Intelligence | Memory | Vocab | Random |
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( Mental age / Physical age ) x 100
What is the formula for IQ?
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What is encoding and retrieving?
_________ is storing information by making mental representations, while _______ is the process of recalling information that has been placed in long-term memory.
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What is intelligence?
The ability to understand and adapt to the environment by using a combination of inherited abilities and learning experiences.
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What are mental cues?
Mental reminders we create by forming mental images of information.
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To cover a variety of intelligences (EX: musical, interpersonal, etc.)
What is the purpose of Garner's multiple intelligence model?
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What is the primacy and recency effect?
You recall the information presented at the beginning and the end of a task.
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What is interference?
Forgetting process in which the recall of some particular memory is blocked or prevented by new information that overwrites or interferes.
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What are the 2 elements of Spearman's Two Factor Theory of intelligence?
1. "g", represents mental energy with intellectual performance
2. "s", many specific mental abilities (math, verbal) |
What is the Stanford-Binet test
Test consisting of four elements: Direction, Adaptability, Comprehension, and Self-evaluation?
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What is sensory, short-term, and long-term memory?
________ memory is environmental information that either disappears or is transferred into _________ memory after you pay attention to it. It can then be transferred into permanent storage called __________ memory.
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What is repression?
A mental process that automatically hides emotionally threatening or anxiety-producing information in the conscious.
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What is Eidetic imagery?
The ability to examine a picture for 10-30 seconds and retain a detailed image for minutes.
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What is the Weschler test
Which test was created to introduce performance (Picture completion and object assembly)? (Hint: Was scored in three parts: verbal, performance, and combined)
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What is interference?
The forgetting process is which the recall of some memory is blocked by new information that overwrites it.
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What are retrieval cues?
Mental reminders we create by associating vivid images,or old information, with new information.
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What is the amygdala?
The part of the brain that adds emotion to memories.
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1. Organic retardation (Genetic problems or brain damage)
2. Cultural/Familial retardation (Greatly impoverished environment)
2 causes of mental retardation?
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What is the levels-of-processing theory?
A theory that memory depends on how well information is encoded in the mind.
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What is the difference between Validity and Reliability?
Validity: the extent to which a test measures what it is intended.
Reliability: the extent to which a test is consistent. |
What is the hippocampus?
The part of the brain that transfers declarative memories to long-term memory. It also includes sensory, short and long-term memory.
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