Intelligence (Unit 8)

Question 1

The capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges:

Answer 1

Intelligence

Question 2

Believed intelligence is inherited which is called heritability - believed to be 50-80% of intelligence:

Answer 2

Sir Francis Galton

Question 3

Suggested eugenics:

Answer 3

Sir Francis Galton

Question 4

Promote reproduction for highly intelligent and potential sterilization for those with “less desirable traits”:

Answer 4

Eugenics

Question 5

Popularized the phrase “nature and nurture”:

Answer 5

Sir Francis Galton

Question 6

People paid to receive his assessment of their IQ:

Answer 6

Sir Francis Galton

Question 7

What did Galton base people’s IQ on? (4)

Answer 7

1. Reaction Time
2. Sensory Acuity
3. Muscular Power
4. Body proportions

Question 8

Felt people’s mental abilities can be quantitatively measured:

Answer 8

Sir Francis Galton

Question 9

Was asked to distinguish between students unwilling to learn and those unable to learn:

Answer 9

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Question 10

Created separate norms for students according to their chronological age:

Answer 10

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Question 11

Implied intelligence is relative to age:

Answer 11

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Question 12

They assumed that all children follow the same course of intellectual development:

Answer 12

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Question 13

Created mental age:

Answer 13

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Question 14

Learned toward an environmental explanation to why a child is “slow” or average:

Answer 14

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Question 15

Founded modern intelligence testing:

Answer 15

Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon

Question 16

Stanford University professor who imported Binet’s work in 1911 after Binet’s death:

Answer 16

Lewis Terman

Question 17

Revised Binet’s test and called the new test the Stanford-Binet:

Answer 17

Lewis Terman

Question 18

U.S. used Terman’s test during WWl to test recruits:

Answer 18

Stanford-Binet Test

Question 19

Used to support the Immigration Restriction Act of 1924:

Answer 19

Stanford-Binet Test

Question 20

Took Terman’s test to derive the Intelligence Quotient (IQ):

Answer 20

William Stern

Question 21

Mental age divided by chronological age X 100:

Answer 21

IQ

Question 22

Average IQ:

Answer 22

100

Question 23

Created the G factor:

Answer 23

Charles Spearman

Question 24

Factor that underlies the specific mental abilities and is measured on every task on an intelligence test:

Answer 24

General Intelligence or G Factor

Question 25

Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test:

Answer 25

Factor Analysis

Question 26

Created a series of age-based intelligence tests:

Answer 26

David Wechsler

Question 27

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children ages:

Answer 27

6-16 (most used IQ test)

Question 28

Yale professor who created the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence:

Answer 28

Robert Sternberg

Question 29

What is assessed in intelligence tests:

Answer 29

Analytical Intelligence (problem solving)

Question 30

Use experience to foster insight and adapt to novel situations:

Answer 30

Creative Intelligence (different experiences)

Question 31

Ability to read and adapt to everyday life:

Answer 31

Practical Intelligence (street smarts)

Question 32

G factor does not underlie all intelligence; it comes in multiple forms:

Answer 32

Howard Gardner

Question 33

Created the Multiple Intelligence Theory:

Answer 33

Howard Gardner

Question 34

Reading, writing, telling stories, memorizing dates, thinking in words:

Answer 34

Verbal Linguistic

Question 35

Math, reasoning, logic, problem-solving, patterns:

Answer 35

Logical Mathematical

Question 36

Reading maps, charts, drawing, mazes, puzzles, visualization:

Answer 36

Visual Spatial

Question 37

Athletics, dancing, acting, crafts, using tools:

Answer 37

Bodily-Kinesthetic

Question 38

Singing, picking up sounds, remembering melodies, rhythms:

Answer 38

Musical Rhythmic

Question 39

Understanding people:

Answer 39

Interpersonal

Question 40

Understanding self:

Answer 40

Intrapersonal

Question 41

Understanding nature:

Answer 41

Naturalist

Question 42

_____ notes that brain damage may diminish one type of ability but not others:

Answer 42

Gardner

Question 43

Passion and perserverance in the pursuit of long-term goals:

Answer 43

Grit

Question 44

Ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions:

