Ch.8 Psychology

1. thought Thinking in which a general rule or principle is gathered from a series of specific examples.
4. thought Drawing conclusions on the basis of formal principles of reasoning.
5. thinking Thinking that produces many ideas or alternatives; a major element in original or creative thought.
6. In tests of creativity, originality refers to how novel or unusual solutions are.
7. thought Thought that is intuitive, haphazard, or irrational.
9. heuristic A tendency to select wrong answers because they seem to match pre-existing mental categories.
11. In tests of creativity, fluency refers to the total number of solutions produced.
12. age The average mental ability displayed by people of a given age.
13. In test of creativity, flexibility is indicated by the number of different types of solutions produced.
14. Quick, impulsive thought.
15. A general ability factor proposed to underlie intelligence, the core of general intellectual ability that involves reasoning, problem-solving ability, knowledge, and memory.

1. quotient An index of intelligence defined as a person's mental age divided by his or her chronological age and multiplied by 100.
2. thinking Thinking directed toward discovery of a single established correct answer; conventional thinking.
3. rate The basic rate at which an event occurs over time; the basic probability of an event.
8. thought Thought that applies a general set of rules to specific situations.
10. The overall capacity to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to adapt to one’s surroundings.
16. The way the problem is stated or the way it is structured.