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Chapter 8: Thinking and Intellgience
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/01/2011

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Deductive reasoning
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Using a belief or rule to determine if a conclusion is valid (follows logically from the belief or rule) (from the general to the specific)
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Inductive reasoning
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Using examples or instances to determine if a rule or conclusion is likely to be true. (From the specific to the general)
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Heuristics (Tversky and Kahneman)
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the mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that people typically use to make decisions.
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Algorithm
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procedure that, if followed correctly, will always yield the correct answer.
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Insight
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metaphorical mental light bulb that goes on in someone's head when he or she suddenly realizes the solution to a problem
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INTELLIGENCE
Definition
human ability to use knowledge to reason , make decisions, solve problems, understand complex ideas, learn quickly, and adapt to environmental challenges
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Achievement tests:
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assess current levels of skill and of knowledge
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Aptitude tests
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examine whether people will be good at various tasks in the future and may predict what jobs people might be good at.
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Alfred Binet
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launched psychometric approach to intelligence.
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Binet-Simon Intellgience Scale
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test for measuring a child's vocabulary, memory, skill with numbers, and other mental abilities.
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Weschler adult intelligence scale (WAIS)
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Revised version of Binet-simon intellgience scale, but directed towards adults.
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Intelligence quotient:
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To measure a child's intelligence (created by willhelm stern)
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Validity
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That is, do tests really measure what they claim to measure? Must consider what it means to be intelligent in order to evaluate the validity of the tests.
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General Intelligence (G)
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factor that contributes to performance on any intellectual task. In a sense, providing a single IQ score reflects the idea that one general factor underlies intelligence.
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Fluid intelligence:
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involves information processing, especially in novel or complex circumstances, such as reasoning, drawing analogies, and thinking quickly and flexibly
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Crystallized intelligence
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involves knowledge we acquire through experience, such as vocabulary and cultural information, and the ability to use this knowledge to solve problems
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Multiple Intelligences
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Howard Gardner) he identified different types of intellectual talents that are independent from one another. Important partly because it recognizes that people can be average or even deficient in some domains and outstanding in others
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Know what a behavioral geneticists does
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they study the genetic basis of behaviors and traits like intellgience.

Twins raised apart are highly similar in intelligence (supports genetics and development of intelligence)
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