Chapter 9 - Intelligence Flashcards

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Early intelligence definition
(Boeings definition)

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Intelligence is whatever intelligence measures
-anything and everything is intelligence

Problem: everything is intelligence

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Galton’s theory

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Prominent scientist
-people with better senses = more intelligent
-research showed that different sensory capacities were weakly correlated to each other (vision is weakly correlated to hearing)
-so how could senses be correlated to intelligence if they are not correlated to each other

-disproved over time by researchers

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Binet and Simons theory

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-government asked to created the first intelligence test, to determine who is smart and who isn’t to give more education and schooling to those that need

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Higher order processes

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Reasoning, understanding and judgment

-reason abstractly
-learn to adapt
-acquire knowledge
-benefit from experience

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Intelligence is related to

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The ability to think in the abstract

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Spearman

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Interested in people who get one item correct, will get another item correct
-what is the relationship between the test questions

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Spearman’s theory

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Intelligence was general —> account for overall differences in intellect among people

-if I do well on one test question, i will do better on others —> overall/general
-believed people had more powerful brains than other people = more G

-controversial
-is culturally based

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Spearman’s theory: specific skills

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A specific type of intelligence based off on a job
-someone with a high G could still perform poorly on a S

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Cattell and Horns model

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Model of newly learned tasks
-crystallized : accumulated knowledge of the worlds acquired over time, lasting knowledge, related to openness and experiences —> specific skill set
-fluid intelligence: capacity to learn new ways of solving problems, declines with age

-fluid intelligence flows into crystallized intelligence over time

-supports idea of g and s

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Gardeners multiple intelligences

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-G doesn’t explain all intelligence factors, only one component
-came up with eight different types of intelligence
-different interpretations should have different types of intelligence

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Linguistic verbal

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Intelligence based on how well we speak and write

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Visual spatial

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Musical

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Kinaesthetic

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Manipulate bodies in physical activities

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Interpersonal and intrapersonal

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Inter- interact with others

Intra- insight about self

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Naturalistic

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Recognize and understand animals, plants

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Logical mathematical

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Sternbergs triarchic model

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Analytical, practical and creative
-under represented in these tests
-three components of intelligence
-these three are not neccesarily independant of each other

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Practical

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Street smarts

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Analytical

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Book smarts

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Creative

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Creativity

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Biological intelligence based

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-brain volume is positively correlated to intelligence at a .4 level (low moderate correlation) to volume, density of the brain

-higher verbal skills correlated to intelligence

-third variable issue: culture, education

-speed of processing (higher = intelligence tests better due to banked time)

-working memory efficiency

-where in the brain there are more activation (prefrontal cortex, parietal lobe)

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Family studies

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particular trait present in all family that lives together
-trait runs through

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Galton family studies

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Found that relatives that are closely related to people who are known to be highly intelligent were also fairly intelligent
-is this environment or genetics

-concluded intelligence must be genetic (senses come from genetics)
-failed to consider: families share environment as well as genetics

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Twin studies IQ

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IQ correlates more strongly with identical twins = more genetic
-genetics is not the ONLY thing/that is causes things

-doesn’t help with environment

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Adoption studies

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People who are living in different environments
-closely resemble adopted parents or biological parents

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Adoption studies IQ

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Intelligence is most similar to biological parents, strong contribution from genetics
-environment still plays a role (children removed from deprives (little stimulation) to enriched show improvement in IQ scores

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Enriched stimulation in children

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Increase IQ test scores
-daycare facilities

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Perception and intelligence

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The way we perceive intelligence affects our intelligence
-mindset (growth or fixed)

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Expectation effects

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The idea of what we expect will influence
-creates intelligence

Randomly assigned a title of higher intelligence, and students labeled as “bloomers” progressively had higher scores (based off teachers knowledge and their expectation of those students)

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Environment of learning: school

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Schooling influences intelligence
-people who are educated have more neural connections
-difficult to determine although if it boosted intelligence, or just presented more opportunities

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Research supporting connection of schooling and higher intelligence

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Pre school vs kindergarten
-children who went through both boosted intelligence

Children’s IQ drops in the summer, because they are not actively learning

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Increase in intelligence = boost in intelligence ?

