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| a mental catagory that groups objects, relations, activities, abstractions, or qualities having common properties |
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typical example of what something is
which fruit more fruitlike?
apple or pineapple |
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| representation that mirrors or resembles the thing that it represents |
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| mindlessness, example of error from mindlessness |
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mental inflexibility for being implicit to things.
ex. lazy thinker |
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| have info to solve problem, clear cut, only one answer |
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| take multiple approach's to solution, not just one answer |
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| conclusions formed by what's coming from certain premises (observations or propositions). if premises are true conclusions will be true |
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premise provides support for conclusion but conclusion could still be false.
specific>general |
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| when are people most likely to exaggerate the improbable? |
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| ppl are more likely to exaggerate the liklihood of a rare event, fantastic, or horrible. |
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tend to listen more to facts or evidence that confirm what we already believe.
bad habits do not break even when given conflicting info |
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| tendency to use familiar objects in familiar ways and unable to use them in creative ways. |
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everyone tries to minimize risks or losses when makeing a decision
ex:choosing a ticket that has a 10% chance of winning a raffle rather than a 90% chance of losing |
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overestimate your ability to have predicted an outcome, after the outcome has already happened.
ex:"i could have told you that mole was cancerous." |
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| major people that invented intelligence tests |
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alfred binet:developed set of tests to figure out where children were knowledgelly. how children worked out problems, tested kids with diff ages.
Lewis Terman: worked @ standard, developed english version of IQ test, named Stanford Binet. tested from ages 2-99 |
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| person doubts their performance due to negative stereotypes about groups ability |
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| Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence? |
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componential intelligence-ability to think abstractly, process info effectively
experiential intelligence-ability to formulate new ideas, to combine seemingly unrelated facts or information
contextual intelligence-ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions and to shape the environment so as to maximize one's strenghts and compensate for one's weaknesses |
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| the ability to identify your own and other people's emotions accurately, express your emotions clearly, and regulate emotions in yourself and others. |
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| motivation in success plays in intelligence? |
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| 1500 students top 1% of IQ tests. yrs later took 100 of most successful, and 100 least successful from 1500 and main difference was motivation |
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| Why do we use cognitive dissonance? What is an example of cognitive dissonance? |
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| Going to agree or disagree with research b/c of unpleasant tension |
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| How are IQ scores distributed |
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| 2-99 score lower that 70 ur mentally retarded over 130 gifted and talented |
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| What is the Flynn effect? |
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