intelligence testing (chapter 9)

Question 1

intelligence

Answer 1

the ability to think, understand, reason and adapt to overcome obstacles

Question 2

mental age

Answer 2

the average intellectual ability score for children of a specific age

Question 3

standford-binet test

Answer 3

as a test intended to measure innate levels of intelligence

Question 4

William sterns concept of the intelligence quotient (IQ)

Answer 4

calculated by dividing mental age with chronological age than multiply by 100
helps measure peoples presumably innate levels of intelligence

Question 5

Deviation IQ (Wechsler)

Answer 5

created because sterns IQ didn’t generalize adult population
-calculated by comparing a persons test score with the average score for people of the same age
-first must establish the norm or average for a population

Question 6

wechlser adult intelligence scale (WIAS)

Answer 6

the most common intelligence test in use today for adolescents and adults

Question 7

ravens progressive matrices

Answer 7

an intelligence test that is based on pictures not words, thus making it relatively unaffected by language or cultural backgrounds

Question 8

mental abilities

Answer 8

a broad range of cognitive capacities and skills

Question 9

general intelligence test (g-factor)

Answer 9

what is common to all mental abilities

Question 10

positive manifold

Answer 10

different mental abilities are all related to each other and the correlations among mental tests are always positive (spearman)

Question 11

spearman’s g-factor

Answer 11

general intelligence factor is the basis of most intelligence assessment used in research today
-effects of g are due to being motivated

Question 12

person with savant abilities

Answer 12

an individual which low mental capacity in most domains but extraordinary abilities in other specific areas such as art, math or music

Question 13

spearman

Answer 13

two factors” g and s (skill)

Question 14

thurstone

Answer 14

primary mental abilities: would fluency, verbal comprehension, numeric abilities, spatial visitation, memory, perceptual speed and reason

Question 15

hierarchical model of intelligence

Answer 15

nesting

Question 16

fluid intelligence

Answer 16

a type of intelligence used in learning new information and solving new problems
-test of fluid intelligence involve pattern recognition and solving geometric puzzles

Question 17

crystallized intelligence

Answer 17

a form of intelligence that draws Upon past learning and experience
-tests include vocabulary, similarity/difference and reading comprehension

Question 18

Sir Francis Galton

Answer 18

observed that his family was full of intelligent people
-first to try to scientifically measure intelligence

Question 19

Anthropometrics

Answer 19

methods of measuring physical and mental variation in humans

Question 20

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Answer 20

developed the first IQ test to identify children who needed special attention in school

Question 21

limitations

Answer 21

mental age is that it is hard to assess after 16

Question 22

People with low g

Answer 22

may need help navigating life.
US military has cut off around 90

Question 23

entity theory

Answer 23

the belief that intelligence is a fixed characteristics and relatively difficult to change

Question 24

incremental theory

Answer 24

the belief that intelligence can be shaped by experiences, practice and effort

Question 25

the Flynn effect

Answer 25

refers to steady population level increases in intelligence test scores over time

Question 26

general intelligence factor

Answer 26

spearman believed that g represented a persons mental energy, reflecting his belief that some peoples brain are simply more powerful than others

Question 27

stereotype threat

Answer 27

occurs when negative stereotypes about a group cause group members to underperform on ability tests

Question 28

ravens progessve matrices