9.2 Understanding Intelligence

Question 1

Person with savant abilities

Answer 1

an individual with low mental capacity in most domains but extraordinary abilities in other specific areas such as music, mathematics, or art

Question 2

General intelligence factor

Answer 2

g - represented by a person’s “mental energy” reflecting his belief that some people’s brains are simply more powerful than others

Question 3

The hierarchical model of intelligence

Answer 3

overarching general intelligence made up of sub abilities, made of specific abilities for individual tasks

Question 4

Fluid intelligence

Answer 4

Gf - a type of intelligence used in learning new info and solving new problems not based on knowledge the person already possesses

Question 5

Primary mental abilities

Answer 5

Thurstone’s seven factor theory

Question 6

Crystallized intelligence

Answer 6

Gc - a type of intelligence that draws upon past learning and experience

Question 7

Multiple intelligences

Answer 7

a model claiming that there are seven, now nine, diff forms of intelligence, each independent from others