Chapter 11 - Intelligence

Question 1

The ability typically measured by intelligence tests and crucial for academic success.

Answer 1

Analytic intelligence

Question 2

A measure of the speed of mental processing that takes place when someone must choose between several responses, depending on which stimulus is presented

Answer 2

Choice reaction time

Question 3

Squired knowledge, including the persons repertoire of verbal knowledge and cognitive skills

Answer 3

Crystallized intelligence

Question 4

The ability to understand your own and others emotions and to control your emotions appropriately

Answer 4

Emotional intelligence

Question 5

A statistical method for studying the interrelations among various tests. The goal is to discover whether the tests are all influenced by the same factors.

Answer 5

Factor analysis

Question 6

The ability to deal with new and unusual problems

Answer 6

Fluid intelligence

Question 7

A worldwide increase in IQ scores over the last several decades, at a rate of about 3 points per decade

Answer 7

Flynn effect

Question 8

A mental attribute that is hypothesized as contributing to the performance if virtually any intellectual task

Answer 8

General intelligence

Question 9

The mental process of keeping ones goal in mind to guide the selection of the next actions

Answer 9

Goal maintenance

Question 10

A measure that describes, for a given population in a given environment, what proportion of the variance of a trait is due to genetic differences

Answer 10

Heritability ratio H

Question 11

The time someone needs to make a simple discrimination between two stimuli

Answer 11

Inspection time

Question 12

In Howard gardener a theory, the six essential, independent mental capacities (linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, and personal intelligence)

Answer 12

Multiple intelligences

Question 13

The ability to solve everyday problems through skilled reasoning that relies on tactic knowledge

Answer 13

Practical intelligence

Question 14

An assessment of whether a test measures what it’s intended to measure, based on whether the test score correlates with another relevant criterion measured later

Answer 14

Predictive validity

Question 15

An attempt to understand the nature of intelligence by studying the pattern of results obtained on intelligence tests

Answer 15

Psychometric approach to intelligence

Question 16

A syndrome in a developmentally disabled person who has some remarkable talents that contrasts with his low level of general intelligence.

Answer 16

Savant syndrome

Question 17

A measurement of how quickly someone can respond to a stimulus

Answer 17

Simple reaction time

Question 18

A mechanism through which a persons performance is influenced by her perception that her score may confirm stereotypes about her group

Answer 18

Stereotype threat

Question 19

Practical “how to” knowledge accumulated from everyday experience

Answer 19

Tactic knowledge