Thinking and Intelligence
Across
- 4. set of expectations that define the behaviors of a person occupying a particular role
- 6. Gardner’s theory that each person possesses at least eight types of intelligence
- 7. method for solving problems
- 10. (also, IQ) score on a test designed to measure intelligence
- 13. learning disability that causes extreme difficulty in writing legibly
- 15. faulty heuristic in which you focus on information that confirms your beliefs
- 17. the words of a given language
- 18. inability to see an object as useful for any other use other than the one for which it was intended
- 20. communication system that involves using words to transmit information from one individual to another
- 25. best representation of a concept
- 32. ability to see complex relationships and solve problems
- 33. aligned with academic problem solving and computations
- 34. mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts
- 36. smallest unit of language that conveys some type of meaning
- 37. set of behaviors that are performed the same way each time; also referred to as an event schema
- 40. ability to generate, create, or discover new ideas, solutions, and possibilities
- 42. set of rules that are used to convey meaning through the use of a lexicon
- 43. method of testing in which administration, scoring, and interpretation of results are consistent
- 44. ability with which people can understand and relate to those in another culture
- 45. ability to produce new products, ideas, or inventing a new, novel solution to a problem
- 46. Sternberg’s theory of intelligence; three facets of intelligence: practical, creative, and analytical
- 47. aka “street smarts”
Down
- 1. belief that the event just experienced was predictable, even though it really wasn’t
- 2. mental groupings that are created “naturally” through your experiences
- 3. extension of a rule that exists in a given language to an exception to the rule
- 5. faulty heuristic in which you fixate on a single aspect of a problem to find a solution
- 8. continually using an old solution to a problem without results
- 9. problem-solving strategy characterized by a specific set of instructions
- 11. faulty heuristic in which you make a decision based on information readily available to you
- 12. mental shortcut that saves time when solving a problem
- 14. ability to think “outside the box” to arrive at novel solutions to a problem
- 16. heuristic in which you begin to solve a problem by focusing on the end result
- 19. faulty heuristic in which you stereotype someone or something without a valid basis for your judgment
- 21. set of behaviors that are performed the same way each time; also referred to as a cognitive script
- 22. field of psychology dedicated to studying every aspect of how people think
- 23. characterized by acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it
- 24. thinking, including perception, learning, problem solving, judgment, and memory
- 26. ability to understand emotions and motivations in yourself and others
- 27. learning disability that causes difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics
- 28. providing correct or established answers to problems
- 29. category or grouping of linguistic information, objects, ideas, or life experiences
- 30. process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words
- 31. basic sound unit of a given language
- 35. concept that is defined by a very specific set of characteristics
- 38. manner by which words are organized into sentences
- 39. problem-solving strategy in which multiple solutions are attempted until the correct one is found
- 41. common learning disability in which letters are not processed properly by the brain