(8) Intelligence Flashcards
In Binet’s method of intelligence testing, the age at which a child’s performance peaked
Mental age
The term “intelligence quotient” (IQ) was first applied to intelligence tests by Binet and Simon. How is this value calculated?
Mental age divided by chronological age multiplied by 100
The process of establishing norms for a test by giving it to large numbers of people
Standardization
Difference between reliability and validity in testing?
Reliability: consistency of results
Validity: accuracy of results
What is NOT a concern with intelligence tests?
Lack of access to them
What did Spearman propose that intelligence is composed of?
General intelligence (g) that allows some people to do well on mental tests as well as other specific abilities.
Intelligence consisting of 7 different primary mental abilities was proposed by whom?
Louis Thurstone
Whose theory of intelligence has had a particularly strong influence on the field of education?
Gardner’s “multiple intelligences” model
What does Gardner describe intelligence as being composed of?
8 distinct intelligence categories
In Gardner’s model, an architect would likely have high levels of which type of intelligence?
Spatial
Which aspect of the triarchic theory of intelligence has to do with “street smarts”?
Practical
Which of Sternberg’s types of intelligence is typically measured in traditional tests of intelligence?
Analytic (only)
