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Chapter 8: Intelligence Flashcards

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Intelligence is…

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-the capacity and ability to understand the world, think rationally, use resources to deal with challenges

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Intelligence/cognitive tests: (HINT: 3 of them)

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-Achievement tests
-aptitude tests
-IQ tests

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Achievement tests:

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-measures and demonstrates what you have already learned

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Aptitude tests:

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-predicts the abilities or tasks that one can thrive in

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IQ tests:

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-assesses general cognitive ability

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Two types of intelligence:

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-fluid: info processing, reasoning, memory

-crystallized: cumulative info, skills, strategies learned and applied

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Reliability & Validity with testing

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-a test is reliable if it measures information in a consistent manner

-a test is valid if IT ACTUALLY measures what it’s supposed to measure

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What are some specific learning disorders? Explain a learning disorder.

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-Dyslexia
-ADHD
-Learning challenges in listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities

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Dyslexia

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-reading disability
-reversal of letters
-confusing left and right
-spelling difficulties

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ADHD

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-attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder
-inattention
-impulsiveness
-low tolerance
-frustration

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General intelligence (HINT: g)

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-Spearman
-similar to IQ
-correlates test scores
-broad mental capicity
-underlies different skills

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Gardner’s multiple intelligences

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-8 distinct abilities:

-linguistic
-logical/mathematical
-musical
-visual/spatial
-bodily
-intrapersonal
-interpersonal
-naturalistic

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Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence

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-3 distinct abilities:
1. practical
2. creative
3. analytical

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Cattel-Horn-Carrol model of intelligence:

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-7 broad abilities
-70 narrow abilities

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Creativity

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combo of ideas in unique, and useful ways

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What is the developmental age in which creative abilities peak?

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20s-30s

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Development Quotient

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A score associated with the performance of

1.motor skills
2.language use
3. adaptive behavior
4. personal and social skills

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Barley Scales of Infant Development is…

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what evaluates an infants development from 2-42 months looking at:

-senses
-perception
-memory
-learning
-problem solving
-language
-as well as motor abilities

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Visual-recognition memory is:

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measures in memory and recognition of a stimulus that has been seen and attention competence relate to later IQ

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Cross-modal transference is

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distinguishing an experience or event through the senses

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What is the multimodal approach to perception:

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information processing skills of various sensory systems is associated with intelligence

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What are some group differences in IQ?

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-Cultural background
-racial groups

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Stereotype threat

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-the tendency to feed into or confirm set up beliefs about a certain group of people

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Flynn Effect

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-means that standardized intelligence scores have risen over the past centuries

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Selective Optimization

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-the process ppl use to concentrate on a specific skill to make up for a loss in another area

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Intellectual disability

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-challenges/ limitations in intellectual functioning and adaptive abilities

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Different types of intellectual disabilities(HINT: FI,FA,DS,MI,MOI,SI,PI)

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-familial intellectual disability (no apparent cause for it)

-fetal alcohol syndrome

-down syndrome (extra 21st chromosome)

-mild intellectual

-moderate intellectual

-severe intellectual

-profound intellectual

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Least restrictive environment is where:

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-special needs children are put in an environment where they are with children w/o special needs

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Mainstreaming is:

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-when children are placed in the traditional educational system with a variety of education alternatives

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Full inclusion means:

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-the integration of all students, including those with disabilities

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Gifted

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-children with high performance in which require services that align with the level of capabilities they are in

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Acceleration

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-the process in which students move ahead at their own pace
-skip grade levels if necessary

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Enrichment

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-Kept at grade level
-But enrolled in special advanced classes

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The Wechsler intelligence scale for children measures:

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verbal and performance skills

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The Wechsler intelligence scale for adults measures:

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verbal and performance skills too

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Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children measures:

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-verbal and nonverbal abilities
-ability to integrate different stimuli at the same time

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