Chapter 9 Flashcards
Who developed the first IQ test
Binet & Simon
Capacity of learning new ways of solving problems
Fluid intelligence
accumulated knowledge of the world acquired over time
Crystallized intelligence
What are the three types of intelligence?
Analytical, Practical, and Creative
what type of intelligence is correlated with book smarts?
Analytical
What type of intelligence is correlated with street smart?
Practical intelligence
Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale, which consists of 15 subsets that give 5 scores is:
Most common IQ tests for adults
Are IQ scores reliable in adulthood?
Yes
What percent refers to giftedness?
2%
Genetic influences on intelligence
Poor, siblings, cousins, twin studies effect IQ
Environmental Factors of IQ
Adoption studies, Larger families have lower IQ than smaller families, schooling, poverty, and nutrition.
capacity to generate many different solutions to a problem
divergent thinking
capacity to generate the single best solution to a problem
convergent thinking
