Handout Test Flashcards
individuals differ from each other in their ability to understand complex ideas, to adapt effectively to the environment to learn from experience, to engage in various forms of reasoning to overcome obstacles by taking thought
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Gardners theory
multiple intelligences, conceptions of intelligences should not just be informed by normal children and adults but also gifted persons like savants
stern bergs theory
triarchic theory proposes three fundamental aspects of intelligence
stern bergs fundamental aspects of intelligence
- analytic
- creative
- practical
intelligence develops in children through the continually shifting balance between the assimilation of new information into existing cognitive structures and the accommodation of those structures themselves to the new information
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the level of performance a child might reach with appropriate help from a supportive adult, idea given by vygotsky
the zone of proximal development
stability
test scores are fairly stable during development
the average change between age 12 and age 17 was 7.1 IQ points; some individuals changed as much as 18 points
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while some psychologists today still regard g as the most fundamental measure of intelligence, others prefer to emphasize the distinctive profile of strengths and weaknesses present in each person’s performance. a recently published review identifies over 70 different abilities that can be distinguished by currently available tests
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the correlation between IQ scores and grades is about() correlations of this magnitude account for only ()% of overall variance
- .50
2. 25
characteristics other than intelligence, such as persistence, interest in school, and willingness to study help as well
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correlations between IQ scores and total years of education are about () implying that differences in psychometric intelligence account for about 30% of the outcome variance
.55
educated and affluent parents produce children that do better in school the relation between these factors and academic success is
.33
psychometric intelligence is negatively correlated with certain socially undesirable outcomes, for example, children with high test scores are less likely than lower scoring children to engage in juvenile crime
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correlations are highest for school achievement, where they account for about a quarter of the variance. they are somewhat lower for job performance, and very low for negatively valued outcomes such as criminality
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