Ch. 11

Question 0

The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and used knowledge to adapt to new situations.

Answer 0

Intelligence

Question 1

Reification

Answer 1

Viewing an abstract immaterial concept as if it were a concrete thing.

Question 2

Factor analysis approach

Answer 2

A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test that measures common ability.
Charles Spearman

Question 3

Factor analysis approach

Answer 3

Charles Spearman

Question 4

L.L. Thurstone

Answer 4

Rejected g factor. He didn’t rank his subjects on a single scale of general aptitude. Argued that factor analysis revealed SEVEN independent mental abilities.

Question 5

Howard Gardner
Supports thurstons idea that intelligence comes in multiple forms. Gardner notes that brain damage may diminish one type of ability but not another’s.

Answer 5

Contemporary intelligence theory

Question 6

Savant Syndrome.

Answer 6

Low IQ score, but has an island of intelligence.

Question 7

Triarchical theory of intelligence.

Answer 7

Sternberg

Question 8

Parts of triarchical theory intelligence

Answer 8

Practical, analytical, creative

Question 9

Intelligence that is assessed by intelligence tests.

Answer 9

Analytical intelligence

Question 10

Creative intelligence

Answer 10

Intelligence that makes us adapt to novel situations

Question 11

Intelligence that is needed for everyday

Answer 11

Practical intelligence

Question 12

Creativity

Answer 12

Ability to produce new and effective solutions to challenges

Question 13

The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions . Some people claim this as a form of personality

Answer 13

Emotional intelligence

Question 14

Emotional intelligence components

Answer 14

Perceive emotions, understand emotions, manage emotions, and use emotions.

Question 15

Recognize emotions in faces, music and stories.

Answer 15

Perceive emotions

Question 16

Understand emotions

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Predict emotions, how they changed and blend.

Question 17

Express emotions in different situations.

Answer 17

Manage emotions

Question 18

Use emotions

Answer 18

Utilize emotions to adapt or be creative

Question 19

A method for assessing an individual’s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores.

Answer 19

Intelligence test

Question 20

Alfred Binet

Answer 20

Binet personally supported the environmental explanation of intelligence. (Nurture)
Mental age

Question 21

a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.

Answer 21

Mental age

Question 22

Lewis Terman

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Terman revised Binet’s original IQ test by establishing new age norms and extending the upper end of the test’s range from teenagers to “superior adults”. Called it the Stanford-Binet. He supported the nature side of the debate.

Question 23

•IQ = Mental Age/Chronological Age x 100

Answer 23

IQ Formula

Question 24

Aptitude test

Answer 24

test that is intended to predict a person’s future performance; aptitude is the capacity to learn.

Question 25

test designed to assess what a person has learned. exams covering what you have learned in this course are achievement tests.

Answer 25

Achievement test

Question 26

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

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The most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests.

Question 27

defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested standardization group.

Answer 27

Standardization

Question 28

•Flynn effect

Answer 28

Intelligence test performance has been improving.

Question 29

the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores on two halves of the test, on alternate forms of the test, or on retesting.

Answer 29

Reliability

Question 30

Validity

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the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to

Question 31

the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest

Answer 31

Content validity

Question 32

Criterion

Answer 32

the behavior (such as future college grades) that a test (such as the ACT) is designed to predict; thus, the measure used in defining whether the test has predictive validity.

Question 33

the success which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict

Answer 33

Predictive validity

Question 34

Mental retardation

Answer 34

Iq below 70 and difficulty adapting to the normal demands of independent living.

Question 35

Physical disorder characterized by mental retardation as a result of an extra chromosome in the persons genetic makeup.

Answer 35

Down syndrome

Question 36

Stereotype threat

Answer 36

A self confirming concern that now will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype.