Intelligence Flashcards
The ability to adapt to, shape and select environment’s necessary to accomplish one’s goals.
Intelligence
Proposes three largely distinct intelligences.
Triarchic Model
Book smarts, the ability to reason logically and do well on standardized tests. (IQ tests.)
Analytical
Street smarts, the ability to use knowledge acquired through school and other life experiences in order to solve real-world problems.
Practical
Ability to actively use one’s mind in a new and flexible ways in order to solve novel problems. (Passion for process to get the goal. Life is a journey not a destination.)
Creative
Employers look for these two intelligences within the Triarchic model.
Practical and creative
The ability to understand and regulate emotions effectively.
Emotional Intelligence
5 parts of Emotional Intelligence
- Knowing your emotions
- Managing your feelings
- Self-motivation
- Recognizing others’ emotions
- Handling relationships
Argues that intelligence, particularly as it is traditionally defined, does not sufficiently encompass the wide variety of abilities humans display.
Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Theory of Multiple Intelligences (9)
- Spatial
- Linguistic
- Logical-mathematical
- Bodily-kinesthetic
- Musical
- Intrapersonal - Knowing yourself well
- Interpersonal - Relating to others well
- Naturalistic - Picking up signs from physical enviornment
- Existentional - Questioning life and death, spirituality, deep conversations, etc.
Score that gives comparison between how one individual performs on a test of intelligence and how a large random sample of others “like” (same age) he/she did on that same test.
IQ = Mental age (MA) divided by Chronological Age (CA) times 100
Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
IQ = MA/CA X 100
.13% ~ 2.14% ~ 13.59% ~ 34.13% ~ 34.13% ~ 13.59% ~ 2.14% ~ .13%
Bell Curve/ Normal Distribution
Represents “pattern” in which many human characteristics, called phenotypes, are dispersed in a population.
Culture, genes, etc. can affect IQ scores.
Bell Curve/ Normal Distribution
Heredity does help explain individual differences in intellectual performance. Identical twins raised together show great similarity in IQ scores.
Genes. Affects IQ scores.
Comparisons with IQ scores between two people
The more closely related individuals are, the more similar their IQ scores are.
The greater the number of risk factors a child experiences, the higher the risk of a lower IQ.
Home environment. Affects IQ scores.
Generally speaking, the larger the family, the lower the IQ scores of the children. Some research indicates that first born kids show higher IQ scores.
Family size and birth order. Affects IQ scores.
Children from lower-class homes average 10 to 20 points below IQ of middle-class kids.
Poor nutrition, drug abuse, disruptive family experiences, and poverty contribute to social gap in IQ.
Social class. Affects IQ scores.
Caucasian children tend to score higher on IQ tests than do minorities. But this group average prediction about an individual’s IQ cannot be made based only on racial identity.
Race and ethnic differences. Affects IQ scores.
Factors that affect IQ scores.
Genes, home environment, family size and birth order, social class, race and ethnic differences.
Average IQ score
100
IQ scores are normally distributed because the tests are designed to achieve normal distribution.
True.
Intelligence is assumed to be a stable characteristic of the individual.
True.
IQ test is considered reliable when it turns up the same results over time.
True.
