Chapter 7: Thinking and Intelligence

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Across
  1. 4. mental shortcut that saves time when solving a problem
  2. 7. best representation of a concept
  3. 10. ________ thinking providing correct or established answers to problems
  4. 13. mental construct consisting of a cluster or collection of related concepts
  5. 14. score on a test designed to measure intelligence
  6. 18. ________ thinking ability to think "outside the box" to arrive at novel solutions to a problem
  7. 19. ________ intelligence ability to produce new products, ideas, or inventing a new, novel solution to a problem
  8. 20. Smallest unit in a language that carries meaning
  9. 21. set of expectations that define the behaviors of a person occupying a particular role
  10. 23. continually using an old solution to a problem without results
  11. 24. ________ fixedness inability to see an object as useful for any other use other than the one for which it was intended
  12. 26. Process by which we derive meaning from morphemes and words
  13. 27. problem-solving strategy characterized by a specific set of instructions
  14. 28. communication system that involves using words to transmit info from one individual to another
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  1. 1. ___________ Intelligences Theory Gardner's theory that each person possesses at least eight types of intelligence
  2. 2. thinking, including perception, learning, problem solving, judgment, and memory
  3. 3. the words of a given language
  4. 5. ________ intelligence characterized by acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it
  5. 6. category or grouping of linguistic information, objects, ideas, or life experiences
  6. 8. problem-solving strategy in which multiple solutions are attempted until the correct one is found
  7. 9. manner by which words are organized into sentences
  8. 11. ___________ concept mental groupings that are created "naturally" through your experiences
  9. 12. basic sound unit of a given language
  10. 15. ________ intelligence ability to see complex relationships and solve problems
  11. 16. ___________ intelligence aka "street smarts"
  12. 17. set of rules that are used to convey meaning through the use of a lexicon
  13. 22. _____________ deviation measure of variability that describes the difference between a set of scores and their mean
  14. 25. extension of a rule that exists in a given language to an exception to the rule