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| In Gestalt theory, perceiving an object as having only one already established or associated use; an inability to identify a new use. |
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| A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study |
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| Ability to learn from one's experiences, acquire knowledge, and use resources effectively in adapting to new situations or solving problems |
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| Reason and solve; general intelligence |
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| Excel in certain areas; specific intelligence |
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| A meaningful morphological unit of a language that cannot be further divided |
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| The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text |
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| Any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, |
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| Theory of Linguistic Relativity |
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| This principle holds that the structure of a language affects the ways in which its speakers conceptualize their world |
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| Baby talk, also referred to as caretaker speech, infant-directed speech |
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| Baby talk. An adult's imitation of the speech of a young child |
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| A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations |
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| A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification |
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| An abstract idea; a general notion |
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| Means the ability to give the "correct" answer to standard questions that do not require significant creativity |
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| Relating to or involving the imagination or original ideas |
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| A thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions |
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| The existing frame of mind, point of view, or train of thought adopted by a respondent at a given moment, used to judge a series of survey questions or items. |
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| Heuristic in which the difference between the starting situation and the goal is determined and then steps are taken to reduce that difference |
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| Process of cognition that occurs when a goal must be reached by thinking and behaving in certain ways |
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| Trial and Error (Mechanical Solution) |
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| Problem-solving method in which one possible solution after another is tried until a successful one is found |
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| An educated guess based on prior experiences that helps narrow down the possible solutions for a problem. Also known as a "rule of thumb" |
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| Assumption that any object (or person) sharing characteristics with the members of a particular category is also a member of that category. |
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| Estimating the frequency or likelihood of an event based on how easy it is to recall relevant information from memory or how easy it is for us to think of related examples |
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| An example of a concept that closely matches the defining characteristics of a concept |
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| The most general form of a type of concept, such as "animal" or "fruit"; refers to the highest in status or standing |
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| An example of a type of concept around which other similar concepts are organized, such as "dog", "cat" or "pear" |
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| The most specific category of a concept, such as one's pet dog or a pear in one's hand; subordinate refers to lowest in status or standing |
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| Concepts that are defined by specific rules or features |
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| Concepts people from as a result of their experiences in the real world |
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| Mental representations that stand for objects or events and have a picture like quality |
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| Mental activity that goes on in the brain when a person is organizing and attempting to understand information and communicated information to others |
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| Triarchic Theory of Intelligence |
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| Sternberg's theory that there are three kinds of intelligence: analytic, creative, and practical |
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| The ability to break problems down into component parts, or analysis, for problem solving |
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| The ability to deal with new and different concepts and to come up with new ways of solving problems |
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| The ability to use information to get along in life and become successful |
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| the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100) |
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| Produce the same scores again and again each time it is given to the same people |
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| The quality of supporting the intended point or claim |
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| A type of intelligence measure that assumes that IQ is normally distributed around a mean of 100 with a standard deviation of about 15 |
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| Charles Spearman is responsible for.... |
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| Howard Gardner is responsible for... |
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| Multiple types of intelligence; 9 to be exact |
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| Robert Sternberg is responsible for... |
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| The triarchic theory of intelligence |
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| Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon is responsible for... |
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| designing a formal test of intelligence that would help identify children who were unable to learn as quickly |
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| Lewis Terman is responsible for... |
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| Responsible for Intelligence quotient aka IQn |
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| David Wechsler is responsible for... |
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| The Wechlser Adult Intelligence Scale |
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| The 2 percentage of population; IQ of 130 or above |
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| The ability, capacity, skill or, in the case of the trait EI model, a self-perceived grand ability to identify, assess, manage and control the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups |
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| The method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way |
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| The whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology |
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| The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language |
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| The branch of linguistics dealing with language in use and the contexts in which it is used, including such matters as deixis, taking turns in conversation, text organization, presupposition, and implicature |
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| Theory that concepts are universal and influence the development of language |
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