General knowledge

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/general-knowledge

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the cognitive component?A fundamental aspect of crystallized intelligence
2. What is the correlates with?Strongly associated with general intelligence and openness to experience
3. How does general knowledge help us learn new things?It gives us a map of facts that we can use to understand new information quickly, like using a treasure map to find hidden clues.
4. Where do we get general knowledge from?We learn it from school, books, TV, the internet, and talking with friends and family.

Crystallized Intelligence: The accumulation of knowledge, skills, and experience acquired throughout life.
Semantic Memory: A component of long-term memory responsible for storing general world knowledge and facts.
Schemata: Organized patterns of thought or behavior that form mental frameworks for interpreting information.