PSYO 1012 Midterm: PSYCHOLOGY NOTES test 2.docx

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYO 1012
• Professor: Jennifer Stamp

Document Summary

Concepts: basic units of semantic (relating to word meanings) thought categories (prototypes) prototypes, which are the most typical and familiar members of the class. Due to use of pragmatic reasoning schemas cross cultural differences non westerners solve problems on functional/concrete basis (classification problem) standard iq tests do not work well across cultures belief bias (all things smoked are good not cigarettes) distraction by irrelevant information sock drawer experiment (sternberg 1988) metacognition knowing whether you understand a concept intelligence and iq intelligence a controversial testing it is the ability to acquire knowledge. Information processing asses changes in cognitive abilities in children (relating to the process of acquiring cognitive processes people use to solve problems (focus on similarities) psychometrics statistical study of psychological tests factor analysis: looking for highly correlated clusters used to determine if tests measure similar abilities (test scores closely taps into same skills) clusters or factors general and specific intelligence.