intelligence Flashcards

module 3 chapter 9

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what is the ability to learn, remember, and use information to adapt and solve problems

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intelligence

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what was the first intelligence test

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binet and Simon

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3
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who believed intelligence is one thing, which he called general intelligence or g

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spearman

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4
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performance of a test is a combination of what

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g and s (specialized intelligence and skills for that task)

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what is stored language, knowledge and memories which can be used to solve problems called

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crystallized intelligence

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6
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what is the ability to reason and think quickly called

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fluid intelligence

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7
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intelligence is organized into hierarchal categories from what to what

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from most basic abilities to general intelligence/G

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in sternbergs triarchic theory, what is the ability to answer problems with a single right answer

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analytic intelligence

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9
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in stern bergs triarchic theory, what is the ability to adapt to new situations and create new ideas called

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creative intelligence

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10
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in stern bergs triarchic theory, what is common sense/ streets smarts called

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practical intelligence

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11
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what is the Flynn effect

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when people today take older versions of IQ tests, average scores are above 100

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what is the standford-binet intelligence scale

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gives a single score
fluids reasoning, knowledge, quantitative reasoning and working memory

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13
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WISC and WAIS

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more commonly used
gives scores on sub scales
verbal IQ: verbal comprehension and working memory
Performance IQ: perceptual organization and processing speed

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14
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tests are normed to have a mean of ____ and a standard deviation of ___

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100 and 15

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15
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what do more intelligent people have

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larger, denser brains with thicker cortex
less brain activity on a particular task
faster processing speeds

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16
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what is the heretibilaty of IQ

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.40 and 0.80

17
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t or f identical twins have highly correlated IQs

18
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what are some environmental influences on intelligence

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early childhood environment
nutrition
enrichment
exposire to toxins
education

19
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what is bias in IQ tests

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intelligence tests require specific knowledge
experience with multiple choice tasks

20
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what is language

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system for communicating with others using signals that are combined according to rules of grammar that covey meaning

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what is grammar

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set of rules that specify how the units of language can be combined to produce meaningful messages

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how does language establish common ground

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knowledge that the speaker and listener share and think or assume they share

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how does language affect audience deisign

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we tailor our speech to those around us, based on common ground

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what are the different conversations coordinated between people

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lexicon- tend to use similar words/terms as the people around us
syntax - tend to use similar word order and sentence structure as the people around us
rates of speech - we match our speed to that of other people in the conversation

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how does language establish groups
establishes and enlarges in-group and differentiates from outgroup
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what is linguistic intergroup bias
in-group members: use adjectives to describe positive actions and verbs to describe negative actions outgroup members- use verbs to describe positive actions and adjectives to describe negative actions
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what properties does the human language have
uses symbols to convey meaning generavity- symbols can be combined in infinite ways to convey novel meanings displacement- can refer to things that are not present
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what is involved in the structure of language
phonemes morphemes syntactic rules
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what does phonemes do
smallest units of sound that are recognizable as speech
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what are the phonological rules
language rules that indicate how phonemes can be combined. differ from language to language
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what does morphemes do
smallest meaningful units of language, made up of phonemes
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what are content morphemes
things and events
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what are function morphemes
grammatical functions
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what are the morphological rules
language rules that indicate how morphemes can be combined to form words
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what are syntactic rules
language rules that indicate how words can be combined to form sentences and phrases
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what is responsible for production of coherent speech. Damage results in garbled, ungrammatical speech
the brocas area in the brain
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what is responsible for comprehension of speech. Damage results in difficulty understanding others speech and in producing meaningful speech
the Wernicke's area
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what is linguistic relativity hypothesis (sapir-whorf hypothesis)
language determines what we are able to think about
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t or f language influences what we think and the decisions we make but it is not deterministic
true