BCS 111 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Syllogism

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Course: BCS 111
• Professor: Yang

Document Summary

Fluid intelligence: the ability to solve new problems (based on cognitive abilities, like wm capacity and long-term memory) Crystallized intelligence: the ability to solve problems similar to those you have encountered in the past based on experience and increases with age/experience. Ability to think abstractly and solve problems. The main difference between fluid and crystallized intelligence is that fluid is based on cognitive abilities, whereas crystallized is based on experience. 3 aspects of intelligence that are measured: verbal, spatial, numerical. Commonly used intelligence tests: wechsler intelligence scale for children (wisc) and. Usually goes: there is premise 1, and premise 2, so therefore, conclusion. As long as the premises are true, the conclusion should be true. They present premises that deal with classes of entities, so the premises have quantifiers. A proposition is a fact/assertion that you can infer from the sentence. Inference from available information possible outcomes. Goes from specific observations to broad generalizations.