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22 Cards in this Set
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What are the guesses based on experience ("rule of thumb") called? |
Heuristics |
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What is estimating the likelihood of an event based on how easily you can recall examples of it, or relevant information called? |
Availability |
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What is searching for evidence that fits beliefs while ignore evidence not fitting beliefs |
Confirmation bias |
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Persist in using past problem-solving problems |
Mental set |
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Thinking about only most typical functions of objects |
Functional fixedness |
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Degree to which test measures what it's supposed to measure |
Validity |
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Tendency of test to yield same results given same conditions |
Reliability |
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Process of giving the test to a large group of people that represents the kind of people for whom the test is designed |
Standardization |
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Who saw intelligence as general intelligence and specific intelligence? |
Charles Spearman |
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What is the ability to reason and solve problems which was developed by Charles Spearman? |
g factor general intelligence |
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What is the ability to task-specific abilities such as music, business, or art? |
s factor specific intelligence |
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List the 9 Gardner's multiple intelligences |
1) Verbal-linguistic 2) Musical 3) Logical-mathematical 4) Visual-spatial 5) Movement 6) Interpersonal 7) Intrapersonal 8) Naturalist 9) Existentialist |
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In what study do IQ's range from 130-200? |
Terman's "Termites" |
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Concepts (color) are universal and affect language development |
Cognitive universalism |
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Thought processes and control are controlled by language |
Linguistic relativity hypotheses |
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What is the less expensive and faster, but b/w-persons variability reduces statistical power and danger of cohort effects? |
Cross-sectional study |
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Gold stand; "within-persons" design that increases statistical power and validity but expensive/time consuming and danger of attrition. |
Longitudinal study |
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What is the impact on development that occurs when a group of people share a common time period or common life experience? |
Cohort effect |
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What is the combination of longitudinal and cross-sectional designs? |
Cross-sequential design |
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List the three stages of pregnancy in order: |
1) Germinal stage 2) Embryotic stage 3) Fetal stage |
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What is any substance such as a drug, chemical, virus, or other fact that can cause a birth defect? |
Terratogen |
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List the brain development stages in order: |
Prenatal: 5-20 weeks Birth: 300-351 g Age 4: 1200-1500 g Adolescence: Myelination of front lobes complete Adulthood: Prefrontal cortex fully online age 20-25, constant synaptic remodeling via experience |
