Thinking and Intelligence

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