Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rote Learning, Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

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Thurstone"s 7 primary abilities (independent): spatial visualization, perceptual speed, numerical, verbal meaning, memory, word fluency, reasoning. 120 factors: operations composed of cognition, memory, divergent thinking, convergent thinking & evaluation (thus, the act of thinking), contents composed of figural, symbolic, semantic, and behavioural, products composed of implications, transformations, systems, relations, classes, and units. Sternberg"s triarchic theory of intelligence (cognitive approach: analytical intelligence, practical intelligence, creative intelligence. Measurement: the more tasks completed correctly requiring complex abilities, the higher a person"s intelligence. There are 6 relatively independent intelligences: linguistic, mathematical, visual-spatial, musical, body-kinesthetic, personal. Deficiency needs: physiological needs, safety needs, belongingness and love needs, esteem needs. Growth needs: cognitive needs, aesthetic needs, self--actualization. Excitement phase: blood flows to arteries in genital organs, nipples, and breasts. Plateau phase: respiration, heart rate, and muscle tension build. James-lange: experience of emotion is caused by somatic feedback ex. Canon-bard: thalamus simultaneously stimulates experience and physiological response ex.