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Individual differences in cognition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔variations in perception,
acquisition, processing of info, ability differences, stylistic differences,
gender differences
Ability differences - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔working memory, capacity, processing
speed, strategy use, creativity scored by WISC-V
WISC-V - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Wechesler Intelligence Scale for Children,
compare to age standard
Intelligence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mental speed, energy, organization, rate of
learning, adaptation
, Learning styles - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stable distinct patterns of using cognitive
abilities to approach problems, related to personality and motivational
variables
Cognitive tempo - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔extent to which someone can delay their
response to search all of the possibilities in a set
Rational Learning Style - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔unemotional, analytic, thorough
Intuitive Learning Style - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔emotional, holistic
Decision-Making Learning Style - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔
experiential processing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔activated by situational cues
(stereotypes) not necessarily aware we're using it
analytical processing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aware and deliberate, must be
motivated to use
Achievement Motivation (Dweck) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔whether children are
motivated by learning goals or performance goals, younger children
perceive failure/success broadly, older make distinctions across areas
7-8 years developmental transformation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔early school age:
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Individual differences in cognition - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔variations in perception,
acquisition, processing of info, ability differences, stylistic differences,
gender differences
Ability differences - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔working memory, capacity, processing
speed, strategy use, creativity scored by WISC-V
WISC-V - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Wechesler Intelligence Scale for Children,
compare to age standard
Intelligence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔mental speed, energy, organization, rate of
learning, adaptation
, Learning styles - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stable distinct patterns of using cognitive
abilities to approach problems, related to personality and motivational
variables
Cognitive tempo - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔extent to which someone can delay their
response to search all of the possibilities in a set
Rational Learning Style - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔unemotional, analytic, thorough
Intuitive Learning Style - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔emotional, holistic
Decision-Making Learning Style - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔
experiential processing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔activated by situational cues
(stereotypes) not necessarily aware we're using it
analytical processing - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aware and deliberate, must be
motivated to use
Achievement Motivation (Dweck) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔whether children are
motivated by learning goals or performance goals, younger children
perceive failure/success broadly, older make distinctions across areas
7-8 years developmental transformation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔early school age:
