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Ch. 7: the third of Piaget's stages, when a child understands conversation but still is incapable of abstract thought Concrete Operational S
Concrete Operational
Ch. 7: a fertilized egg
Zygote
the first stage in Piaget's theory, during which the child relies heavily on innate motor responses to stimuli
Sensorimotor
Vygotsky's theory of development is called...
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Ch. 7: the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived
Object permanence
Ch.7 SCENARIO: if a child is playing peekaboo, according to Piaget, they lack _____
Object permanence
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
cultural bias
the tendency to search for evidence that fits one's beliefs while ignoring any evidence to the contrary
confirmation bias
The ability to learn from one's experiences, acquire knowledge, and use resources effectively in adapting to new situations or solving problems.
intelligenge
the ability to reason and solve problems, or general intelligence
g factor
the belief that there are different aspects of intelligence with several other abilities, by Howard Gardner
Multiple Intelligences
Problem solving method in which one possible solution after another is tried until a successful one is found
trial and error
Specific, step-by-step procedures for solving certain types of problems
algorithms
the sudden perception of relationships among various parts of a problem, allowing the solution to the problem to come quickly
insight
a block to problem solving that comes from thinking about objects in terms of only their typical functions
functional fixedness
an English psychologist known for work in statistics, as a pioneer of work statistics and coining up the G factor
Charles Spearman
