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| Ability to acquire and retain knowledge. |
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| Two Big Questions About Intelligence |
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| Is intelligence one general ability or many specific abilities? What abilities make up Intelligence? |
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| Tested people on different subjects and found high correlation between scores. Supports one ability theory of intelligence. |
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Supported separate abilities.
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| Intelligence learned in school |
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| Carroll's theory of intelligence |
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General intelligence = Genetic
Narrow abilities = Environment
Broad abilities = Both |
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| Gardner's Theory of Intelligence |
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| Multiple Intelligences: logical-mathematical, musical, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic, bodily-kinesthetic, and naturalist. |
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| Intelligence Quotient. It is a measure of one's abilities at a single point in time. |
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| Popular around WWI to determine promotions for soldiers. Ages 2-24; Measures reasoning. |
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| Can test all ages. Tests performance on tasks. |
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| Cultural fairness. How are they used/interpreted? |
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| Institutionalizing and sterilizing supposedly mentally retarded people to improve the human race. Sir Francis Galton. |
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| We tend as a population to go back to the average. |
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| Found that genetics plays a large role in intelligence. |
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| Proof for environmental influence on intelligence |
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| Societal effects (stratified societies show IQ differences); Mental Retardation is 85% caused by environment. |
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| Genetic range of intelligence. |
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| Precision of individual memories decline over time. Most forgetting happens in the first hour. |
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| Initial recording of sensory information. (visual and auditory sensory memory) |
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| Holds info currently thinking about (aka working memory) |
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| Duration of Short Term Memory |
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| 20-30 seconds assuming no rehersing |
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| Capacity of Short Term Memory |
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| 5-9 pieces of info. Hold all info repeated in 2 seconds. |
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| Grouping info into meaningful units. |
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| recall info better if encoded with multiple senses. |
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Type of Long Term Memory
General facts |
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Type of Long Term Memory
Personal events. |
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Type of Long Term Memory
Intentionally learned/recalled. |
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Type of Long Term Memory
Unintentionally learned/recalled. |
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| Items in the middle of lists are forgotten more often. |
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| Trained a rat to run a maze, then damage a part of the brain trying to find where memory was located. Discovered that memories are not localized which means that memory will still function even with a damaged brain. |
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| Moves info from the short term memory to the long term memory. |
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| Strengthening connection between neurons; It is the biological basis of memory, we actually see the change a memory makes in a brain. (Cat=Mulder) |
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| Memories change to fit our experiences/expectations. (car crash study) |
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| Memory is fluid and changeable which can sometimes cause false memories. (Alan Alda Demo) |
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| Awareness of ourselves and our environment. |
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| How do we measure consciousness |
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| Self-report; Physio measures |
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Organize memories
Release growth hormones
Restore brain tissue |
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| Body's cycle of sleeping/waking. |
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| body changes in metabolism, temperature, etc. |
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Relaxation through Stage 3
Stage 4- delta waves; deepest sleep; still conscious
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Rapid Eye Movement- Most dreaming occurs
cycles throughout sleep
Important for quality sleep |
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| Suggestion that perceptions, feelings, or thoughts will occur. |
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| Argument against hypnosis |
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| No difference in brain waves |
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| People undergo surgery without anesthetic. |
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| Not allowed as testimony. Can alleviate pain, fear, and bad habits. |
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| changes thinking, mood, and/or behavior. |
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| When one cannot fulfill responsibilities because of drug use. |
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| mental/emotional need for drugs. |
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Nature- genetic predisposition to become adicted to certain drugs.
Nurture- Lack of meaningful experiences |
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