Chapter 8 Intelligence and Academic Achievment Flashcards
Those qualities that help us adopt successfully so that we achieve out goals of life.
Intelligence
Intelligence that allows us to quickly and effectively solve novel problems for which we have little training.
Fluid Intelligence
What we already know and can drawn on to solve problems.
Crystallized Intelligence
The age level at which a child is performing on a test of mental ability .
Mental Age
Originally a measure of intelligence calculated based in the ratio of a child’s mental age to chronological age, largely replaced now by the deviation IQ.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
A measure of intelligence that is bases on the individuals deviation from the norms for a given test.
Deviation IQ
A testing procedure that focuses on the process used in problems rather than the product that results from the process.
Authentic Assessment
The range of potential outcomes for any given genotype
Range of Reaction
The increase in intelligence test scores that has occurred over time, necessitating the renorming of the test.
Flynn Effect
Motivation that comes from inside a person
Intrinsic Motivation
Motivation that depends on receiving an incentive or an award
Extrinsic Motivation
Gardners idea that there are a number of different types of intelligence that are relatively independent of each other.
Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Sternbergs idea that intelligence represents balance of analytical, creative, and practical abilities.
Triarchic Theory
The type of intelligence that is the one closest to “g” or general intelligence and the one prized highly in most schools.
Analytical Intelligence
The ability to generate ideas and to deal successfully with novelty.
Creative Intelligence
The ability to find as man y possible solutions to a problem as possible rather than the correct solution
Divergent Thinking
Finding one correct solution for a problem
Convergent Thinking
The ability to solve everyday problems by changing ourselves or our new behavior to fit the environment better, changing the environment, or moving to a different environment in which we can be more successful.
Practical Thinking
A type of intellectual impairment that begins early in life and includes deficits in intellectual,social, and adaptive functioning.
Intellectual Disability
Persistent difficulty with learning that is substantially below the average and cannot be better explained by another problem. Specific areas of difficulty include reading, writing, arithmetic.
Specific learning disorder (SLD)
Children and youth who exhibit high performance capability in intellectual, creative, and artistic areas, possess an unusual leadership capacity or excel in specific academic fields
Gifted Children
A conception of a giftedness as the intersection of above average intellectual ability, creativity, and task commitment
. Three-ring model of giftedness
For the gifted where the curriculum is covered but in greater depth, breadth or complexity than is done in a typical classroom
Enrichment Approach
For the gifted where students move through the standard curriculum but more quickly than is typical.
Accelerated Program