Answer 44

Emotional Intelligence

Question 45

Created Emotional Intelligence:

Answer 45

Daniel Goleman

Question 46

Some believe Emotional Intelligence is more ____ in our present day world than traditional cognitive views:

Answer 46

Valuable

Question 47

How fast people can retrieve info from memory influences IQ:

Answer 47

Processing Speed

Question 48

How fast one can take in info determines if you score:

Answer 48

Perceptual Speed

Question 49

Brain response is faster with those with higher IQ’s:

Answer 49

Neurological Speed

Question 50

Measures one’s capacity for learning:

Answer 50

Aptitude Test

Question 51

Measures what one has already learned:

Answer 51

Achievement Test

Question 52

Define a person’s score by comparing the performance to a pre-tested “standardized” group; needs to be tested on a large representative body and administered and scored the same way:

Answer 52

Standardization

Question 53

Bell shaped curve where scores fall near average and few lie in the extremes:

Answer 53

Normal Curve

Question 54

The extent to which a test yields to consistent results and can be assessed 3 ways:

Answer 54

Reliability

Question 55

Scores on two halves of the test are compared:

Answer 55

Split-Half

Question 56

Varying versions of the test are given and results are compared:

Answer 56

Alternative Form

Question 57

The same test is re-administered and results are compared:

Answer 57

Test-Retest

Question 58

The ______ the correlation between the two scores, the higher the test’s reliability:

Answer 58

Higher

Question 59

Test measures or predicts what it is supposed to:

Answer 59

Validity

Question 60

The extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest:

Answer 60

Content Validity

Question 61

The success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict:

Answer 61

Predictive Validity

Question 62

1. Crystallized Intelligence
2. Fluid Intelligence
3. Short-term Memory:

Answer 62

Stanford-Binet Test

Question 63

Learned knowledge (verbal and quantitative reasoning):

Answer 63

Crystallized Intellignece

Question 64

Crystallized Intelligence _____ with age - peak at 50

Answer 64

Increases

Question 65

Cognitive abilities that require speed and rapid processing:

Answer 65

Fluid Intelligence

Question 66

Fluid Intelligence ____ with age - peak at 30:

Answer 66

Decreases

Question 67

1. Contains both a verbal scale and a performance scale
2. Has shown that IQ at age 4 is a strong prediction for IQ at age 18:

Answer 67

WISC/WAIS

Question 68

Score 2 standard deviations below the mean:

Answer 68

Intellectually Disabled

Question 69

Score 2 standard deviations above the mean:

Answer 69

Intellectually Gifted

Question 70

Score 4 standard deviations above the mean:

Answer 70

Genius

Question 71

_____ tests are a better predictor of ID or gifted:

Answer 71

Wechsler’s

Question 72

1. Difficulty reading
2. Reverse numbers, letters, or words
3. Poor writing skills
4. Trouble remembering
5. Easily distracted and frustrated
6. Disorganized and clumsy

Answer 72

Characteristics of Learning Disabled

Question 73

Can self-care, hold job, may live independently, form social relationships:

Answer 73

Mild (IQ 55-70)

Question 74

May self-care, hold menial job, function in assisted living environments:

Answer 74

Moderate (IQ 35-45 and 50-55)

Question 75

Limited language and self care, lack social skills, require care:

Answer 75

Severe (IQ 20-34)

Question 76

Require complete care:

Answer 76

Profound (IQ under 20)

Question 77

Factors that Influence Intelligence:
1. _______ _______ during pregnancy
2. _____ defects
3. Difficulties in the _____ ______
4. ______ _______ after birth
5. _____-______/_______

Answer 77

1. Mother’s actions
2. Gemetoc
3. Birth Process
4. Stimulation Environment
5. Head-Start/Preschool

Question 78

Observed when tests were renormed, more questions were needed to be answered correctly to earn the same score:

Answer 78

Flynn Effect

Question 79

IQ scores have risen steadily by an average of ___ ponts:

Answer 79

27

Question 80

Why are tests scores rising?
1. Better ______, _____ ____, and ____
2. Smaller _____
3. Better _____
4. Increased ______

Answer 80

1. Nutrition, Health Care, Technology
2. Families
3. Parenting
4. Education