01:830:331 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Fluid And Crystallized Intelligence, Rote Learning, Prefrontal Cortex

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Intelligence can be described at three levels of analysis: as one thing, as a few things, or as many things. Some researchers view intelligence as a simple entity that influences all aspects of cognitive functioning. G (general intelligence): the part of intelligence that is common to all intellectual tasks. Measures of g correlate positively with school grades and achievement test performance. G correlates with information-processing speed, with speed of neural transmission, and with brain volume. Fluid intelligence: ability to think on the spot to solve novel problems: ex. Drawing inferences and understanding relations between concepts that have not been encountered previously: related to: Amount of activation of specific brain areas- prefrontal cortex and the parietal area, on tasks that require attention and problem solving: peaks in early adulthood, around 20, and slowly declines thereafter. Crystallized intelligence: factual knowledge about the world: ex.

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