Ch.12 Intelligence

Question 0

Intelligence test

Answer 0

A method for assessing an individuals mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using a numerical scores

Question 1

Reification

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Charles spearman

Answer 2

General intelligence (g)- a factor that underline specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

Question 3

Factor analysis

Answer 3

Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test

Question 4

L.L Thurstone

Answer 4

Identified 7 clusters of primary mental abilities

1) word fluency
2) verbal comprehension
3) spatial ability
4) perceptual speed
5) numerical ability
6) inductive reasoning
7) memory

Question 5

Sternbergs triarchic

Answer 5

3 intelligences

1) analytical-tests which resent well-defined problems having a single right answer
2) creative- adaptively to novel situations generating ideas
3) practical-required everyday tasks

Question 6

Emotional intelligence

Answer 6

The ability to perceive,understand, manage,and use emotions (Edward thorndike)

Question 7

Gray matter

Answer 7

Neurons/neural cell bodies

Question 8

White matter

Answer 8

Axons and dendrites

Question 9

Lewis Terman

Answer 9

Made the Binet test more American

Question 10

Standford-Binet

Answer 10

Widely used American revision of Binets original intelligence test

Question 11

IQ equation

Answer 11

=ma/ca x 100

Mental age/ chronological age

Question 12

Achievement tests

Answer 12

Tests designed to assess what a person had learned

Question 13

Aptitude tests

Answer 13

Tests designed to predict a person’s future performance (capacity to learn)

Question 14

WAIS

Answer 14

Contains verbal and performance (nonverbal) subtests used for adults

Question 15

WISC

Answer 15

Children’s version of verbal and performance subtests

Question 16

Standardization

Answer 16

Defining meaningful scores by comparison with pre-tested groups

Question 17

Flynn effect

Answer 17

Intelligence test performance had been improving-worldwide

Question 18

Reliability

Answer 18

Extent to which a test yields consistent results

Question 19

Validity

Answer 19

The extent to which test measures or predicts what it is supposed to

Question 20

Down syndrome

Answer 20

A condition of intellectual disability and associated physical disorders cause by an extra copy of chromosome 21

Question 21

Fixed mindset

Answer 21

Intelligence is fixed( bad thing to have)

Question 22

Growth mindset

Answer 22

Intelligence is changeable (positive thing to have)

Question 23

Stereotype threat

Answer 23

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