Intelligence Flashcards

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1
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What is genius?

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Giftedness + extreme creativity

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May need assisted living. Sometimes result of medical or genetic condition

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Moderate ID. 40-55

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What do genetics determine in IQ?

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The range within which IQ is likely to fall

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Two factor theory of intelligence

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Every task requires a combination fo a general ability and skills that are specific to the task

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IQ of intellectual disability

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below 70

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Intelligence is flexible. Success results from hard work

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Incremental theory

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What does environment determine in IQ?

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Exact point in genetic range IQ falls

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May learn some basic skills but often require significant assistance and supervision. Sometimes the result of serious mental conditions

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Severe and profound ID. 0-40

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A measure of individual intelligence relative to a statistically normal curve

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Intelligence quotient (IQ)

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10
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First intelligence test

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Binet and Simon in 1904 in French schools to predict perfomance

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Can live independently and have jobs and families. Sometimes a result of environment like poverty

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Mild ID. 55-70

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Intelligence tests with abstract reasoning measures that don’t depend on language

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culture fair iq test

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Intelligence is fixed. Success comes from innate ability

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Entity theory

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14
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IQ of 130 or above

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Giftedness

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What do intelligent brains have?

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Faster communication of info. among neurons. More myelination.

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16
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Early iq test problems

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General trivia and only specific to one type of culture

17
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The ability to think logically using specific learned knowledge

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crystallized intell

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Understand and manage our own emotions and identify and empathize with the mental states of others

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Emotional and social intelligence

19
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IQ and gray/white matter in men and women

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More linked to gray matter in men and white in women

20
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Sternbergs trierchic theory

A

Analytical, practical, and creative intelligences. High in some and low in others

21
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What is intelligence positively related to?

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Thickness of the cerebral cortex

22
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Worldwide inc in IQ scores of about 3 points per decade over the last 100 years

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Flynn effect

23
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Environmental factors associated with IQ

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prenatal alcohol/drug exposure, diet, socioeconomic status, and education opportunities

24
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Measure of an individuals overall intelligence as opposed to specific abilities

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general intell

25
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The ability to think logically without the need to use learned knowledge

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fluid intell

26
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Gardners multiple intelligences

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8 diff intelligences. High in some and low in others

27
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Intelligence heritability

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.75

28
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Comorbid

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Diagnosed with intellectual disability and something else

29
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Characteristics of intellectual disability

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Onset prior to adulthood and can’t function independently