Chapter 8 Flashcards
Fluid Intelligence
The ability to perceive relations among stimuli
Psychometricians
Psychologists who specialize in the measurement of psychological characteristics such as intelligence and personality
Crystallized Intelligence
A person’s culturally influenced accumulated knowledge and skills, including understanding printed language, comprehending language, and knowing vocabulary
Emotional Intelligence
The ability to use one’s own and others’ emotions effectively for solving problems and living happily
Analytic Ability
In Sternberg’s theory of intelligence, the ability to analyze problems and generate different solutions
Creative Ability
In Sternberg’s theory of intelligence, the ability to deal adaptively with novel situations and problems
Practical Ability
In Sternberg’s theory of intelligence, the ability to know which solutions to problems are likely to work
Mental Age
In intelligence testing, a measure of children’s performance corresponding to the chronological age of those whose performance equals the child’s
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
A ratio of mental age to chronological age, multiplied by 100
IQ=MA/CA X 100
Dynamic Assessment
An approach to intelligence testing that measures a child’s learning potential by having the child learn something new in the presence of the examiner and with the examiner’s help
Culture-Fair Intelligence Tests
Tests designed to reduce the impact of different experiences by including items based on experiences common to many cultures
Stereotype Threat
The self-fulfilling prophecy in which knowledge of stereotypes leads to anxiety and reduced performance consistent with the original stereotype
Gifted
Traditionally, individuals with intelligence test scores of at least 130
Divergent Thinking
Thinking in novel and unusual directions
Intellectual Disability
A disorder formerly known as mental retardation in which, before 18 years of age, individuals have substantially below-average intelligence and problems adapting to an environment
