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| 6064536945 | Cognition | mental activities like thinking, problem solving, decision-making | 0 | |
| 6064542963 | Thinking | manipulation of mental representations of information | 1 | |
| 6064548580 | Mental image | mental representation of spatial information or events | 2 | |
| 6064559350 | Prototype | the best or most typical example of a concept | 3 | |
| 6064566495 | Trial & error | problem solving, attempting different solutions, eliminating those that do not work | 4 | |
| 6064572934 | Algorithm | problem solving, involves a specific rule or procedure the produces the correct solution | 5 | |
| 6064583884 | Heuristic | rule of thumb problem solving strategy | 6 | |
| 6064587946 | Insight | sudden realization of solution to problem | 7 | |
| 6064591892 | Intuition | solving a problem without conscious awareness of the thought processes involved | 8 | |
| 6064601344 | Availability heuristic | likelihood of event is estimated on basis of readily available information about other like events | 9 | |
| 6064617565 | Representativeness heuristic | likelihood of event is estimated based on similarity to a prototype of event | 10 | |
| 6064623512 | Functional fixedness | type of mental set, view objects as only able to function in their customary way | 11 | |
| 6064631579 | Mental set | persist in solving problems with solutions that have worked in the past | 12 | |
| 6064644557 | Whorfian hypothesis | aka: linguistic relativity hypothesis, differences among languages can cause differences in thoughts | 13 | |
| 6064664624 | Single feature model | decision making, base decision on a single feature | 14 | |
| 6064675414 | Additive model | decision making, list most important factors, rank them | 15 | |
| 6064684406 | Elimination model | decision making, list criteria, cross off choices that don't meet all of the criteria | 16 | |
| 6064720013 | Belief-bias effect | accept only evidence that conforms to belief | 17 | |
| 6064723550 | Confimation bias | seek out evidence that confirms existing belief | 18 | |
| 6064734177 | Overestimation effect | overestimate the rarity of an event, when in actuality it is common | 19 | |
| 6064749412 | Intelligence | global capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and deal effectively with environment | 20 | |
| 6064758197 | Binet | first to develop a test to measure different mental abilities | 21 | |
| 6064763707 | Terman | developed IQ | 22 | |
| 6064769317 | Wechsler | developed the first intelligence test for adults | 23 | |
| 6064775413 | Achievement | person's level of knowledge | 24 | |
| 6064782689 | Aptitude | person's ability to benefit from further training | 25 | |
| 6064789942 | Standardization | develop a norm for a test | 26 | |
| 6064793803 | Reliability | test must produce similar scores on different occasions | 27 | |
| 6064800472 | Validity | test measures what it is supposed to measure | 28 | |
| 6064808194 | Average IQ | 85 to 115, 68% of population | 29 | |
| 6064814937 | Spearman | g factor of intelligence | 30 | |
| 6064820475 | Thurstone | 7 primary mental abilities | 31 | |
| 6064826560 | Gardner | multiple intelligences | 32 | |
| 6064832518 | Sternberg | triarchic theory of intelligence | 33 | |
| 6064846765 | Autism spectrum disorder | deficits in social communication & interaction and restricted behaviors & activities | 34 | |
| 6064863577 | Heritability | percentage of variation within a given population due to heredity | 35 | |
| 6064869807 | Stereotype threat | negative stereotype leads to lower performance | 36 | |
| 6064890926 | Stereotype lift | positive stereotype leads to increased performance | 37 |
