Chapter 9 - Intelligence & Language Flashcards
What intelligence score is considered average?
100
The pattern of scores usually observed in a variable that clusters around its average
Normal Distribution (Bell Curve)
What intelligence score is considered mentally retarded?
70 or below
What intelligence score is considered gifted?
130 or above
The ability to think, to learn from experience, to solve problems, and to adapt to new situations
Intelligence
A system of communication that uses symbols in a regular way to create meaning
Language
A measure of intelligence that is adjusted for age
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
The ability to identify, assess, manage, and control one’s emotions
Emotional Intelligence (EI)
The misguided proposal that one could improve the human species by encouraging or permitting reproduction of only those people with genetic characteristics judged desirable
Eugenics
The observation that scores on intelligence tests worldwide have increased substantially over the past decades at an average of 3 points per decade
James Flynn
Flynn Effect
An area in the brain in front of the left hemisphere near the motor cortex
This is responsible for LANGUAGE PRODUCTION
Broca’s Area
An area of the brain next to the auditory cortex that is responsible for LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
Wernicke’s Area
A time in which learning can easily occur
Language learning is better the earlier it occurs
Critical Period
The brain’s ability to to develop new neural connections
Bonobos - Monkeys
Plasticity
