Individual Differences - Human Cognitive Processes - Lecture Slides, Slides of Brain and Cognitive Science

Individual Differences, Stable Patterns of Performancce, Differences in Cognitive Ability, Differences in Cognitive Style, Memory Scanning, Verbal Skills, Associative Memory, Spatial Orientation, Perceptual Speed, The Bell Curve are main points in this lecture.

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Individual Differences
Individual differences: stable patterns of
performancce that differ across individuals;
what makes you different from your roomie!
Differences in cognitive ability
Differences in cognitive style
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Individual Differences

  • Individual differences: stable patterns of performancce that differ across individuals; what makes you different from your roomie! - Differences in cognitive ability - Differences in cognitive style

Cognitive abilities that vary:

  • Memory scanning
  • Verbal skills
  • Visualization
  • Associative memory
  • Spatial orientation
  • Perceptual speed

Gardner’s MI theory

  • Linguistic intelligence
  • Logical-mathematical intelligence
  • Musical intelligence
  • Bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
  • Spatial intelligence
  • Interpersonal intelligence
  • Intrapersonal intelligence
  • Naturalistic intelligence
  • Existential intelligence

Cognitive Styles

  • Field dependence/independence
  • Cognitive tempo (reflexivity/impulsivity)
  • Need for cognition

Aging and cognition

  • Working memory span declines with age
  • Processing speed/efficiency declines with age
  • But, older people can easily compensate for these deficits if they recognize them
  • And, older people may gain “wisdom” that younger people do not yet have