psych 2001 exam 3 with verified detailed answers
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Algorithm - ✔✔a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem
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analytical intelligence - ✔✔ability to analyze, judge, evaluate, compare, and contrast
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anchoring bias - ✔✔A faulty heuristic in which you fixate on a single aspect of a problem to find
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a solution
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artificial concept - ✔✔concept that is defined by a very specific set of characteristics
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availability heuristic - ✔✔making a decision based on the answer that most easily comes to mind
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cognition - ✔✔thinking, including perception, learning, problem solving, judgement, and
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memory
Cognitive Psychology - ✔✔The study of how people think, learn, and remember.
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cognitive script - ✔✔set of behaviors that are performed the same way each time; also referred to
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as an event schema
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concept - ✔✔category or grouping of linguistic information, objects, ideas, or life experiences
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confirmation bias - ✔✔faulty heuristic in which you focus on information that confirms your
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beliefs
convergent thinking - ✔✔providing correct or established answers to problems
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,creative intelligence - ✔✔ability to produce new products, ideas, or inventing a new, novel
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solution to a problem || || ||
creativity - ✔✔ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas, solutions, and possibilities
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crystallized intelligence - ✔✔characterized by acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it
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cultural intelligence - ✔✔ability with which people can understand and relate to those in another
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culture
divergent thinking - ✔✔ability to think "outside the box" to arrive at novel solutions to a problem
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Dysgraphia - ✔✔A learning disability that involves difficulty in handwriting.
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dyslexia - ✔✔common learning disability in which letters are not processed properly by the brain
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emotional intelligence - ✔✔ability to understand emotions and motivations in yourself and others
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event schema - ✔✔set of behaviors that are performed the same way each time; also referred to as
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a cognitive script
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fluid intelligence - ✔✔ability to see complex relationships and solve problems
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Flynn effect - ✔✔observation that each generation has a significantly higher IQ than the previous
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generation
functional fixedness - ✔✔inability to see an object as useful for any other use other than the one
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for which it was intended
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, Heuristic - ✔✔mental shortcut that saves time when solving a problem
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hindsight bias - ✔✔belief that the event just experienced was predictable, even though it really
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wasn't
lexicon - ✔✔the words of a given language
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mental set - ✔✔continually using an old solution to a problem without results
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Morpheme - ✔✔in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a
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word (such as a prefix)
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Multiple Intelligences Theory - ✔✔Gardner's theory that each person possesses at least eight
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types of intelligence
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natural concept - ✔✔mental groupings that are created "naturally" through your experiences
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Norming - ✔✔administering a test to a large population so data can be collected to reference the
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normal scores for a population and its groups
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Overgeneralization - ✔✔extension of a rule that exists in a given language to an exception to the || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
rule
phoneme - ✔✔basic sound unit of a given language
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practical intelligence - ✔✔aka "street smarts" and common sense
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prototype - ✔✔best representation of a concept || || || || || ||
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Algorithm - ✔✔a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem
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analytical intelligence - ✔✔ability to analyze, judge, evaluate, compare, and contrast
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anchoring bias - ✔✔A faulty heuristic in which you fixate on a single aspect of a problem to find
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a solution
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artificial concept - ✔✔concept that is defined by a very specific set of characteristics
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availability heuristic - ✔✔making a decision based on the answer that most easily comes to mind
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cognition - ✔✔thinking, including perception, learning, problem solving, judgement, and
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memory
Cognitive Psychology - ✔✔The study of how people think, learn, and remember.
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cognitive script - ✔✔set of behaviors that are performed the same way each time; also referred to
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as an event schema
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concept - ✔✔category or grouping of linguistic information, objects, ideas, or life experiences
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confirmation bias - ✔✔faulty heuristic in which you focus on information that confirms your
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beliefs
convergent thinking - ✔✔providing correct or established answers to problems
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,creative intelligence - ✔✔ability to produce new products, ideas, or inventing a new, novel
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solution to a problem || || ||
creativity - ✔✔ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas, solutions, and possibilities
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crystallized intelligence - ✔✔characterized by acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it
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cultural intelligence - ✔✔ability with which people can understand and relate to those in another
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culture
divergent thinking - ✔✔ability to think "outside the box" to arrive at novel solutions to a problem
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Dysgraphia - ✔✔A learning disability that involves difficulty in handwriting.
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dyslexia - ✔✔common learning disability in which letters are not processed properly by the brain
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emotional intelligence - ✔✔ability to understand emotions and motivations in yourself and others
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event schema - ✔✔set of behaviors that are performed the same way each time; also referred to as
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a cognitive script
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fluid intelligence - ✔✔ability to see complex relationships and solve problems
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Flynn effect - ✔✔observation that each generation has a significantly higher IQ than the previous
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generation
functional fixedness - ✔✔inability to see an object as useful for any other use other than the one
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for which it was intended
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, Heuristic - ✔✔mental shortcut that saves time when solving a problem
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hindsight bias - ✔✔belief that the event just experienced was predictable, even though it really
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wasn't
lexicon - ✔✔the words of a given language
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mental set - ✔✔continually using an old solution to a problem without results
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Morpheme - ✔✔in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning; may be a word or a part of a
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word (such as a prefix)
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Multiple Intelligences Theory - ✔✔Gardner's theory that each person possesses at least eight
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types of intelligence
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natural concept - ✔✔mental groupings that are created "naturally" through your experiences
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Norming - ✔✔administering a test to a large population so data can be collected to reference the
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normal scores for a population and its groups
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Overgeneralization - ✔✔extension of a rule that exists in a given language to an exception to the || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
rule
phoneme - ✔✔basic sound unit of a given language
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practical intelligence - ✔✔aka "street smarts" and common sense
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prototype - ✔✔best representation of a concept || || || || || ||
