Intelligence

Question 1

Practical problem-solving

Answer 1

ability to analyse a situation well, engage in reasoned decision making and generate multiple solutions to a problem

Question 2

verbal ability

Answer 2

express and converse with others eloquently and understand word meanings

Question 3

Social competence

Answer 3

Skills to be accepted and fulfilled socially, good interpersonal skills and a positive regard for others

Question 4

Theories of intelligence

Answer 4

Psychometric approach, information processing approach, contemporary theories of practical and multiple intelligences

Question 5

Psychometric approach

Answer 5

tries to identify groups of items in a test that correlate highly with each other in order to discover underlying skills and abilities

Question 6

Info processing approach

Answer 6

examines the mental processes that underlie intelligent behaviour

Question 7

Contemporary theories of practical + multiple intelligences

Answer 7

argues that intelligence is a function of multiple systems

Question 8

Fluid intelligence

Answer 8

abstract and logical skills

Question 9

Crystallised intelligence

Answer 9

info, skills and strategies that we have learned over time through experience

Question 10

Simultaneous processing

Answer 10

info integrated at one time

Question 11

Successive processing

Answer 11

each piece of info processed in a sequence