5B: Intelligence Flashcards
Intelligence test
A method for assessing and individuals mental aptitude and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores
Alfred Binet
French psychologist who assessed intellectual abilities along with Theodore Simon in the two develop an objective test to identify children likely to have difficulty in regular classes. Been a and Simon made no assumption of the origin of intelligence.
Mental age
A measure of intelligence test performance devised by been a semicolon the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.
Lewis Termin
Professor at Stanford university who revised Binets test because he found that it only worked for students in Paris. He called his addition the Stanford-Binet test
William Stern
Derive the famous intelligence quotient, or IQ. Number that rated your intelligence
I Q
Defined originally as the ratio of mental age to chronological age multiplied by 100. I’m contemporary intelligence tests, the average performance for a given age is assigned a score of 100. Eugenics propose measuring human traits and using the results to encourage or discourage reproduction
Improper use
Works better on children then on adult so you cannot compare a 40-year-old to 20-year-old who got the same score
Intelligence
Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations. Also known as adaptive thinking
Debate
Psychologists to be weather, performance, or in the scrub quality that, like, is in the eye of the beholder
Charles Spearman
Help developed factor analysis but also believed in general intelligence. Granted that people often have special abilities that stand out
Gen. intelligence
Also known as the G factor and the general mental abilities therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test
Factor analysis
A statistical procedure that identifies question laded items on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie ones total score
L.L Thurstone
Gave 56 different test people enough not to be identified in clusters of primary mental abilities to just work Lindsay memory and reasoning
Howard Gardner
Supports their stones idea that intelligence comes in different packages. You believe they were there were eight intelligences: word smarts with sticks, number smarts, music smarts, space months, body smarts, so smart, people smart, in New Jersey
Savant syndrome
A condition in which a person otherwise limited ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as income or drawing
Robert Sternberg and Richard Wagner’s triarchic theory
Analytical, creative, practical intelligence. Analytical meant scholastic intelligence creativity and every day
Daniel Goldman
Mother, psychologist, & Stern Grove emotional intelligence
Emotional intelligence
The ability to perceive, express, understand, and regulate emotions. People with higher EQ’s are more successful in marriages end in parenting
Creativity
The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas. Number one expertise: well-developed base of knowledge. Number two imaginative thinking skills: provide the ability to see things in new ways, to recognize patterns, to make connections. Number three adventure some personality: tolerate ambiguity and risk, perseveres in overcoming obstacles, and seek new experiences rather than following the pack.Number four intrinsic motivation: enjoy the challenge of their workNumber five a creative environments: Sparks, supports, and refined creative ideas
Divergent thinking
Thinking creatively or outside the box
Intelligence in the brain
Brain anatomy and intelligence have correlation; highly educated people die with more brain synapses
Highly intelligent people
17% more gray matter. They differ in neural plasticity
Aptitude tests
A test designed to predict a persons future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn. The PSAT predict your SAT score performance
Achievement tests
A test designed to assess what a person has learned. For example a final
