AP Psych Chapter 8

the tendency to strongly prefer to avoid losses compaired to acquiring gains

the tendency to make judgements about groups based on stereotypes

Thinking reflectively and productively

Mental categories used to group objects, events, and characteristics

The state of being alert and mentally present for everyday activities

Looking for the positive in a stressful situation

the tendency to claim that one has accurately predicted the outcome when that is not true

culture-fair test

Inductive reasoning is reasoning from a general case to make conclusions about a specific instance

lunguistic relativity hypothesis

It becomes easier to learn a second language as you get older

Seeking to reduce stress by managing a situation

What is an example of a prototype for fruit

A good test must include all but

Environement influences how language is learned

Regulating feelings about an experience by re-interpreting

The mental process of findin an appropriate way to attain a goal is not reaadily available

It is debated whether intelligence is an overall ability or divided into smaller skills

Algorithms

How a person interprets a situation

The proportion of observable differences in a group that can be explained by differences in the genes of the members

the tendency to search for and use information that supports, rather than refutes, ones claim

The controlled system of reasoning and decision making involves heuristics and is intuitive

The rise in overall intelligence level of kids now vs. past generations

the ability to think of something in a new and unconventional way

Convergent thinking

An all-purpose ability to do well on cognitive tasks

Theory of intelligence that intelligence comes in 3 forms: analytical, creative, and practical

Gifted

Howard Gardener believed...

a prediction about the probability of an event based on the ease of imagining similar events

open-mindedness

Primary appraisal is evaluating recources to determine how to cope

Heuristics

Functional fixedness

Divergent thinking

the tendency to ignore statistical information in favor of very specific but vivid information

A form of communication based on a system of symbols

Mental age is a persons individual level of mental development relative to others of the same age

Thinking

Human cognition is often compared to _______

What is this

Intelligence Quotient Formula

Language influences the way we think

The ability of language to communicate more meaning that is verbalized

The way information is processed and manipulated in remembering, thinking, and knowing

Heuristics help with rapid decision

Subgoals