Unit 7 Cognition & Unit 11 Intelligence

College Board Objectives

5.1- Introduction to Memory

5.A Compare and contrast various cognitive processes:

Examples: effortful versus automatic processing, Deep versus shallow processing, Selective versus divided attention, Metacognition

5.B Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of memory.

Examples: Short-term memory, Implicit memory (procedural), Long-term memory, Sensory memory (echoic, iconic), Prospective memory, Explicit memory (semantic, episodic), Physiological systems

5.C Identify the contributions of key researchers in cognitive psychology.

Examples: Noam Chomsky, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Wolfgang Köhler, Elizabeth Loftus, Contributions of George A. Miller

5.2 Encoding

5.D Outline the principles that underlie construction and encoding of memories.

5.3 Storing

5.D Outline the principles that underlie effective storage of memories.

5.4 Retrieving

5.E Describe strategies for retrieving memories.

5.5 Forgetting and Memory Distortion

5.F Describe strategies for memory improvement and typical memory errors.

5.6 Biological Bases for Memory

5.H Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of short- and long-term memory.

5.7 Introduction to Thinking and Problem Solving

5.I Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that influence their effectiveness.

5.JList the characteristics of creative thought and creative thinkers.

5.8 Biases and Errors in Thinking

5.K Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that create bias and errors in thinking.

5.11 Components of Language and Language Acquisition: Synthesize how biological, cognitive, and cultural factors converge to facilitate acquisition, development, and use of language. Debate the appropriate testing practices, particularly in relation to culture-fair test uses.

5.9 Introduction to Intelligence

5.L Define intelligence and list characteristics of how psychologists measure intelligence.

Examples: abstract versus verbal measures, speed of processing, fluid intelligence, crystallized intelligence, flynn effect, stereotype threat, savant syndrome.

5.M Discuss how culture influences the definition of intelligence.

5.N Compare and contrast historic and contemporary theories of intelligence.

Examples: Charles Spearman, Howard Gardener, Robert Sternerg

5.O Identify the contributions of key researchers in intelligence research and testing.

Examples: Alfred Binet, Francis Galton, Howard Gardner, Charles Spearman, Robert Sternberg, Lewis Terman, David Wechsler