Intelligence Study Notes Flashcards
What is Intelligence?
the capacity for rational thought, purposeful action, and effective adaption
What is Crystalized Intelligence?
the effective use of prior knowledge
What is Fluid Intelligence? Part One
ability to solve problems with perceptual speed/rapid insight
What is Fluid Intelligence? Part Two
both fluid and crystalized intelligence are compromised of a larger set of mental abilities
Gardner’s First kind of Intelligence
- Spatial
-visualizing the world in 3D
Gardner’s Second Kind of Intelligence
- Naturalist
-understanding living things and relating to their natural surroundings
Gardner’s Third Kind of Intelligence
- Musical
-discerning sounds, their pitch, tone, rhythm and timbre
Gardner’s Fourth Kind of Intelligence
- Logical-Mathematical
-quantifying things, making hypotheses, proving them
Gardner’s Fifth Kind of Intelligence
- Existential
-tackling the questions of why we live and die
Gardner’s Sixth Kind of Intelligence
- Interpersonal
-sensing peoples feelings and motives
Gardner’s Seventh Kind of Intelligence
- Bodily-Kinesthetic
-coordinating your body with your mind
Gardner’s Eighth Kind of Intelligence
- Linguistic
-finding the right words to express what you mean
Gardner’s Final Kind of Intelligence
- Intrapersonal
-understanding what you feel, what you want, overall understanding yourself
What is Reliability?
the ability of a test to yield the same score, or nearly each time it is given to the same person ( test-retest )
What is Validity?
must measure what it claims to measure, compare test scores to actual performance or some other measure ( criteria validity )
What is Verbal Intelligence?
measured by answering questions that involve vocab, general information, arithmetic, and other language-symbol oriented tasks ( Wechsler tests )
What does the Stanford Binet Intelligence Test Do?
compared test scores of individual kids to the average age score ( measures intelligence )
What is the First factor of the SB5 Measure?
- Fluid reasoning
-the ability to reason in unfamiliar situations
What is the Second factor of the SB5 Measure?
- Knowledge
-assesses persons knowledge about a wide range of topics
What is the Third factor of the SB5 Measure?
- Quantitative reasoning
-measures persons ability to solve problems involving numbers
What is the Fourth factor of the SB5 Measure?
- Visual Spatial Processing
-reproducing patterns, puzzles, copying geometric shapes
What is the Fifth factor of the SB5 Measure?
- Working memory
-use of short term memory
-neuropsychological assessments, assist in educational planning and placement
-contribute to psychological and psychiatric research
-detect and diagnose
developmental/intellectual deficiencies in kids
What is Fluid Reasoning? Part One
the brains ability to take in new information without the benefit of practice or experience
What is Fluid Reasoning? Part Two
involves applying logic and past knowledge to think flexibly and master new skills
Explain IQ and Age Relationship. Part One
scores in young kids aren’t reliable until they become older, after middle school IQ scores change little over the years
Explain IQ and Age Relationship. Part Two
after middle age, fluid intelligence slowly declines but crystalized intelligence does not
What is Intellectual Disability Disorder?
begins at IQ of 70 below, a persons ability to perform adaptive behaviours ( dressing, eating, working, etc. ) are more important than IQ
What is Familial Intellectual Disability?
inadequate nutrition, intellectual stimulation, medical care, emotional support, half these cases are related to physical disorders like; birth injuries, FAS damage, etc.
What are some examples of Familial Disability?
- fetal alcohol syndrome
- down syndrome
- microcephaly
What is Savant Syndrome?
the possession of exceptional mental ability in 1 or more narrow ideas, like mental arithmetic, calendar calculation, art/music, by person of limited general intelligence
What is Speed Processing?
the speed of which a person can mentally process information, having quick nervous system is part of what it means to be swift, brainy, smart
What is Reaction Time?
the amount of time a person must look at a stimulus to make a correct judgement about it, the flurry of brain activity that follows exposure to a stimulus can also be recorded
What is Neural Intelligence?
innate speed and efficiency of a persons brain and nervous system, little can be done to change neural intelligence but adding to experiential intelligence can make a person smarter
What is Reflective Intelligence?
an ability to become aware of ones own thinking habits
What is the Flynn Effect?
the observed rise overtime in standardized intelligence test scores
