Intelligence, Reasoning, Creativity, & Wisdom Flashcards
Accommodation
Adjusting one’s thinking to better reflect real-life experiences.
Assimilation
Using currently available knowledge to make sense out of incoming information
Cognitive-structural approach
An approach to intelligence that emphasizes how people understand problems and their thinking styles
Crystallized intelligence
Knowledge acquired through life experience and education in a particular culture
Factor
The connections between results on similar intelligence tests
Fluid intelligence
Abilities that make one a flexible and adaptive thinker, that allow one to draw inferences, and allow one to understand the relations among concepts independent of acquired knowledge and experience
Interindividual variability
An acknowledgment adults differ in the direction of their intellectual development
Mechanics of intelligence
The aspect of intelligence that concerns the neurophysiological architecture of the mind
Multidimensional
The notion intelligence consists of many dimensions
Multidirectionality
The distinct patterns of change in abilities over the life span, with these patterns being different for different abilities
Neural efficiency hypothesis
States intelligent people process information more efficiently, showing weaker neural activations in a smaller number of areas than less intelligent people
Plasticity
The range of functioning within an individual and the conditions under which a person’s abilities can be modified within a specific age range
Pragmatic intelligence
The component of intelligence that concerns acquired bodies of knowledge available from and embedded within culture
Primary mental abilities
Independent abilities within psychometric intelligence based on different combinations of standardized intelligence tests
Psychometric approach
An approach to intelligence involving defining it as performance on standardized tests
Secondary mental capabilities
Broad-ranging skills composed of several primary mental abilities
Structure of intelligence
The organization of interrelated intellectual abilities
Terminal decline
The gradual decline in cognitive function that occurs relatively near death
Transculturalism
Involves exploring the impact of transnational migration on the mobile culture, identity, and integration of migrant populations spanning across several nations simultaneously
