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\r\n\r\nChapter Outline<\/strong>\r\n
LI.1\u00a0What Is Cognition?<\/a><\/div>\r\n
LI.2\u00a0Language<\/a><\/div>\r\n
LI.3\u00a0Problem Solving<\/a><\/div>\r\n
LI.4\u00a0What Are Intelligence and Creativity?<\/a><\/div>\r\n
LI.5\u00a0Measures of Intelligence<\/a><\/div>\r\n
LI.6 The Source of Intelligence<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"975\"]\"Three Figure LI.1\u00a0Thinking is an important part of our human experience, and one that has captivated people for centuries. Today, it is one area of psychological study. The 19th-century\u00a0Girl with a Book\u00a0by Jos\u00e9 Ferraz de Almeida J\u00fanior, the 20th-century sculpture\u00a0The Thinker\u00a0by August Rodin, and Shi Ke\u2019s 10th-century painting\u00a0Huike Thinking\u00a0all reflect the fascination with the process of human thought. (credit \u201cmiddle\u201d: modification of work by Jason Rogers; credit \u201cright\u201d: modification of work by Tang Zu-Ming)[\/caption]<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n

What is the best way to solve a problem? How does a person who has never seen or touched snow in real life develop an understanding of the concept of snow? How do young children acquire the ability to learn language with no formal instruction? Psychologists who study thinking explore questions like these and are called cognitive psychologists.<\/p>\r\n

Cognitive psychologists also study intelligence. What is intelligence, and how does it vary from person to person? Are \u201cstreet smarts\u201d a kind of intelligence, and if so, how do they relate to other types of intelligence? What does an IQ test really measure? These questions and more will be explored in this chapter as you study thinking and intelligence.<\/p>\r\n

In other chapters, we discussed the cognitive processes of perception, learning, and memory. In this chapter, we will focus on high-level cognitive processes. As a part of this discussion, we will consider thinking and briefly explore the development and use of language. We will also discuss problem solving and creativity before ending with a discussion of how intelligence is measured and how our biology and environments interact to affect intelligence. After finishing this chapter, you will have a greater appreciation of the higher-level cognitive processes that contribute to our distinctiveness as a species.<\/p>","rendered":"

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Chapter Outline<\/strong><\/p>\n

LI.1\u00a0What Is Cognition?<\/a><\/div>\n
LI.2\u00a0Language<\/a><\/div>\n
LI.3\u00a0Problem Solving<\/a><\/div>\n
LI.4\u00a0What Are Intelligence and Creativity?<\/a><\/div>\n
LI.5\u00a0Measures of Intelligence<\/a><\/div>\n
LI.6 The Source of Intelligence<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Figure LI.1\u00a0Thinking is an important part of our human experience, and one that has captivated people for centuries. Today, it is one area of psychological study. The 19th-century\u00a0Girl with a Book\u00a0by Jos\u00e9 Ferraz de Almeida J\u00fanior, the 20th-century sculpture\u00a0The Thinker\u00a0by August Rodin, and Shi Ke\u2019s 10th-century painting\u00a0Huike Thinking\u00a0all reflect the fascination with the process of human thought. (credit \u201cmiddle\u201d: modification of work by Jason Rogers; credit \u201cright\u201d: modification of work by Tang Zu-Ming)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

What is the best way to solve a problem? How does a person who has never seen or touched snow in real life develop an understanding of the concept of snow? How do young children acquire the ability to learn language with no formal instruction? Psychologists who study thinking explore questions like these and are called cognitive psychologists.<\/p>\n

Cognitive psychologists also study intelligence. What is intelligence, and how does it vary from person to person? Are \u201cstreet smarts\u201d a kind of intelligence, and if so, how do they relate to other types of intelligence? What does an IQ test really measure? These questions and more will be explored in this chapter as you study thinking and intelligence.<\/p>\n

In other chapters, we discussed the cognitive processes of perception, learning, and memory. In this chapter, we will focus on high-level cognitive processes. As a part of this discussion, we will consider thinking and briefly explore the development and use of language. We will also discuss problem solving and creativity before ending with a discussion of how intelligence is measured and how our biology and environments interact to affect intelligence. After finishing this chapter, you will have a greater appreciation of the higher-level cognitive processes that contribute to our distinctiveness as a species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"part":33,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2131,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/708\/revisions\/2131"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/33"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/708\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=708"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=708"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digitaleditions.library.dal.ca\/intropsychneuro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}