PSY 357 Exam 2 Questions with Complete
Solutions
Mental operations
cognitive actions that can be performed on objects or ideas
Deductive reasoning
drawing conclusions from facts; characteristic of formal-operational thought
Working memory
type of memory in which a small number of items can be stored briefly
Long-term memory
permanent storehouse for memories that has unlimited capacity
Organization
as applied to children's memory, a strategy in which information to be remembered is structured
so that related information is placed together
Cognitive self-regulation
skill at identifying goals, selecting effective strategies, and monitoring accurately; a
characteristic of successful students
Emotional intelligence
ability to use one's own and others' emotions effectively for solving problems and living happily
Analytic ability
, in Sternberg's theory of intelligence, the ability to analyze problems and generate different
solutions
Creative ability
in Sternberg's theory of intelligence, the ability to deal adaptively with novel situations and
problems
Practical ability
in Sternberg's theory of intelligence, the ability to know which problem solutions are likely to
work
Mental age
in intelligence testing, a measure of children's performance corresponding to the chronological
age of those whose performance equals the child's
Intelligence quotient
mathematical representation of how a person scores on an intelligence test in relation to how
other people of the same age score
Culture-fair intelligence tests
intelligence tests devised using items common to many cultures
Intellectual disability
substantially below-average intelligence and problems adapting to an environment that emerge
before the age of 18
Learning disability
Solutions
Mental operations
cognitive actions that can be performed on objects or ideas
Deductive reasoning
drawing conclusions from facts; characteristic of formal-operational thought
Working memory
type of memory in which a small number of items can be stored briefly
Long-term memory
permanent storehouse for memories that has unlimited capacity
Organization
as applied to children's memory, a strategy in which information to be remembered is structured
so that related information is placed together
Cognitive self-regulation
skill at identifying goals, selecting effective strategies, and monitoring accurately; a
characteristic of successful students
Emotional intelligence
ability to use one's own and others' emotions effectively for solving problems and living happily
Analytic ability
, in Sternberg's theory of intelligence, the ability to analyze problems and generate different
solutions
Creative ability
in Sternberg's theory of intelligence, the ability to deal adaptively with novel situations and
problems
Practical ability
in Sternberg's theory of intelligence, the ability to know which problem solutions are likely to
work
Mental age
in intelligence testing, a measure of children's performance corresponding to the chronological
age of those whose performance equals the child's
Intelligence quotient
mathematical representation of how a person scores on an intelligence test in relation to how
other people of the same age score
Culture-fair intelligence tests
intelligence tests devised using items common to many cultures
Intellectual disability
substantially below-average intelligence and problems adapting to an environment that emerge
before the age of 18
Learning disability
