Intelligence Flashcards
define intelligence
mental capability to reason, plan, comprehend complex ideas, learn from experience, learn quickly and adapt to novel circumstances
aristotles 5 wits
imagination, fantasy, memory, reason, common sense
why did binet want to measure intelligence
to ensure disabled children get appropriate attention
describe the IQ test and what it measures
average IQ is 100 with SD 15
measures knowledge, spatial awareness, reaction time/processing speed, memory and reasoning (visual, verbal)
what is test-retest reliability
measures how consistent scores are across multiple sittings of the same test
describe bell curve
68 - 95 - 99.7%
flynn effect
people getting smarter over time due to less pollutants, better education and nutrition
how was the flynn effect masked by IQ testing
mean IQ is set to 100 so it looks like it did not change over time
ways that do not work to improve IQ
playing music for children
ways to improve IQ in children
nutrition in breastmilk, cognitive environments, interactive reading, preschool, play musical instrument (school aged children)
list some things that could influence outcome of IQ
sleep, caring/motivation, reward, practice
G theory
general intelligence; there is singular dimension or factor that captures/describes cognitive ability
fluid intelligence
ability to perceive relationships, adapt, learn
when does fluid intelligence peak
20s
crystallized intelligence
dependent on culture and formal learning; vocabulary
when does crystallized intelligence peak
middle age
describe triarchic theory of intelligence
analytical: IQ
creativity: novel ideas/situations
practical: everyday tasks
describe emotional intelligence
perceiving, using, understanding and managing emotions
why is howard gardner’s multiple intelligences bad (linguistic, musical, math)
never tested or measured categories, categories are skills / personality
what can IQ predict
education, health outcome, death, job income and success, social mobility
heritability
extent to which differences in appearance of trait across people explained by genes; describe variability in population
how to test if IQ is heritable
give IQ test to identical siblings and fraternal twins in shared environment; expect IQ to be higher for identical siblings
linguistic intergroup bias
use positive words to describe ingroup and negative to descibe outgroup using adjectives
are you more likely to remember a emotion of someone by labelling their emotion or describing their emotion
describing it
