Psych Unit 4 Review

Who designed of the first useful individual test of intelligence?

Memory tricks or techniques

Short, initial encoding of information into the memory system

Which of the following does Sternberg include as a type of intelligence

Pam has a low IQ but is able to tell you the exact day of the week of September 13, 1957. She's

The tendency for distributed practice to yield better retention than mass practice..

Memory of skills and procedures that are retrieved without conscious recollection

Conscious, activated memory which holds information briefly before it is stored.

Attributing to the wrong source, an event we have heard about, read about or imagined.

estimating the likelihood of events based on their readily they come to mind

Measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier.

The average twelve-year-old child has a mental age equal to

The distribution of IQ scores

Step by step procedures that guarantee a solution.

What do we call Gardner's theory for intelligence?

Mental groupings of similar objects, events, ideas, and people.

If Jane's intelligence quotient is 100, we know that she has a

Recalling information at the beginning of a list

Sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem.

If a test indicates that you could excel in teaching English as a second language, its is a

The term "g-factor," written about by Spearman, refers to

When new information disrupts the recall of old information.

Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

What is true of a thermometer that is always 3 degrees off?

Curve that shows that forgetting occurs rapidly and then levels off.

judging the likelihood of an event in terms of how well it seems to match a prototype.

If you answer odd-numbered questions on a test and later only the even-numbered questions.

Standardization includes formalizing testing procedures and establishing

What do we call a test that assesses the future capacity for learning?

Encoding of meaning.

The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions is called

The correlation of intelligence test scores of identical twins are

Thinking strategies that allow us to make judgements and solve problems quickly.

What is the process of getting information into the memory?

Unconscious encoding of information

When old information gets in the way of new information.

IQ may be defined as

Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event causing them to remember.

It can be argued that standardized testing (such as the SAT) is beneficial because

Memory of facts and experiences that one must consciously retrieve

Billy has a mental age of 8 and a chronological age of 10. Billy's IQ is

Permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system.

Identifying items learned earlier from a list

Fraternal twins are more similar in IQ than ordinary siblings suggests the importance of

Which of the following is an approach to measuring reliability?

Students that do well on college enterence exams generally do well in college. This means