Chapter 10: Intelligence Flashcards
Intelligence Test
Method for assessing mental aptitudes
Intelligence
Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge
Spatial Ability
Visualize the form of something
Perceptual Speed
A grasp of differences with speed
Verbal Comprehension
The understanding of words
Word fluency
Quickly access vocabulary
Number ability
Computing numbers and what they mean
Memory
Recall of information
Reasoning
Deduct conclusions
General knowledge
Having good judgement
“Idiot” Savant Syndrome
A person with below-normal mental capacity, possess a special talent/ mental ability to extreme degree
Howard Gardner’s Theory
- Verbal/linguistic
- Logical/mathematical
- Musical ability
- Visual/spatial thinking
- Bodily/Kinesthetic
- Intrapersonal
- Interpersonal
- Naturalisitic
Robert Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory
- Analytical
- Creativity
- Practical
Creativity
Ability to produce novel and valuable ideas
Expertise
Knows subject/field well
Imaginative thinking
Original thought
Venturesome Personality
Different/outstanding
Intrinsic Motivation
Not for fame/themselves
Creative Enviroment
Own type of perfect Enviroment
Emotional intelligence
Ability to perceive, understand manage, and use emotions
Daniel Goleman
IQ isn’t enough for success
Emotional Awareness
Knowing what we feel and why
Managing & Harnessing Emotions
Control and respond appropriately
Empathy
Sensitive to another’s perspective
Stanford-Binet IQ test
150 age based questions in order of difficulty
IQ formula, no longer used
IQ=(MA/CA)x100
Alfred Binet
Updated version still used today
Four Elements of Binet test
- Direction
- Adaptability
- Comprehension
- Self-evaluation
Wechsler Intelligence Test
Created to find IQ of people without formal education
Types of Wechsler
- WISC- kids, 6-16
- WAIS- adults,16-Adult
- WPPSI- 4-6
Cattell Test
Culture free to eliminate bias by evaluating reasoning
Army General Classification Test (AGCT)
Used by military, buisiness, industry to classify people into jobs
Standardization
Compare with protested group performance
Charles Murray- IQ=Income
- High IQ- longer schooling, high paying jobs, married same, few kids
- Low IQ- less likely to marry, more likely to divorce, more kids
Ethnocentrism
Belief of certain Ethnic groups being superior in aspects of life
Reliability
Yields consistent results
Validity
Measures or predicts what it is supposed to
Superior Intelligence Characteristics
150+ IQ kids are well adjusted, have school success, physically healthy, and interact well with others
Mental Retardation
Is below-average intellectual functioning that prevents the person from performing at the age appropriate level
Borderline
IQ 71-80, slow learning, few graduate, non intellectual employment
Mild
IQ 50-70, require special help in schooling, some live in own, marry, maintain family
Moderate
IQ 35-50, physical problems often from serious disease
Severe
IQ 20-35, supervision needed, 75% also have physical problems, no benefit from school
Profound
IQ below 20, require constant supervision, rarely mature beyond age 2 mentally
Methods of treatment
Inclusion
Social skills
Focusing on motor skills
Individualized Educational Plan
IED
If Ma is below 75 or 50, con only learn their perspective percentages of what other students know
Issues with testing
- Cultural Bias
- Age 2 best time to test
- 15 pt difference to be noticeable
- lower economic child scores lower than upper class kid
Physical Factor
Most common causes are lack of oxygen at birth, extreme malnutrition, exposure to toxic chemicals
Eugenics
Science that controls heredity
Euthanize
Science that controls Enviroment