Lecture 3

Question 1

Intelligence

Answer 1

the ability to direct your thinking, adapt to your circumstances and learn from your experiences

Question 2

Alfred Binet

Answer 2

developed intelligence tests to identify slow learners to develop remedial programs

Question 3

Aptitude

Answer 3

ability to learn or gain proficiency in an area (whether or not you have the ability to learn in an area)

Question 4

Achievement

Answer 4

measures the amount of info a person has acquired

Question 5

Mental Age

Answer 5

Based on ability not chronological age

Question 6

Wechsler Intelligence Test

Answer 6

WPPSI: (preschool)
WISC: (Children)
WAIS: (Adults)

Question 7

The Flynn Effect

Answer 7

James Flynn found that from one generation to the next there have been steady gains in IQ scores cross culturally.

Question 8

Hypotheses

Answer 8

more time in school, better educated parents, better nutrition, broader exposure through media

Question 9

Wechsler’s view of intelligence

Answer 9

“The global capacity of a person to act purposefully, to think rationally and to deal effectively with his/her environment”

Question 10

Different Intelligence Scales

Answer 10

Verbal Comprehension Scale
Perceptual Reasoning Scale
Working Memory Scale
Processing Speed Scale

Question 11

Vocabulary

Answer 11

breadth of concepts, ideas and experiences; + correlated with overall IQ

Question 12

Information

Answer 12

basic fund of information; culturally sensitive

for kids it would be like “what does the stomach do?”

Question 13

Comprehension

Answer 13

awareness of socially appropriate behavior, rules and roles (for kids: what’s the right thing to do if you lose a ball that belonged to a friend)

Question 14

Similarities

Answer 14

verbal concept formation, level of abstraction (for kids: in what way are an apple and banana alike)(how are a calculator and a typewriter alike)

Question 15

Arithmetic

Answer 15

concentration/attention; mathematical ability (can you concentrate, do you work well with story problems)

Question 16

Digit Span

Answer 16

attention and rote memory

Question 17

Picture Completion

Answer 17

visual organization and concentration (pick out something missing from a picture)

Question 18

Block design

Answer 18

perception and analysis of patterns

Question 19

Digit Symbol

Answer 19

imitative behavior and learning capacity

Question 20

Self Fulfilling Prophecy

Answer 20

if we expect something to happen in a certain way our expectations will make it so

Question 21

Intellectual Disability

Answer 21

(intellectual developmental disorder) is a disorder with onset during the developmental period that includes both intellectual and adaptive functioning deficits in conceptual, social, and practical domains (DSM 5)

Question 22

Conceptual Skills

Answer 22

language and literacy, money, time and number concepts; self-direction (two quarters not worth more than one dollar)

Question 23

Social Skills

Answer 23

interpersonal skills, social responsibility, self-esteem, gullibility, naiveté (i.e. wariness), social problem solving, and the ability to follow rules/obey laws and to avoid being victimized

Question 24

Practical Skills

Answer 24

activities of daily living (personal care) occupational skills, healthcare, travel/transportation, scheduled/routines, safety

Question 25

Organic Cause of Intellectual Disability

Answer 25

over 100 single genetic traits can result in intellectual disabilities

Question 26

Environmental Cause of Intellectual Disability

Answer 26

teratogens (fetal alcohol syndrome; poor nutrition, disease)

Question 27

3 componentss of Giftedness

Answer 27

precocity: master acts earlier
march to own drummer: learn in qualitatively different ways
driven to master a subject

Question 28

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 28

the ability to see abstract relationships and draw logical inferences, the processing part of the brain

Question 29

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 29

the ability to retain and use knowledge that was acquired through experience

Question 30

Sternberg’s Three Facets of Intelligence

Answer 30

Practical intelligence: dealing with problems encountered in every day life
Analytical intelligence: abstract reasoning, good test taking skills
Creative intelligence: generate new ideas