Sternberg said that successful intelligence involves three distinct abilities. Name and briefly describe them.

Shining Time Station is a favorite television show of your 3-year-old niece, Sunmi.  The stories on this show revolve around the antics of more than a dozen toy trains.  Each train has a name and a number.  Your brother is shocked one day when Sunmi told him the name and number associated with each train on the show.  Your brother is amazed because to him Thomas looks like James, he’s never noticed any numbers on the trains, and Sunmi’s memory in other areas does not seem to be extraordinary.  What can you tell your brother about how knowledge influences memory that might help explain Sunmi’s memory?

Name and briefly describe the three basic principles of counting.

Describe what is known about how well infants can smell, taste, and feel.

List and describe the four ways in which parents positively get involved in their preschool children’s play.

What are some factors that contribute to improved reading comprehension? Name at least 3.

Name the three layers present in three-week-old embryos and describe what each layer will later form.

Name and describe the three components of mental hardware.

Discuss at least 2 things known about infant depth perception and the visual cliff, drawing on the research by Gibson and Walk.

Memory strategies are techniques or activities that improve remembering. Name and briefly discuss different memory strategies that people use (at least 3).