Chapter 9 intelligence and creativity

Question 1

What is spearman’s general intelligence theory?

Answer 1

How intelligent are you, intelligence is a single general capacity

Question 2

what is Cattells theory of intelligence?

Answer 2

fluid intelligence & crystalized intelligence

Question 3

what is fluid intelligence?

Answer 3

the ability to think through a problem one has never confronted before and recognize patterns that may lead to a solution

Question 4

what is crystalized intelligence?

Answer 4

the kind of knowledge that one gains from experience and learning, education and practice

Question 5

what is the Cattell - Horn - Carroll model of intelligence

Answer 5

general intelligence and specific cognitive, perceptual, and speed tasks

Question 6

What is Sternbergs Triarchic theory of intelligence?

Answer 6

intelligence is made up of 3 abilities - analytical, creative, and practical (street smarts)

Question 7

What is Gardner’s multiple intelligences? what does it acknowledge?

Answer 7

intelligence includes at least 8 distinct capacities, including musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, and bodily kinesthetic intelligence - acknowledges that some learn differently

Question 8

who was the first to suggest measuring intelligence?

Answer 8

sir francis galton - measuring speed, strenght, sensory abilities

Question 9

what is general intelligence similar to?

Answer 9

spearman’s concept of G

Question 10

what is the G Factor?

Answer 10

Spearmans theory that intelligence is a single general factor made up of specific components

Question 11

what is intelligence?

Answer 11

a set of cognitive skills that include abstract thinking, reasoning, problem solving and the ability to acquire knowledge

Question 12

what is mental age?

Answer 12

The equivalent chronological age a child has reached based on an IQ test

Question 13

what is the equation for intelligence quotient?

Answer 13

mental age/chronological age x 100

Question 14

what is construct validity ?

Answer 14

the degree to which a test measures the concept it claims to measure, such as intelligence (measuring what it says it will)

Question 15

what is predictive validity?

Answer 15

the degree to which intelligence test scores are positively related to real world outcomes

Question 16

what is test-retest reliability?

Answer 16

the extent to how similar scores on a test are over time

Question 17

what is internal consistency?

Answer 17

the extent to which items w/in a test correlate

Question 18

what is test bias?

Answer 18

characteristic of a test that produces different outcomes for different groups

Question 19

convergent thinking problems have…

Answer 19

known solutions, require analytical thinking, learned strategies

Question 20

divergent thinking problems have…

Answer 20

no known solutions, require new solutions

Question 21

what are algorithms?

Answer 21

a solution strategy, step by step procedure for solving problems

Question 22

what is eureka insight?

Answer 22

solutions that come to mind in a flash

Question 23

what is thinking outside the box?

Answer 23

breaking free from self constraints, thinking about a problem differently

Question 24

what is fixation?

Answer 24

an obstacle to solutions, inability to break out of specific mindset, change perspective

Question 25

what is functional fixedness?

Answer 25

mind set in which one is blind to unusual uses of everyday objects

Question 26

what is creativity?

Answer 26

thinking or behaviour that is new, original and useful, adaptive

Question 27

what are the stages of creative problem solving?

Answer 27

preparation, incubation, insight, verification-elaboration