3. Problem Solving and Decision Making

4. Intelligence

5. Intelligence Testing

6. Memory I

7. Memory II

8. Anything!

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10. A mental grouping based on shared similarity is a….

11. Concept

12. What is a prototype?

13. Typical best example of a concept

14. What is the difference between a heuristic and an algorithm?

15. Algorithm has a guaranteed solution

16. What is the difference between divergent and convergent thinking?

17. Divergent: involves generating many different answers Convergent: narrows focus in a particular direction

18. Hillclimbing and subgoals are examples of….

19. Heuristics

20. Who had a theory that embraced 8 different categories of intelligence?

21. Howard Gardner

22. How many types of intelligence are included in Sternberg’s theory of intelligence?

23. 3

24. What is general intelligence?

25. General intelligence factor that underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

26. Name 5 of Gardner’s 8 types of intelligence

27. Verbal-Linguistic; Logical- Mathematical; Bodily- Kinesthetic; Visual-Spatial; Musical-Rhythmic; Interpersonal; Intrapersonal; Naturalistic

28. What is intelligence?

29. Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to a new situation

30. Who was the first person to classify children’s ability levels?

31. Alfred Binet

32. What is mental age?

33. Chronological age that corresponds to the difficulty of the questions a child can answer

34. Who developed an intelligence scale that gave different tests to different groups of people?

35. Wechsler

36. How is IQ calculated?

37. (MA/CA) x 100

38. What assumption did Binet make about the mental capabilities of children?

39. Increased every year

40. What are the three steps in the information processing model?

41. Encoding; Storage; Retrieval

42. What is the serial position effect?

43. Tendency to recall the first and last items in a list

44. What is overlearning and when should is it used?

45. Continuing to rehearse after the point the information has been learned; For stressful situations

46. What are the two types of sensory memory?

47. Iconic Acoustic

48. What is the difference between implicit and explicit memories?

49. Explicit: Memory of facts and experiences – hippocampus Implicit: memory of tasks, skills – cerebellum

50. What is the difference between recall and recognition?

51. Recall – essay/short answer Recognition - MC

52. Memory construction is like a….

53. Jigsaw puzzle

54. What is decay theory?

55. Says that our memories decay over time

56. Difference between proactive and retroactive interference?

57. Proactive: Old in way of new Retroactive: New in way of old

58. What is long term potentiation?

59. Increased firing of neurons; neural basis behind memory

60. What is a concept heirarchy?

61. Means of keeping mental information organized from basic to specific concepts

62. What is framing?

63. The way a concept or question is worded; can effect our decisions

64. What does the “forgetting curve” tell us about memory?

65. Most memory loss happens quickly; then levels off

66. What is the misinformation effect? Who studied it?

67. Incorporating misleading information into memory; Loftus

68. Name 4 tips for becoming a better encoder

69. Rehearse; Overlearning; Overcome serial position effect; Spacing effect; Self-reference effect; Mnemonic devices; Chunk material or arrange in heirarchy