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Research shows an increase of IQ in program, but after program it decreases back to baseline if not sustained
-be in school consistently over time

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Birth order and intelligence

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Later born children tend to have lower IQ
-assumption: parents of lower IQ have more children —> less intelligent along the way

-may appear but cannot be confirmed

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Flynn effect

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How IQ changes overtime in the population
-steady increase of average IQ

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What is contributed to Flynn Effect

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-As time progresses, individuals get used to taking tests
-learn how to study for a test
-complexity of modern world—> internet
-increase of higher education

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Dweck

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Suggested perception of intelligence influence intelligence

38
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When studying group differences it is important to be as

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Objective as possible

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Sex differences in IQ

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Men have a slightly higher IQ than women
-men are more variable (more at high and low)
-women are more consistent in range

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Women tent to do better than men in

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-verbal tasks (hormone component-estrogen, fluctuates with menstural cycle)

-arithmetic calculation (only difference is found in childhood -> early intervention, opportunity—> stops at grade two)

-detecting and recognizing feelings (adulthood) (facial expressions, traditional role of care taker -> environmental)

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Meant tend to do better than women in

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-spatial abilities (rotation tasks)

-geography (relies on spatial abilities)

-complicated mathematics

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Infants spatial abilities

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Show no difference in ability

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All racial differences in intelligence is linked to

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Environmental differences

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Variability within races are larger than

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Variability between races

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IQ differences among races

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May be narrowing over recent decades

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When we place individuals on an even playing field with comparable environmental opportunities the difference

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Between racial groups largely disappear and we see small differences among individuals

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Within group heritability does not imply

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Between group heritability

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Within group

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Extent to which a trait is heritable within groups

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Between groups

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Extent to which a trait is heritable between groups

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Genetics are an ____ factor

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Individual
-they do not describe a group

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IQ test bias

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IQ test predicts achievement equally well among groups
-bias causes differences
-opportunity affects intelligence

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Stereotype threat

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The fear we confirm a negative stereotype being applied to us

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Stereotype threat of IQ

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Can impact the way we perform on tests due to anxiety about the stereotype of our intelligence
-will enhance factor of intelligence being genetic rather than environmental

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IQ=

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(Mental age/ chronological age) X 100

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Mental age

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Lead to the development of the IQ or intelligent quotient

-corresponds to average individual performance
-where do you fall in the norms-> comparison of results

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Flaw of IQ calculations

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Mental age levels off after 16 years
-start getting worse because comparative group doesn’t change

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Eugenics movement

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Effort to improve populations genetic stock by encouraging people with good genes to reproduce and discouraging people with bad genes from reproducing

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Sterilization laws for low IQ people ended in

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1972

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Deviation IQ

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What IQ tests rely on today

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Most commonly used IQ test for adults is

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Wechsler adult intelligence scale

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IQ 100

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Average or typical for your age group

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Fifteen subsets give five scores

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-overall IQ
-verbal comprehension
-perceptual reasoning
-working memory
-processing speed

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Verbal comprehension

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-similarities
-vocabulary
-information

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Perceptual reasoning

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-block desig
-matrix reasoning
-visual puzzles

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Working memory

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-digit span
-arithmetic

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Processing speed

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-symbol search
-coding

67
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Culture fair IQ tests

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Consist of abstract reasoning items that don’t depend on language
-ravens progressive matrices

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Intellectual disability

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Onset of childhood low IQ (below 70)
-1%
-mild, moderate, severe, profound

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The more severe the intellectual disability the less

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Likely it is to run in families

70
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Most common intellectual disability

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Fragile X syndrome and Down syndrome

71
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ADA and CHRC

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Greatly impacted loves of those with disabilities

72
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Mental giftedness

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Refers to the top 2% of IQ scores
-certain professions (doctor, lawyer, engineers, professors)
-genetics is greater factor

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Termans Termites showed that

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Prodigies do not burn out or have higher rates of mental illness

-prodigies don’t stop being prodigies

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Creativity is measured by

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Using tests of divergent thinking or outside the box
-uses of object test

75
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Creativity also need to be good at

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Convergent thinking, finding the single best answer to a problem

76
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Is creativity associated with IQ?

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Mildly
-link between creativity and bipolar disorder
-inc quantity of work but not quality

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Best predictor of quality of work is

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Quantity of work

78
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Emotional intelligence

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The ability to understand our own and others emotions then apply that information
-doesn’t differ much from personality
-does not predict job performance