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• Working memory – type of memory in which a small number of items can be stored briefly.
• Long-term memory – permanent storehouse for memories that has unlimited capacity
• Organization – as applied to children’s memory, a strategy in which information to be remembered is structured so that related information is placed together.
• Elaboration – memory strategy in which information is embellished to make it more memorable
• Metamemory – person’s informal understanding of memory; includes the ability to diagnose memory problems accurately and to monitor the effectiveness of memory strategies
• Metacognitive knowledge – a person’s knowledge and awareness of cognitive processes
• Cognitive self-regulation – skill at identifying goals, selecting effective strategies, and accurate monitoring; a characteristic of successful students.
• Psychometricians – psychologists who specialize in measuring psychological traits such as intelligence and personality.
• Emotional intelligence – ability to use one’s own and others’ emotion effectively for solving problems and living happily.
• Analytic ability – in Sternberg’s theory of intelligence, the ability to analyze problems and generate different solutions
• Creative ability – in Sternberg’s theory of intelligence, the ability to deal adaptively with novel situations and problems.
• Practical ability – in Sternberg’s theory of intelligence, the ability to know which problem solutions are likely to work.
• Mental Age – in intelligence testing, a measure of children’s performance corresponding to the chronological age of those whose performance equals the child’s.
• Intelligence Quotient – mathematical representation of how a person scores on an intelligence test in relation to how other people of the same age score.
• Culture-Fair Intelligence Tests – intelligence tests devised using items common to many cultures.
• Stereotype Threat – an evoked fear of being judged in accordance with a negative stereotype about a group to which you belong.
• Convergent Thinking – using information to arrive at one standard and correct answer.
• Divergent Thinking – thinking in novel and unusual directions.
• Intellectual Disability – substantially below-average intelligence and problems adapting to an environment that emerge before the age of 18.
• Learning Disability – when a child with normal intelligence has difficulty mastering at least one academic subject.