Ch. 11 - Intelligence Flashcards
Only Measuring one aspect of a skill
Reification
Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, & use knowledge to adapt to new situations
Intelligence
First individual to come with a theory that came up with general mental ability
Charles spearman
Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test that measure common ability
Factor analysis approach
Rejected g-factor. Didn’t rank subjects on a single scale of general thinking(aptitude test)
L.L. Thurstone
8 multiple intelligences. We all posses different strengths which is what our intelligents is based on
Howard Gardner
Low IQ test score, but has an islmad of intelligents (artsy)
Savant Syndrome
Assessed by intelligence tests
Analytical intelligence
Makes up adapt to novel situations
Creative intelligence
Intelligence factor underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.
General intelligence
Agreed with idea of multiple intelligences, but his triarchic theory distinguishes 3 not eight intelligences.
Robert Sternberg
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.
Emotional intelligence
Ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
Creativity
A method for assessing an individual’s mental altitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores
Intelligence test
Intellectual qualities cannot be measured as linear surfaces are measured
Alfred Binet
Measure of Intelligence test; chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.
Mental Age
Nurture over nature, intelligence is determined by the way you grew up and what kind of environment you grew up in.
Lewis Turnman
Widely used American revision of Binets original intelligence test
Stanford-Binet
A test that reflects what you’ve learned
Achievement test
A test that PREDICTS people’s future performances
Aptitude test
Defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group chosen with a good sample.
Standardization
The symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.
Normal curve
Intelligence test performance has been improving.
The Flynn effect
The extent to which a test yields consistent results. (If the test is consistent and reliable)
Reliability
