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mental retardation
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a condition characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills
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deductive reasoning
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reasoning from the general to the specific
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decision making
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evaluating alternatives and making choices among these alternatives
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hindsight bias
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the tendency to report falsely, after the fact, that we accurately predicted an outcome
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validity
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the property by which tests actually measure what they are supposed to measure
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thinking may involve
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data in any sensory modality, visual images...
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naturalist intelligence
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farmer, botanist, ecologist, landscaper. One that has the ability to observe patterns in nature and understand natural and human-made systems.
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practical intelligence
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intelligence related to overal success in living (according to Robert Sternberg)
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analytical intelligence
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intelligence related to the ability to judge, evaluate, compare and contrast.
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intrapersonal intelligence
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intelligence related to the ability to understand oneself
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spatial intelligence
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intelligence related to the ability to think three dimensionally
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creative intelligence
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the ability to design, invent, originate, and imagine
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Flynn effect
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the effect on education on intelligence is known as this effect
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infinite generativity
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the ability to produce an infinite number of sentences using a relatively limited set of rules
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phonemes
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the basic and smallest sounds of language
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reliability
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the property by which tests measure consistently what they are trying to measure
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mindfulness
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being alert and mentally present for one's everyday activities
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inductive reasoning
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reasoning from the specific to the general
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reasoning
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the mental activity of transforming info to reach conclusion
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morphology
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a language's rules for word formation
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babbling
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when an infant utters "ma", "pa", and "me" more or less randomly he is doing what?
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availiability heuristic
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a shortcut in which the probablity of something is judged based on how easily one can recall similar events
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traits of intellectually gifted people
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superior talent in a particular area, socially well adjusted, IQ above 130, academically advanced
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When it comes to categorizing new info, our brains use a couple of techniques to help us. A ____ is a typical and highly representative example of a ____.
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prototype, concept
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