PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dinos, Intelligence Quotient, Knowledge Base
21 Jun 2017
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A general background knowledge relevant to some task or activity. As you gather more of this, you become better at certain tasks assoc with it: -eg. Study approaches in year 1 vs. year 3 coursework gets easier because of existing knowledge base so easier to study with efficiency: -kids may become very interested in some topics (eg. dinos, sharks, dogs, -eg. Life sci students are far better with scientific methods or lab report writing than learning about theories of grammar (cog sci students: expert vs. novice chess players. Adults (experts) remember chess pieces and positions of the board vs. novice chess players. Looked at the same study with kids (avg age of 10yo and recuirted uni students) Are these kids smart generally or just experts in specific field. 1st task: involved chess possible moves and how many items you recall from chess board after seeing just once. Kids are better at this task than adults.
