intelligence Flashcards
Spearman’s view on intelligence states that…
there is one general intelligence
G factor (general intelligence) is _____ while s factor (special abilities) ____ and is affected by _______ and ______
stable, varies, education, environment
Cattell and Horn’s theory of intelligence states that fluid intelligence is our…, tests…, and is affected by…
our capacity to acquire new knowledge, tests reasoning, genetics
Cattell and Horn’s theory of crystalized intelligence states that…, is a measure of _____ and _____, and is affected by ____
knowledge and learning that has been acquired throughout your lifetime, vocabulary and math, education and culture
how well different regions of the brain integrate to form intelligence describes which theory?
parieto-frontal integration theory
Working memory is thought to predict what in intelligent behaviours?
reason and adaptibility
someone generally limited intelligence abilities but exceptional ability in one specific area describes what?
savant syndrome
Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligence states that….
multiple forms of intelligences reflect our ability to solve certain problems within a particular setting
what are the three subtheories of Sternberg’s triarchic theory?
componential, experiential, contextual
what does the componential subtheory state and what are its three components?
there are specific mental mechanisms for intelligent behaviour. meta-component, performance component, knowledge acquisition component
the meta-component is for ____ and ___ ____. the performance component is for _____ _____. the knowledge acquisition component is for ____ ____ _____
planning and decision making, executing tasks, learning new information
which subtheory describes how we apply mental mechanisms?
experiential subtheory
fitting mental mechanisms to a given situation describes which subtheory
contextual subtheory
name sternberg’s three types of intelligence
analytic, creative, practical
describe analytic intelligence
our ability to compute and evaluate information. people who are good at this perform well on iq tests
our ability to think in new ways describes which type of intelligence?
creative intelligence
our ability to apply information to daily activities describes which form of intelligence according to sternberg?
practical intelligence
how are the stanford-binet and simon-binet tests different and similar?
different in that stanford one uses a ration score (IQ). similar in that they have questions ranging from easy to hard
what does the weschler test test for ?
abstract thnking in adults
how is raven’s progressive matrices test unique?
non-verbal assessment of FLUID intelligence
how and what does raven’s progressive matrices test?
tests abstract thinking by showing people matters with a missing section and asking them to determine the missing piece
what is validity and reliability of IQ scores?
validity states that the test measures what it intends on measuring. reliability states that there is consistency across instances
tests among ___ demonstrate that ____ is a better predictor of intelligence than _____
twins, genetics, environment
the flynn effect states that…. because of….
IQ scores have been increasing every decade for the past 100 years because of education, health, and critical thinking
assimilative thinking is associated with a ____ mood and leads people to be _____ to misinformation while ______ thinking is associated with a _____ mood and lowers chances
positive mood, susceptible, focused thinking, negative
what can evoke a positive emotional response?
familiarity
assuming you have already seen something you like describes what?
warm glow heuristic
