Chapter 8-Psychology
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fiona25 on November 15, 2011
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Fortis Paralegal, Paralegals and Criminal Justice
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Intelligence | An overall capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and deal effectively with the environment. |
| Mental Age | The averge mental ability people display at a given age. |
| Intelligence Quotient (IQ) | An index of intelligence defined as a person's mental age divided by his or her chronological age and multiplied by 100. |
| Cognition | The process of thinking or mentally processing information (images, concepts, words, rules, and symbols). |
| Concept | An idea representing a catagory of related objects or event. |
| Prototype | An ideal model used as a prime example of a particular concept. |
| Semantics | The study of meanings in words and language. |
| Understanding | In problem solving, a deeper comprehension of the nature of the problem. |
| Insight | A sudden mental reorganization of a problem that makes the solution obvious. |
| Intuition | Quick, impulsive thought that does not make use of formal logic or clear reasoning. |
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