Intelligence Study Notes

Question 1

What is Intelligence?

Answer 1

the capacity for rational thought, purposeful action, and effective adaption

Question 2

What is Crystalized Intelligence?

Answer 2

the effective use of prior knowledge

Question 3

What is Fluid Intelligence? Part One

Answer 3

ability to solve problems with perceptual speed/rapid insight

Question 4

What is Fluid Intelligence? Part Two

Answer 4

both fluid and crystalized intelligence are compromised of a larger set of mental abilities

Question 5

Gardner’s First kind of Intelligence

Answer 5

1. Spatial
   -visualizing the world in 3D

Question 6

Gardner’s Second Kind of Intelligence

Answer 6

2. Naturalist
   -understanding living things and relating to their natural surroundings

Question 7

Gardner’s Third Kind of Intelligence

Answer 7

3. Musical
   -discerning sounds, their pitch, tone, rhythm and timbre

Question 8

Gardner’s Fourth Kind of Intelligence

Answer 8

4. Logical-Mathematical
   -quantifying things, making hypotheses, proving them

Question 9

Gardner’s Fifth Kind of Intelligence

Answer 9

5. Existential
   -tackling the questions of why we live and die

Question 10

Gardner’s Sixth Kind of Intelligence

Answer 10

6. Interpersonal
   -sensing peoples feelings and motives

Question 11

Gardner’s Seventh Kind of Intelligence

Answer 11

7. Bodily-Kinesthetic
   -coordinating your body with your mind

Question 12

Gardner’s Eighth Kind of Intelligence

Answer 12

8. Linguistic
   -finding the right words to express what you mean

Question 13

Gardner’s Final Kind of Intelligence

Answer 13

9. Intrapersonal
   -understanding what you feel, what you want, overall understanding yourself

Question 14

What is Reliability?

Answer 14

the ability of a test to yield the same score, or nearly each time it is given to the same person ( test-retest )

Question 15

What is Validity?

Answer 15

must measure what it claims to measure, compare test scores to actual performance or some other measure ( criteria validity )

Question 16

What is Verbal Intelligence?

Answer 16

measured by answering questions that involve vocab, general information, arithmetic, and other language-symbol oriented tasks ( Wechsler tests )

Question 17

What does the Stanford Binet Intelligence Test Do?

Answer 17

compared test scores of individual kids to the average age score ( measures intelligence )

Question 18

What is the First factor of the SB5 Measure?

Answer 18

1. Fluid reasoning
   -the ability to reason in unfamiliar situations

Question 19

What is the Second factor of the SB5 Measure?

Answer 19

2. Knowledge
   -assesses persons knowledge about a wide range of topics

Question 20

What is the Third factor of the SB5 Measure?

Answer 20

3. Quantitative reasoning
   -measures persons ability to solve problems involving numbers

Question 21

What is the Fourth factor of the SB5 Measure?

Answer 21

4. Visual Spatial Processing
   -reproducing patterns, puzzles, copying geometric shapes

Question 22

What is the Fifth factor of the SB5 Measure?

Answer 22

5. 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

Question 23

What is Fluid Reasoning? Part One

Answer 23

the brains ability to take in new information without the benefit of practice or experience

Question 24

What is Fluid Reasoning? Part Two

Answer 24

involves applying logic and past knowledge to think flexibly and master new skills

Question 25

Explain IQ and Age Relationship. Part One

Answer 25

scores in young kids aren’t reliable until they become older, after middle school IQ scores change little over the years

Question 26

Explain IQ and Age Relationship. Part Two

Answer 26

after middle age, fluid intelligence slowly declines but crystalized intelligence does not

Question 27

What is Intellectual Disability Disorder?

Answer 27

begins at IQ of 70 below, a persons ability to perform adaptive behaviours ( dressing, eating, working, etc. ) are more important than IQ

Question 28

What is Familial Intellectual Disability?

Answer 28

inadequate nutrition, intellectual stimulation, medical care, emotional support, half these cases are related to physical disorders like; birth injuries, FAS damage, etc.

Question 29

What are some examples of Familial Disability?

Answer 29

1. fetal alcohol syndrome
2. down syndrome
3. microcephaly

Question 30

What is Savant Syndrome?

Answer 30

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

Question 31

What is Speed Processing?

Answer 31

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

Question 32

What is Reaction Time?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

What is Neural Intelligence?

Answer 33

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

Question 34

What is Reflective Intelligence?

Answer 34

an ability to become aware of ones own thinking habits

Question 35

What is the Flynn Effect?

Answer 35

the observed rise overtime in standardized intelligence test scores