Ch. 11 - Intelligence

Question 0

Only Measuring one aspect of a skill

Answer 0

Reification

Question 1

Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, & use knowledge to adapt to new situations

Answer 1

Intelligence

Question 2

First individual to come with a theory that came up with general mental ability

Answer 2

Charles spearman

Question 3

Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test that measure common ability

Answer 3

Factor analysis approach

Question 4

Rejected g-factor. Didn’t rank subjects on a single scale of general thinking(aptitude test)

Answer 4

L.L. Thurstone

Question 5

8 multiple intelligences. We all posses different strengths which is what our intelligents is based on

Answer 5

Howard Gardner

Question 6

Low IQ test score, but has an islmad of intelligents (artsy)

Answer 6

Savant Syndrome

Question 7

Assessed by intelligence tests

Answer 7

Analytical intelligence

Question 8

Makes up adapt to novel situations

Answer 8

Creative intelligence

Question 9

Intelligence factor underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.

Answer 9

General intelligence

Question 10

Agreed with idea of multiple intelligences, but his triarchic theory distinguishes 3 not eight intelligences.

Answer 10

Robert Sternberg

Question 11

The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions.

Answer 11

Emotional intelligence

Question 12

Ability to produce novel and valuable ideas

Answer 12

Creativity

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Intelligence test

Question 14

Intellectual qualities cannot be measured as linear surfaces are measured

Answer 14

Alfred Binet

Question 15

Measure of Intelligence test; chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance.

Answer 15

Mental Age

Question 16

Nurture over nature, intelligence is determined by the way you grew up and what kind of environment you grew up in.

Answer 16

Lewis Turnman

Question 17

Widely used American revision of Binets original intelligence test

Answer 17

Stanford-Binet

Question 18

A test that reflects what you’ve learned

Answer 18

Achievement test

Question 19

A test that PREDICTS people’s future performances

Answer 19

Aptitude test

Question 20

Defining meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group chosen with a good sample.

Answer 20

Standardization

Question 21

The symmetrical bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.

Answer 21

Normal curve

Question 22

Intelligence test performance has been improving.

Answer 22

The Flynn effect

Question 23

The extent to which a test yields consistent results. (If the test is consistent and reliable)

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Reliability

Question 24

When a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to. (Does the test have good questions and material learned?)

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Validity

Question 25

When a test samples good content learned prior and has fair content.

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Content validity

Question 26

The behavior that a test is designed to predict (ACT says good score = good grade in college)

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Criterion

Question 27

The success of the test in which it predicts what it is supposed to predict.

Answer 27

Predictive validity

Question 28

When a person has an IQ below 70 and has difficulty adapting to the normal demands of independent living

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Mental retardation

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Down syndrome

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Stereotype threat

Question 31

Most widely used intelligence test; contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtexts

Answer 31

Wecshler adult intelligence scale

Question 32

Mental age/chronological age x 100

Answer 32

Intelligence quotient