chapt 9 Flashcards
anthropometrics
measure of how people measure
intelligence
ability to think/understand/adapt
mental-age
average intellectual ability
stanford-binet test
testing for natural intelligence levels
deviation IQ
comparing test to average score
wechsler adult intelligence scale
most common intelligence test
person with savant abilities
low mental/capacity, strong in other areas
general intelligence factor
mental energy
fluid intelligence
intelligence used to process new learning without previous knowledge
crystallized intelligence
uses past knwoledge
multiple intelligences
several intelligences
gene knockout
removing gene and comparing characteristics of animals with and without genes
neotropic substances
beneficially affect cognition
the flynn effect
steady population level increases in intelligence test scores over time