Chapter 10

Question 1

What is intelligence?

Answer 1

The ability to use ones mind to solve problems and learn from experiences

Question 2

What questions do psychologists have about intelligence?

Answer 2

How can it be measured, what exactly is intelligence, where does it come from, why are some people more intelligent than others

Question 3

What test did Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon develop on intelligence?

Answer 3

The Intelligence test measures aptitude apart from achievement (remembering words etc.), used to identify students who needed remedial education

Question 4

What test did William Stern develop?

Answer 4

The intelligence quotient test measures mental age, ratio IQ (dividing a persons mental age by physical and multiply by 100) and deviation IQ (dividing a persons test score by the average then multiply by 100)

Question 5

What is the Wechsler intelligence scale for children and Wechsler adult intelligent scale?

Answer 5

The most widely used test that measures intelligence by asking people to solve problems and answer questions

Question 6

What is Charles Spearman’s theory?

Answer 6

The two factor theory of intelligence suggest that every task requires a combination of general and specific skills

Question 7

Why did Louis Thurstone disagree with the two factor theory?

Answer 7

There were a fee primary mental abilities that are stable and independent

Question 8

What are the three level hierarchy under general intelligence?

Answer 8

Memory reasoning, verbal skill

Question 9

What is a data based approach?

Answer 9

Connects intelligence test performance to clusters

Question 10

What is theory based approach?

Answer 10

Surveys the human ability then determines which intelligence test measures (or fails to)

Question 11

What is fluid intelligence?

Answer 11

The ability to see abstract relationships and draw logical inferences

Question 12

What is crystallized intelligence?

Answer 12

The ability to retain and use the knowledge that was acquired through experience

Question 13

What did Robert Sternberg propose?

Answer 13

Three kinds of intelligence called the triarchic theory of intelligence (analytic, creative, practical)

Question 14

What is analytical intelligence?

Answer 14

The problem solving type is the ability to identify and define problems and to then find strategies to solve them

Question 15

What is creative intelligence?

Answer 15

The novel solutions is the ability to generate solutions others cannot

Question 16

What is practical intelligence?

Answer 16

Everyday solutions is the ability to implement these types of solutions in everyday settings

Question 17

What is emotional intelligence?

Answer 17

The ability to reason about emotions and use those emotions to enhance reasoning

Question 18

What are some qualities of emotional people?

Answer 18

Identify, describe and manage emotions to improve decision making, Identify emotions others are experiencing, having good social skills

Question 19

What is genetic relatedness?

Answer 19

Having family members with similar levels of intelligence because they share genes. They also share environments

Question 20

Describe the heritability coefficient?

Answer 20

A statistic that describes the difference between peoples IQ scores that differences in their genes can explain

Question 21

What is the Flynn effect?

Answer 21

That average intelligence scores increase over the years. Children are smarter than their parents etc.

Question 22

What is the correlation between genes and environment?

Answer 22

Our genes determine the range in which IQ will fall but environment will determine at which point it will fall

Question 23

How do high and low IQ people differ?

Answer 23

High IQ people are less prone to mental illness

Question 24

High IQ people are less prone to mental illness

Answer 24

Downsyndrome (presence of a third copy of 21st chromosome) and fetal alcohol syndrome (caused by a mothers excessive use of alcohol during pregnancy)

Question 25

What did Terman claim?

Answer 25

1. Intelligence is influenced by genes
2. Certain racial groups would score better
3. Those racial groups would score high because they have superior genes

Question 26

What has research found that raises a Childs intelligence?

Answer 26

1. Dieting of the pregnant mother
2. Enrolling low SES infants in early education interventions
3. Interactively reading with children
4. Sending children to preschool

Question 27

What drugs undermine performance?

Answer 27

Ritalin, adderall, modafinil