Problem solving method in which one possible solution after another is tried until a successful one is found

the tendency to search for evidence that fits one's beliefs while ignoring any evidence to the contrary

Vygotsky's theory of development is called...

A test can fail in validity while still being reliable.

When a problem is seen as having only one answer, with all lines of thinking leading to that answer, this is known as divergent thinking.

People raised in a different culture, or even a different economic situation, from the one in which the designer of an IQ test is raised are not likely to perform well on such a test

Conservation is the knowledge that an object exists even when it is not in sight.

Critical periods are times when the environment can influence the development of the embryo.

Ch. 7: the third of Piaget's stages, when a child understands conversation but still is incapable of abstract thought Concrete Operational S

Ch. 7: the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived

an English psychologist known for work in statistics, as a pioneer of work statistics and coining up the G factor

the ability to reason and solve problems, or general intelligence

tendency of a test to produce the same scores again and again each time it is given to the same people