Ch.11 Intelligence

Question 1

Intelligence

Answer 1

Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience

Question 2

Reification

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Factor Analysis

Answer 3

Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related factors on a test

Question 4

Charles Spearman

Answer 4

Developed factor analysis

Question 5

General Intelligence

Answer 5

General intelligence factor that underlies specific mental abilities

Question 6

L.L. Thurstone

Answer 6

Analyzed intelligence on 7 clusters of primary mental abilities

Question 7

Howard Gardner

Answer 7

Brain damage may diminish one type of ability but not others

Question 8

Savant Syndrome

Answer 8

A person limited in mental ability, has an exceptional specific skill

Question 9

Robert Sternburg

Answer 9

Suggests three intelligences rather than eight

Question 10

Emotional Intelligence

Answer 10

Ability to perceive, understand, and use emotion

Question 11

Creativity

Answer 11

Ability to produce ideas that are both novel and valuable

Question 12

Intelligence Tests

Answer 12

Assess’s children’s future progress in school system

Question 13

Alfred Binet

Answer 13

French man who created IQ tests for French government

Question 14

Mental Age

Answer 14

Chronological age that mostly typically corresponds to a given level of performance

Question 15

Lewis Terman

Answer 15

Made the formula of IQ

Question 16

Stanford-Binet

Answer 16

Used American revision of Binet’s original IQ test

Question 17

Intelligence Quotient(IQ)

Answer 17

Ratio of mental age to chronological age x 100

Question 18

Aptitude Tests

Answer 18

Intended to predict your ability to learn a new skill

Question 19

Achievement Tests

Answer 19

Intended to reflect what you already learned

Question 20

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale(WAIS)

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Standardization

Answer 21

Administering test to a representative sample of future test takers in order to establish a basis for meaningful comparison

Question 22

The Flynn Effect

Answer 22

Past 60 years, scores have risen steadily by an average of 27 points

Question 23

Normal Curve

Answer 23

Normal distribution of scores on a tested population in a bell-shaped pattern

Question 24

Reliability

Answer 24

Yields constant results

Question 25

Validity

Answer 25

What the test is supposed to predict or measure

Question 26

Criterion

Answer 26

Behavior that a test is designed to predict, assessed by computing the correlation between test scores and criterion behavior

Question 27

Predictive Validity

Answer 27

Function of a test in predicting a particular behavior or trait

Question 28

Mental Retardation

Answer 28

A condition of limited mental ability, IQ scores lower than 70

Question 29

Down Sydrome

Answer 29

Caused by an extra chromosome in one’s genetic make-up

Question 30

Stereotype Threat

Answer 30

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