Across
- 2. A speedy, yet error-prone, thinking strategy that allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently
- 5. We study this in intelligence to determine how much the difference between individuals in intellect comes from our genes
- 6. The theory that language determines the way we think
- 9. The basic sound unit; There are 3 in the word 'shoot' (sh, oo, & t)
- 12. Much like Genie the "wild child," language must be learned during THIS, or the ability to master any language diminishes
- 14. If this part of the brain is damaged, you may lose the ability to speak language
- 15. A kind of intelligence that focuses on the ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions (one word)
- 18. The number of intelligences asserted by Gardner that each person carries
- 19. A prime example that we use to exemplify a concept; a prototypical primate would more likely be a chimp, rather than a lemur
- 20. All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering and communicating
- 22. A tendency to search for evidence that supports our preconceptions and ignore anything that contradicts them
- 28. A kind of intelligence that works with well-defined problems and a single right answer (one word)
- 29. A kind of intelligence that works with generating novel ideas and adapting to new situations (one word)
Down
- 1. The tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgment
- 3. "Analysis frozen into habit"
- 4. Our tendency to hold on to a belief, even after it has been disproven
- 7. A commonly used measure of intelligence; the average score is 100
- 8. A kind of intelligence that works with everyday tasks that often have multiple solutions (one word)
- 10. David Wechsler created this test, which is the most widely used intelligence test to date (acronym)
- 11. The basic unit of meaning; There are 2 in 'psychology' (psych, ology)
- 13. The way an issue is posed; By calling a small coffee "tall," customers feel like they are getting more coffee
- 16. Impairment of language use, usually caused by damage to one of several cortical areas
- 17. If this part of the brain is damaged, you may lose the ability to understand language
- 20. A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas or people
- 21. The system of rules, often unique to a language, that enables us to communicate with each other
- 23. A methodical, logical rule of procedure that guarantees a solution, but likely at the cost of efficiency
- 24. the mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
- 25. In the brains of highly-educated individuals, they found that they had more of these, NOT overall mass
- 26. Our spoken, written or signed words and how we combine them to communicate meaning
- 27. A sudden realization of a problem's solution