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Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to:
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1. Define cognition and identify its three primary facets. |
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2. Understand what concepts are and distinguish between simple and complex concepts. |
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3. Distinguish between the basic and prototypical characteristics of natural concepts. |
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4. Define problem solving and describe the three major cognitive operations involved in problem solving. |
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5. Distinguish among the following problem-solving strategies: trial-and-error, algorithmic, and heuristic. |
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6. Discuss the importance of framing and emotional factors in decision making. |
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7. Define artificial intelligence and explain how it is used in problem solving. |
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8. Identify the major characteristics of human experts. |
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9. Define creativity and distinguish between convergent thinking and divergent thinking. |
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10. List and describe the four steps involved in Wallas's description of creative problem solving. |
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11. Define language, including the meaning of semantic content, the distinction between the surface structure of language and the deep structure of language, and the generative property of language. |
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12. Distinguish among phonemes, morphemes, and syntax. |
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13. Identify the Whorfian hypothesis. |
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14. Discuss the research results regarding the language capabilities of animals. |
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15. Define intelligence and compare the position of psychologists who view intelligence as a general ability to those who view it as several specific abilities. |
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16. List Sternberg's cognitive components of intelligent behavior. |
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17. Distinguish between fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence. |
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18. Identify intelligence tests and discuss how they are useful. |
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19. Discuss the concept of intelligence quotient and distinguish between ratio IQ and deviation IQ. |
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20. List and describe characteristics of good intelligence tests. |
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21. Define tacit intelligence and describe its relationship to general intelligence. |
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22. Identify the factors that contribute to an individual's intelligence. |
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23. Describe the importance of intelligence scores in modern society. |
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24. Discuss possible reasons for the recent rise in intelligence test scores. |
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25. Identify the race-ethnic differences in intelligence and achievement scores and describe the controversies and policy implications raised by the publication of The Bell Curve. |
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26. Distinguish between mental retardation and giftedness. |
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27. (From the Application section) Identify techniques to help improve critical thinking. |