Ch 9 Intelligence Flashcards

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the ability to derive information , learn from experience, adapt to the environment, understand, and correctly utilize thought and reason.

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Intelligence

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a series of norm-referenced tests used to determine an individual’s ability to learn, reason, understand concepts, and acquire knowledge

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measures of intelligence

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The overall capacity to:
1. ____ rationally
2. _____purposefully
3. _____ to surroundings

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Think
Act
Adapt

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a general level of intelligence

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Spearman’s g-factor

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ability to solve novel problems with perceptual speed or rapid insight

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Fluid intelligence

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effective use of prior knowledge

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Crystalized intelligence

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aptitudes are the capacity for learning certain abilities:

abilities are better labeled types of intelligence.

  • theorizes that there are 9 distinctly different kinds of intelligence
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Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence’s

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  1. Visual: Pictorial abilities
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Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences: Spatial: visualizing the world in 3D

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discerning sounds, their pitch, tone, rhythm, and timbre

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  1. Musical: music abilities

Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences

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understanding living things and reading nature

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  1. Naturalist: An ability to understand the environment
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understanding yourself, what you feel, and what you want

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  1. intra personal: self knowledge

Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence

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quantifying things, making hypotheses and proving them

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  1. logical-mathematical: Logic and number abilities
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tackling the questions of why we live, and why we die

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  1. existential: an ability to understand spirituality and existence
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sensing people’s feelings and motives

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  1. Interpersonal: social abilities
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coordinating your mind with your body

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  1. bodily-kinesthetic: physical abilities
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finding the right words to express what you mean

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  1. linguistic: language abilities
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must produce consistent results each time

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Reliability

(Intelligence Tests)

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Must measure what it claims to measure

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Validity

(Intelligence Tests)

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Give to a large number of people and retest them later

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Test-retest

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Must measure what it claims to measure (confirm w/other assessments)

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Validity

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Scores are the same when evaluated by others

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Objective tests

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Standard procedures on every participant

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Standardization

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Average score must be compared to a normative demographic group.

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Norms

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  • Tests scores of individual children to the average score for their age.
  • Measures general intelligence
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Stanford Binet Intelligence Test

  • Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5)
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  • Yields a single overall intelligence (g-factor) score
  • measures overall intelligence, verbal and non-verbal skills
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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

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  1. Fluid Reasoning
  2. Knowledge
  3. Quantitative Reasoning
  4. Visual-spatial processing
  5. Working memory
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Stanford Binet Intelligence Test

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Ability to reason in unfamiliar situations

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  1. fluid reasoning
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knowledge about a wide range of topics

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  1. knowledge
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problem solving involving numbers

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  1. quantitative reasoning
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reproducing patterns, puzzles; copying geometric shapes

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visual-spatial processing

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use of short-term memory

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working memory

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intelligence measured by solving puzzles, assembling objects, completing pictures, and other nonverbal tasks

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performance (nonverbal) intelligence

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

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Intelligence measured by answering questions involving vocabulary, general information, arithmetic, and other language- or symbol-oriented tasks

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verbal intelligence

Wechslers Adult Intelligence Scale

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solving a problem that requires you to visualize the solution in your head

no verbal communication is required

Organizing, interpreting, and using visual information to solve problems

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Perceptual reasoning

35
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most scores fall close to the average with few found at the extremes

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normal distribution

36
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tables indicate relative standing in the group to an IQ score, or how far above or below the persons score falls

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Deviation IQ

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Average cognitive ability for an age group

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Mental age

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