Review Problem solving nothing will be asked on remote association tests nothing will be asked on performance based assessment nothing on advantages of expertise on problem solving Insight problem know about functional fixedness In many cases we have trouble coming up with a new way to use a tool The insight test assesses ones ability to overcome functional fixedness For example Dunkers candle problem These problems try to get you to think up a novel new way to solve a problem particularly with the unconventional use of tools Analogy approach don t need to know about structural features Just know Persistence effort in the face of frustration motivation in difficult or the basic idea impossible situations Decision Making Nothing on conditional reasoning task anchoring effect framing effect cognitive enhancement cognitive training or default heuristic Conjunction fallacy thinking that 2 things in conjunction is more likely than Heuristic general strategy we use in many cases to make decisions can be something alone fraught with fallacies Availability heuristic know that if it s available in recent memory you will use that information to make your decision Prospect theory look at slide on avoiding risks vs taking risks If there s a gain we don t want to take a risk if there s a loss we do want to take a risk Intelligence nothing on validity reliability factors that influence intelligence ravens test emotional intelligence figural spatial ability vista special ability spatial orientation test environmental spatial tests or virtual spatial navigation assessment Validity of non cognitive tests performance on non cognitive tests predict work force performance and achievement tests Know what non cognitive skills are personality conscientiousness teamwork emotional intelligence etc Mental rotation task assesses visual spatial ability Know what it is and how it relates to mental imagery The more we have to rotate something the longer it will take Predictive validity of spatial ability spatial ability does predict performance in Mental Imagery nothing on pitch imagery timbre imagery cognitive map biases or shape alignment shape and alignment remember information as being 90 degree angles and as being more aligned than they were Nothing on cognitive enhancement slides
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