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Two clusters of mental ability
crystalized intelligence
fluid intelligence |
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| context dependent memory effect |
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| information better recalled in the context in which is was originally learned |
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Primary Abilities Theory
intelligence compromised of 7 distinct mental abilities |
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| ability of a test to produce consistent and stable scores |
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| Three basic processes that make memory possible |
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encoding-converting information into a form usable in memory
storage- retaining information in memory
retrieval- bringing to mind information stored in memory |
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| encoding specificity principle |
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| cues available during recall are similar to those that were present when the information was originally encoded |
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| how do we encode information for memory? |
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acoustically- by sound (repeating phone numbers)
visually- by forming a mental picture (picturing the phone #)
semantically- by meaning (transform sounds or visual images into recognizable words) |
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decay theory
interference theory |
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encoding specificity principle
state-dependent memory effect
context dependent memory effect |
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| stanford Binet intelligence test |
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30 tests increasing in difficulty
given to childeren to measure relative intelligence
compares chronological age to mental age
changed four times
GOAL devise impartial test to assess childerens intellectual progress |
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| long term memory "filing cabinets" |
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semantic-learned memory
Episodic-experienced memory
Implicit-unintentional memory |
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| experience would leave no mark on our behavior |
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| state dependent memory effect |
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| the tendency for information to be better recalled when the person is in the same psychological or physiological state as when the information was first learned |
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theory of general intelligence
people bright in one area are often bright in others as well |
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meaning-remembering overall meaning but not small details
non-verbal- coded in nonverbal images(smells,tastes,sounds)
verbatim-word for word memories |
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| all mental ability involves one of five operations |
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1916 lewis terman of stanford adapts binets test and coins the term intelligent quotient
MA/CA=IQ |
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ability of a test to measure what it has been designed to measure
content
criterion |
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| the ability or abilities involved in learning an adaptive behavior |
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| psychologist define intelligence |
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practical intelligence
verbal intelligence
problem solving ability |
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| layperson define intelligence |
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practical problem solving ability
verbal ability
social competence |
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| the system by which we return information and bring to mind |
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rote rehearsal
elaborative rehearsal |
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| theory of multiple intelligences |
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triarchic theory of intelligence
componential
experimental
contextual |
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