Intelligence

Question 1

The ability to adapt to, shape and select environment’s necessary to accomplish one’s goals.

Answer 1

Intelligence

Question 2

Proposes three largely distinct intelligences.

Answer 2

Triarchic Model

Question 3

Book smarts, the ability to reason logically and do well on standardized tests. (IQ tests.)

Answer 3

Analytical

Question 4

Street smarts, the ability to use knowledge acquired through school and other life experiences in order to solve real-world problems.

Answer 4

Practical

Question 5

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.)

Answer 5

Creative

Question 6

Employers look for these two intelligences within the Triarchic model.

Answer 6

Practical and creative

Question 7

The ability to understand and regulate emotions effectively.

Answer 7

Emotional Intelligence

Question 8

5 parts of Emotional Intelligence

Answer 8

1. Knowing your emotions
2. Managing your feelings
3. Self-motivation
4. Recognizing others’ emotions
5. Handling relationships

Question 9

Argues that intelligence, particularly as it is traditionally defined, does not sufficiently encompass the wide variety of abilities humans display.

Answer 9

Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Question 10

Theory of Multiple Intelligences (9)

Answer 10

1. Spatial
2. Linguistic
3. Logical-mathematical
4. Bodily-kinesthetic
5. Musical
6. Intrapersonal - Knowing yourself well
7. Interpersonal - Relating to others well
8. Naturalistic - Picking up signs from physical enviornment
9. Existentional - Questioning life and death, spirituality, deep conversations, etc.

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

IQ = MA/CA X 100

Question 12

.13% ~ 2.14% ~ 13.59% ~ 34.13% ~ 34.13% ~ 13.59% ~ 2.14% ~ .13%

Answer 12

Bell Curve/ Normal Distribution

Question 13

Represents “pattern” in which many human characteristics, called phenotypes, are dispersed in a population.

Culture, genes, etc. can affect IQ scores.

Answer 13

Bell Curve/ Normal Distribution

Question 14

Heredity does help explain individual differences in intellectual performance. Identical twins raised together show great similarity in IQ scores.

Answer 14

Genes. Affects IQ scores.

Question 15

Comparisons with IQ scores between two people

Answer 15

The more closely related individuals are, the more similar their IQ scores are.

Question 16

The greater the number of risk factors a child experiences, the higher the risk of a lower IQ.

Answer 16

Home environment. Affects IQ scores.

Question 17

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.

Answer 17

Family size and birth order. Affects IQ scores.

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

Social class. Affects IQ scores.

Question 19

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.

Answer 19

Race and ethnic differences. Affects IQ scores.

Question 20

Factors that affect IQ scores.

Answer 20

Genes, home environment, family size and birth order, social class, race and ethnic differences.

Question 21

Average IQ score

Answer 21

100

Question 22

IQ scores are normally distributed because the tests are designed to achieve normal distribution.

Answer 22

True.

Question 23

Intelligence is assumed to be a stable characteristic of the individual.

Answer 23

True.

Question 24

IQ test is considered reliable when it turns up the same results over time.

Answer 24

True.