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Chap 8 - Intelligence Flashcards

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Intelligence quotient (IQ)

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A score that takes into account a student’s mental & chronological age

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Intelligence

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The capacity to understand the world, think with rationality, & use resources effectively when faced with challenges

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Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (SB5)

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A test that consists of a series of items that vary according to the age of the person being tested

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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-IV (WISC-IV)

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A test for children that provides separate measures of verbal & performance (nonverbal) skills, as well as a total score

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV (WAIS-IV)

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A test for adults that provides separate measures of verbal & performance (nonverbal) skills, as well as a total score

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Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (KABC-II)

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A children’s intelligence test permitting unusual flexibility in its administration

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Reliability

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A quality of tests that measure consistently what they are trying to measure

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Validity

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A quality of tests that actually measure what they are supposed to measure

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Learning disabilities

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Difficulties in the acquisition & use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities

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Fluid intelligence

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intelligence that reflects info processing capabilities, reasoning, & memory

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Crystallized intelligence

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The store of info, skills, & strategies that people have acquired thru education & prior experiences & thru their previous use of fluid intelligence

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Sternberg’s Triarchic theory of intelligence

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The belief that intelligence consists of three aspects of info processing: the componential element, the experiential element, & the contextual element

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Practical intelligence

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According to Sternberg, intelligence that is learned primarily by observing others & modeling their behavior

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Emotional intelligence

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The set of skills that underlies the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, & regulation of emotions

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Developmental quotient

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An overall developmental score that relates to performance in four domains: motor skills, language use, adaptive behavior (such as alertness & exploration), & personal & social skills; designed for infants age 2 to 30 months; Gesell

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Bayley Scales of Infant Development

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A measure that evaluates an infant’s development from 2 to 42 months; concentrates on mental & motor abilities

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Cross-modal transference

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The ability to identify, using another sense, a stimulus that has previously been experienced only thru one sense

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Achievement test

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A test designed to determine a person’s level of knowledge in a given subject area

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Aptitude test

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A test designed to predict a person’s ability in a particular area or line of work

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Least restrictive environment

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The setting most similar to that of children without special needs

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Mainstreaming

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An educational approach in which exceptional children are integrated as much as possible into the traditional educational system & are provided with a broad range of educational alternatives

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Full inclusion

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The integration of all students, even those with the most severe disabilities, into regular classes & all other aspects of school & community life

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Intellectual disability (mental retardation)

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A disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning & in adaptive behavior,which covers many everyday social & practical skills

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Mild intellectual disability (mild retardation)

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Intellectual disability in which IQ scores fall in the range of 50 or 55 to 70

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Moderate intellectual disability (moderate retardation)

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Intellectual disability in which IQ scores range from around 35 or 40 to 50 or 55

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Severe intellectual disability (severe retardation)

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Intellectual disability in which IQ scores range from around 20 or 25 to 35 or 40

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Profound intellectual disability (profound retardation)

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Intellectual disability in which IQ scores fall below 20 or 25

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Acceleration

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The provision of special programs that allow gifted students to move ahead at their own pace, even if this means skipping to higher grade levels

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Enrichment

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An approach whereby gifted students are kept at grade level but are enrolled in special programs & given individual activities to allow greater depth of study

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Culture-fair IQ tests

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Designed to be independent of the cultural background of test-takers; I.e. Raven Progressive Matrices Test

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Componential aspect (Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence)

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Involves the mental components used to solve problems

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Experiential component (Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence)

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Refers to the relationship between intelligence, prior experience, & the ability to cope with new situations

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Contextual component of intelligence (Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence)

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Takes account of the demands of everyday, real-world environments

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Visual-recognition memory

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The memory of & recognition of a stimulus that has been previously seen

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Selective optimization

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Process people use in concentrating on particular skill areas to compensate for losses in other areas; Paul Baltes & Margaret Baltes

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Familial intellectual disability (familial retardation)

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No cause is apparent, but there is a history of intellectual disability in the family

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2 approaches to teaching the gifted & talented

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  1. Acceleration

2. Enrichment

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Gifted

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“Children who give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership capacity, or specific academic fields, & who require services or activities not ordinarily provided by the school in order to fully develop such capabilities” (according to the fed govt)

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Dynamic assessment

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Assessment tasks should involve cooperative interaction between the assessed individual & the assessor; intelligence is reflected both in how children perform on their own & how they perform when helped by adults; Vygotsky

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Gardner’s 8 distinct intelligences

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  1. Musical intelligence
  2. Bodily kinesthetic intelligence
  3. Logical mathematical intelligence
  4. Linguistic intelligence
  5. Spatial intelligence
  6. Interpersonal intelligence
  7. Intrapersonal intelligence
  8. Naturalist intelligence
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Amusia

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Tone deafness

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Sternberg’s approach to intelligence

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Intelligence is best viewed as info processing; how people store material in memory & later use it to solve intellectual tasks provides the most precise concept of intelligence

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Binet’s 3 legacies

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  1. His pragmatic, nontheoretical approach to intelligence testing
  2. His linkage of intelligence to school success
  3. His derivation of a mathematical means of classifying children as more or less intelligent according to IQ scores

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