Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Genetic Marker, Prefrontal Cortex, Content Validity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Chapter 10: when language is interpreted in terms of knowledge and expectations it is referred to as, creativity, top-down processing, bottom-up processing, inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning. Sample exam question: the smallest sound unit in language is referred to as, a morpheme, a phoneme, pragmatics, syntax, semantics. Intelligence is a set of abilities which allows us to: acquire knowledge, to think rationally, act purposefully, deal effectively with the environment. Intelligence can be thought of as a capacity rather than a thing. Subjects were positively correlated (high mark in one = high in other) So attributed to general intelligence or g. A single unitary facor (g) a single unitary factor (g) with a single unitary factor. Savant below average intelligence but excel in one particular area. Learning disabilities usually effect only specific skills. Performance on a task is more influenced by the specific abilities rather than a general intelligence. P perceptual speed (how quickly can you recognize a pattern)