Chapter 10: Intelligence Flashcards

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Intelligence Test

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Method for assessing mental aptitudes

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Intelligence

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Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge

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Spatial Ability

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Visualize the form of something

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Perceptual Speed

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A grasp of differences with speed

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Verbal Comprehension

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The understanding of words

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Word fluency

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Quickly access vocabulary

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Number ability

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Computing numbers and what they mean

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Memory

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Recall of information

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Reasoning

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Deduct conclusions

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General knowledge

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Having good judgement

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“Idiot” Savant Syndrome

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A person with below-normal mental capacity, possess a special talent/ mental ability to extreme degree

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Howard Gardner’s Theory

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  • Verbal/linguistic
  • Logical/mathematical
  • Musical ability
  • Visual/spatial thinking
  • Bodily/Kinesthetic
  • Intrapersonal
  • Interpersonal
  • Naturalisitic
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Robert Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory

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  • Analytical
  • Creativity
  • Practical
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Creativity

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Ability to produce novel and valuable ideas

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Expertise

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Knows subject/field well

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Imaginative thinking

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Original thought

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Venturesome Personality

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Different/outstanding

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Intrinsic Motivation

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Not for fame/themselves

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Creative Enviroment

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Own type of perfect Enviroment

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Emotional intelligence

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Ability to perceive, understand manage, and use emotions

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Daniel Goleman

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IQ isn’t enough for success

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Emotional Awareness

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Knowing what we feel and why

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Managing & Harnessing Emotions

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Control and respond appropriately

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Empathy

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Sensitive to another’s perspective

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Stanford-Binet IQ test

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150 age based questions in order of difficulty

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IQ formula, no longer used

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IQ=(MA/CA)x100

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Alfred Binet

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Updated version still used today

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Four Elements of Binet test

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  • Direction
  • Adaptability
  • Comprehension
  • Self-evaluation
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Wechsler Intelligence Test

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Created to find IQ of people without formal education

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Types of Wechsler

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  • WISC- kids, 6-16
  • WAIS- adults,16-Adult
  • WPPSI- 4-6
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Cattell Test

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Culture free to eliminate bias by evaluating reasoning

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Army General Classification Test (AGCT)

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Used by military, buisiness, industry to classify people into jobs

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Standardization

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Compare with protested group performance

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Charles Murray- IQ=Income

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  • High IQ- longer schooling, high paying jobs, married same, few kids
  • Low IQ- less likely to marry, more likely to divorce, more kids
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Ethnocentrism

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Belief of certain Ethnic groups being superior in aspects of life

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Reliability

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Yields consistent results

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Validity

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Measures or predicts what it is supposed to

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Superior Intelligence Characteristics

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150+ IQ kids are well adjusted, have school success, physically healthy, and interact well with others

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Mental Retardation

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Is below-average intellectual functioning that prevents the person from performing at the age appropriate level

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Borderline

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IQ 71-80, slow learning, few graduate, non intellectual employment

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Mild

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IQ 50-70, require special help in schooling, some live in own, marry, maintain family

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Moderate

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IQ 35-50, physical problems often from serious disease

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Severe

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IQ 20-35, supervision needed, 75% also have physical problems, no benefit from school

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Profound

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IQ below 20, require constant supervision, rarely mature beyond age 2 mentally

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Methods of treatment

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Inclusion
Social skills
Focusing on motor skills

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Individualized Educational Plan

IED

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If Ma is below 75 or 50, con only learn their perspective percentages of what other students know

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Issues with testing

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  • Cultural Bias
  • Age 2 best time to test
  • 15 pt difference to be noticeable
  • lower economic child scores lower than upper class kid
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Physical Factor

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Most common causes are lack of oxygen at birth, extreme malnutrition, exposure to toxic chemicals

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Eugenics

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Science that controls heredity

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Euthanize

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Science that controls Enviroment