityskills in representing, transforming, generating and recalling non-linguistic information
- 31Gardeners theory of multiple intelligencelinguistic logical musical spatial body interpersonal intrapersonal
- 32emotional intelligencesocial and emotional components of interactions w others
- 33psychosocial theories of sex differencessex difference in intelligence is learned through experience and imitation
- 34Biological theories: sex differencessex differences due to biological factors such as hormonal regulation and brain organisation
- 35Binet Simon scalemade the basis for a childs mental age
- 36biological cause of dementiaabnormal protein deposits (plaques) in the brain
- 37regions of brain used in reasoning and decision makingprefrontal cortex and parietal lobe
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