Memory Unit 5 Pt 2

Question 1

Intelligence

Answer 1

The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

Question 2

General intelligence (g)

Answer 2

According to spearmen and others, underlies all mental abilities and is therefor measured by every task on an intelligence test

Question 3

Factor analysis

Answer 3

A statistical procedure that identifies clustered of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different t dimensions of performance that underlie a persons total score

Question 4

Savant syndrome

Answer 4

A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing

Question 5

Robert sternbergs three intelligences

Answer 5

-analytical intelligence
-creative intelligence
-practical intelligence

Question 6

Emotional intelligence

Answer 6

The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions

Question 7

Intelligence test

Answer 7

A method for assessing an individuals mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical score

Question 8

Achievement test

Answer 8

A test designed to assess what a person has learned

Question 9

Aptitude test

Answer 9

A test designed to predict a persons future performance

Question 10

What is aptitude

Answer 10

The capacity to learn

Question 11

What is the average IQ score

Answer 11

100

Question 12

What are the three things you need to check when creating a test

Answer 12

-standardization
-reliability
-validity

Question 14

mental age

Answer 14

a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the level of performance typically associated with children of a certain age

Question 15

Stanford-Binet

Answer 15

the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford uni) of Binets original intelligence test

Question 16

intelligence quotient (IQ)

Answer 16

defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) times 100 ((ma/ca)*100)

Question 17

Wechsler’s adult intelligence scale (WAIS)

Answer 17

the WAIS and its companion versions for children are the most widely used intelligence test

Question 18

Standardization

Answer 18

defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance f a pretested group

Question 19

normal curve (bell curve)

Answer 19

the bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.

Question 20

reliability

Answer 20

the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores

Question 21

types of reliability tests

Answer 21

split half

Question 22

validity

Answer 22

the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to

Question 23

content validity

Answer 23

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

Question 24

predictive validity

Answer 24

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

Question 25

crystallized intelligence

Answer 25

our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age

Question 26

fluid intelligence

Answer 26

our ability t reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age especially during late adulthood

Question 27

cross-sectional study

Answer 27

research that compares peoples of different age at the same point in time

Question 28

longitudinal study

Answer 28

research that follows and retest the same people over time

Question 29

intellectual disability

Answer 29

a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence test score of 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the demands of life

Question 30

down syndrome

Answer 30

a condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders cause by an extra copy of the chromosome 21

Question 31

heritability

Answer 31

the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes.

Question 32

stereotype threat

Answer 32

a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype

Question 33

howard gardner

Answer 33

supports multiple intelligence theories. he says we have 8 intelligences

Question 34

howard gardners intelligences

Answer 34

-linguistics
-logical/mathematical
-musical
-spatial
-bodily/kinesthetic
-intrapersonal
-interpersonal
-naturalist

Question 35

Metacognition

Answer 35

Awareness of one’s own thoughts

Question 36

Flynn effect

Answer 36

IQ seems to go up every decade