Intelligence Throughout The Lifespan

Question 0

Charles Spearman concluded what about intelligence?

Answer 0

That cognitive abilities could be narrowed down to one critical G factor, or general intelligence

Question 1

Because intelligence is a hypothetical construct give some definitions of intelligence:

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The capacity to acquire and use knowledge

The total body of acquired knowledge

The ability to arrive at innovative solutions to problems

The ability to deal effectively with one’s environment

Knowledge of one’s culture

The global capacity of the individual to act purposefully, to think rationally, and to deal effectively with the environment

Question 2

JP Guilford proposed what about intelligence?

Answer 2

He proposed that intelligence consists of 150 distinct abilities

Question 3

LL Thurstone used the statistical technique known as factor analysis to find seven independent primary mental abilities; what abilities were these?

Answer 3

Numerical ability, reasoning, verbal fluency, spatial visualization, perceptual ability, memory, and verbal comprehension

Question 4

Raymond B. Cattell argued what in regards to intelligence?

Answer 4

Cattell argued that a G factor does exist, but cognitive ability consists of fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence

Question 5

Fluid intelligence

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Reasoning and problem-solving

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Crystallized intelligence

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Specific knowledge gained from applying fluid intelligence

Question 7

Robert Sternberg proposed what about intelligence?

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Sternberg proposed a triarchic theory of intelligence that specifies three important parts of intelligence: componential intelligence, experiential intelligence, and contextual intelligence

Question 8

Componential intelligence

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Includes met the components, performance components, and knowledge acquisition components

Question 9

Experiential intelligence

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Provides abilities to deal with novelty and to automatize processing

Question 10

Contextual intelligence

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Includes practical intelligence and social intelligence

Question 11

Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences proposed…

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That there are seven different components of intelligence that include not only language ability, logical mathematical thinking, and spatial thinking but also musical, bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal thinking

Question 12

The first effective test of intelligence was devised in the early … by who…?

Answer 12

It was devised in the early 1900s by French psychologist Alfred Binet

Question 13

Binet, And his colleague Theodore Simon, devised and intelligence test consisting of how many subsets containing problems of increasing difficulty

Answer 13

30

Question 14

Binet and Simon introduced a scale that brought about the notion of mental age. What is mental age?

Answer 14

The measure of a child’s intellectual level that is independent of the child chronological age

Question 15

Lewis M. Terman of Stanford University and his colleagues help refine and standardized Binet’s test for American children.

What was this version of the test called?

Answer 15

Stanford-Binet intelligence scale

Question 16

Intelligence quotient is…

Answer 16

Calculate the IQ of a child’s mental age, divided by his or her chronological age, and multiply by 100

Question 17

List one major problem with the ratio IQ score

Answer 17

Most people’s mental development slows in their late teens

Question 18

David Wechsler corrected the ratio IQ problem scores by devising the…

Answer 18

Deviation IQ score

The deviation IQ score is calculated by converting the raw scores on each subset of the test standard scores nominalized for each age group

Question 19

The Stanford-Binet intelligence scale is also known as…

Answer 19

Standard age score (SAS)

Question 20

And what year did David Wechsler publish a test designed exclusively for adults, and what was the name of the test?

Answer 20

1939

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Revised (WAIS-R)

Question 21

Wechsler also published two scales for children and these are now known as:

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Wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence, revised (WPPSI-R). For children forward to six years of age

Wechsler intelligence scale for children, third edition (WISC-III). For children 6 to 16 years of age

Question 22

Bayley Scales of Infant Intelligence is a test designed to be used with infants aged…

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2 to 30 months

Question 23

Bayley Scales of Infant Intelligence includes three scales on this test. The scales are:

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Motor scale, the mental scale, and the infant behavior record

Question 24

Infants who take the Bayley Scales of Infant Intelligence test receive what type of quotient?

Answer 24

Developmental quotient (DQ)

Question 25

Validity is often assessed using…

Answer 25

Criterion validity

Question 26

Heritability as an estimate of what?

Answer 26

How much of a trait in a population is determined by genetic inheritance

Question 27

Sandra Scarr and other researchers have shown that underprivileged children placed in homes that provide an enriched intellectual environment have shown what?

Answer 27

A moderate but consistent increases in intelligence

Question 28

Define terminal drop

Answer 28

A rapid decline and intellectual performance shortly before death

Question 29

Define emotional intelligence (EQ)

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A person’s ability to understand and adapt to, emotion and emotional situations

Question 30

Creativity

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The ability to produce something new and unique or that combines elements in new ways

Question 31

Divergent thinking

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Thinking that produces many different correct answers to the same problem or question

Question 32

Convergent thinking

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One correct answer is expected.

Convergent thinking does not appear to be related to creativity