Chapter 7 Flashcards
Why was the first intelligence test made?
to identify who needed educational help
What did Binet’s test focus on?
ability related to academic tasks
How did Wechsler define intelligence?
a person’s global capacity to act purposefully, think in a rational manner, and to deal effectively with the environment
A theory involving tow or more factors that are considered at equal importance in the structural level
factor model
a theory baes in the assumption that constructs have higher and lower values
hierarcha modules
A theory that focuses more on how the constructs are processed and handled by the brain
information processing model
A factor model that proposed that all intellectual activities are achieved due to a common intelligence factor called g
Spearman’s general factor
Who proposed that there is a group of factors of primary mental abilities that are required for intelligence
thurstone
Who created a hiearchical model that proposes that there are main factors that are comprised of sub factors
Raymond Cattell
The ability to solve problems without having previous experience or using formal learning
fluid intelligence
Using what we have learned to solve problems
crystallized intelligence
An information processing theory where g is seen as the dominant element of intelligence with three interrelated elements that allow g to be used
Spearman’s triarchic theory
What are the 3 elements of SPearman’s triarchic theory?
componential, experimental, contextual
There are multiple forms of intelligence that all ask how are you intelligent?
Theory of Multiple intelligences
What information processing model was used to make the school curriculum?
Garner’s theory of multiple intelligences