L33 Psych 326 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Otto Staudinger, Tyrant
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Initial inquiry into cognitive functioning focused primarily on evaluating cognition as a single construct, such as intelligence or general intellectual functioning (known as spearman"s little. Positive manifold - someone who does very poorly on one test will likely do poorly on another related test. As opposed to having special strengths that cause people to do better on some tests than others) Fluid intelligence (gf) - the ability to change, adapt, and learn during a novel experience. Matrix completion - learn rules of a pattern and recognize next part in series. A c f j o ___ (u, increasing) 7 11 13 17 19 __ (23 prime numbers) Crystallized intelligence (gc) - knowledge accumulates and solidifies across the life span, based on life experience. Present reserve : do these words have similar, contradictory meanings, or neither. Pride is to lion as murder is to crow. Gca depiction of the effect of aging.