Chapter 9

Question 1

Intelligence Test

Answer 1

Diagnostic tool designed to measure overall thinking ability

Question 2

Abstract Thinking

Answer 2

Capacity to understand hypothetical concepts

Question 3

G (General Intelligence)

Answer 3

Hypothetical factor that accounts for overall differences in intellect among people

Question 4

S (Specific Abilities)

Answer 4

Particular ability level in a narrow domain

Question 5

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 5

Capacity to learn new ways of solving problems

Question 6

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 6

Accumulated knowledge of the world acquired over time

Question 7

Multiple Intelligences

Answer 7

Idea that people vary in their ability levels across different domains of intellectual skill

Question 8

Triarchic Model

Answer 8

Model of intelligence proposed by Robert Sternberg posting three distinct types of intelligence: analytical, practice and creative

Question 9

intelligence Quotient (IQ)

Answer 9

Systematic Means of qualifying differences among people in their intelligence

Question 10

Mental Age

Answer 10

Age corresponding to the average individual’s performance on an intelligence test

Question 11

Deviation IQ

Answer 11

Expression of a person’s IQ relative to his or her same - aged peers

Question 12

Eugenics

Answer 12

Movement in the early twentieth century to improve a population’s genetic stock by encouraging those with good genes to reproduce, discouraging those with bad genes from reproducing, or both

Question 13

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

Answer 13

Most widely used intelligence test for adults today, consisting of 15 sub tests to assess different types of mental abilities

Question 14

Culture Fair IQ Test

Answer 14

Abstract reasoning measure that doesn’t depend on language and is often believed to be less influenced by cultural factors then other IQ tests

Question 15

Bell Curve

Answer 15

Distribution of scores in which the bulk of the scores fall towards the middle, with progressively fewer scores toward the “tails” or extremes

Question 16

Intellectual Disability

Answer 16

Condition characterized by an onset prior to adulthood, an IQ below about 70, and an inability to engage in adequate daily functioning

Question 17

Flynn Effect

Answer 17

Finding that average IQ scores have been rising at a rate of approximately three points per decade

Question 18

Within - Group Heritability

Answer 18

Extent to which the variability of a trait within a group is genetically influenced

Question 19

Between - Group Heritability

Answer 19

Extent to which the difference in a trait between groups is generally influenced

Question 20

Test Bias

Answer 20

Tendency of a test to predict outcomes better in one group than another

Question 21

Stereotype Threat

Answer 21

Fear that we may confirm a negative group stereotype

Question 22

Divergent Thinking

Answer 22

Capacity to generate many different solutions to a problem

Question 23

Convergent Thinking

Answer 23

Capacity to generate the single best solution to a problem

Question 24

Emotional Intelligence

Answer 24

Ability to understand our own emotions and those of others , and to apply this information to our daily lives