intelligence testing (chapter 9) Flashcards

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intelligence

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

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mental age

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the average intellectual ability score for children of a specific age

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standford-binet test

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as a test intended to measure innate levels of intelligence

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William sterns concept of the intelligence quotient (IQ)

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

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Deviation IQ (Wechsler)

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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

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wechlser adult intelligence scale (WIAS)

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

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ravens progressive matrices

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

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mental abilities

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a broad range of cognitive capacities and skills

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general intelligence test (g-factor)

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what is common to all mental abilities

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positive manifold

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

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spearman’s g-factor

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

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person with savant abilities

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

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spearman

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two factors” g and s (skill)

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thurstone

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

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15
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hierarchical model of intelligence

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nesting

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16
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fluid intelligence

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

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crystallized intelligence

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

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Sir Francis Galton

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

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Anthropometrics

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methods of measuring physical and mental variation in humans

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Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

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

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limitations

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mental age is that it is hard to assess after 16

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People with low g

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

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entity theory

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

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incremental theory

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

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the Flynn effect
refers to steady population level increases in intelligence test scores over time
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general intelligence factor
spearman believed that g represented a persons mental energy, reflecting his belief that some peoples brain are simply more powerful than others
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stereotype threat
occurs when negative stereotypes about a group cause group members to underperform on ability tests
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ravens progessve matrices