Fshd 117 Test 2

Front 1

The process by which sensory receptor neurons detect info and transmit it to the brain

Back 1

Sensation

Front 2

The interpretation of sensory input; recognizing, understanding, and knowing

Back 2

Perception

Front 3

Learning to be bored with a stimulus

Back 3

Habituation

Front 4

The length of time the infant spends looking at 2 stimuli

Back 4

Preferential Looking

Front 5

The focusing of perception and cognition on something in particular

Back 5

Attention

Front 6

Developmental disorder with problems focusing, impulsivity & hyperactivity

Back 6

ADHD

Front 7

The process of adjusting to the demands of the environment

Back 7

Adaptation

Front 8

The process by which we interpret new experiences in terms of existing schemes

Back 8

Assimilation

Front 9

The process of modifying existing schemes to better fit new experiences

Back 9

Accommodation

Front 10

Use of symbols such as words, images, or actions to represent or stand for objects and experiences; representational thought

Back 10

Symbolic Capacity

Front 11

The recognition that certain properties of an object r substance do not change when its appearance is altered in some superficial way

Back 11

Conservation

Front 12

The tendency to focus on only one aspect of a problem

Back 12

Centration

Front 13

The tendency to view the world from the person's own perspective and fail to recognize that others may have different points of view

Back 13

Egocentrism

Front 14

The gap between what a learner can accomplish independently and what she can accomplish with the guidance and encouragement of a more skilled partner

Back 14

Zone of proximal development

Front 15

The more skilled person gives structured help to a less skilled learner but gradually reduces the help as the less skilled learner becomes more competent

Back 15

Scaffolding

Front 16

Non-declarative memory that occurs unintentionally and w/o consciousness or awareness

Back 16

Implicit Memory

Front 17

Type of memory that includes procedural and autobiographical memories

Back 17

Implicit Memory

Front 18

Memory that involves consciously recollecting the past

Back 18

Explicit Memory

Front 19

Type of memory that includes episodic and _?_ memories

Back 19

Explicit Memory

Front 20

Organized clusters of knowledge and information about particular topics

Back 20

Schemas

Front 21

The inability to remember events and experiences that occurred during the first 2 or 3 years of life

Back 21

childhood amnesia

Front 22

Test designed for infants and toddlers ages 1 month to 42 months, includes motor scale, mental scale, behavior rating scale, etc.

Back 22

Bayley Scales of Infant Development

Front 23

Theory that says intelligence is divided into three categories: Analytic, Creative, and Practical

Back 23

Triarchic Theory of Intelligence (Sternberg)

Front 24

Who created the Theory of Multiple Intelligences?

Back 24

Howard Gardner

Front 25

Ingredients of Creativity

Back 25

Originality, Fluency, Flexibility

Front 26

The notion that impoverished environments inhibit intellectual growth and these effects accumulate over time

Back 26

Cumulative-Deficit Hypothesis

Front 27

The rise in average IQ scores in the 21st Century

Back 27

Flynn Effect