Intelligence and IQ Testing Flashcards
What is the idea that states that intelligence is whatever intelligence tests measure?
Boring’s Dictum
Sir Francis Galton proposed that intelligence is a by-product of ________.
Sensory Capacity
What is the capacity to learn new ways of solving problems?
Fluid Intelligence
Which intelligence decreases in advanced age?
Fluid Intelligence
What is the accumulated knowledge of the world we gain over time?
Crystallized intelligence
Which intelligence increases in advanced age?
Crystallized Intelligence
Howard Gardner predicted there are ______ separate intelligences.
Eight
What is the ability to grasp deep philosophical ideas
Existential Intelligence
Which intelligence accounts for overall differences in intellect among people?
General intelligence (g)
Which intelligence refers to a particular ability level in a narrow domain of intelligence?
Specific abilities (s)
Which intelligence is the ability to reason logically, or “book smarts”, that plays a role in test performance?
Analytical Intelligence
Which intelligence is the ability to solve real-world problems, or “street smarts”, thay may affect job performance and social interactions?
Practical Intelligence
Which intelligence is the ability to come up with novel and effective answers, which may also affect job performance?
Creative Intelligence
Higher mental processes include what?
Reasoning, understanding, and judgement.
Consistency of measure is ______.
Reliability.
Do intelligence tests for toddlers and infants predict future adulthood IQ?
No.
Adults have high ______-________ reliability.
Test-retest.
What is the extent to which a measure assesses what it claims to measure?
Validity
The graph of all intelligence scores in a randomly selected population is the ______.
Bell curve
____% to ____% of the Canadian adult population have been diagnosed with an intellectual disability.
0.2% to 0.5%.
Factors that you are born with are called ______ _______.
Prenatal factors
Factors that you develop are called ______ ________.
Postnatal factors.
Deficits in intellectual and adaptive functioning during the developmental period are criteria from the ______.
DSM-5
Global developmental delay is reserved for children ______.
Under the age of 5 years old.
Giftedness is those who score in the top _____% in intelligence tests.
2%
The Flynn Effect is the result of _____.
The average IQ of the population increasing by 3 points every 10 years.
Ethnic differences in IQ is due to ___________ ___________.
Environmental factors.
