Memory Unit 5 Pt 2 Flashcards
Intelligence
The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
General intelligence (g)
According to spearmen and others, underlies all mental abilities and is therefor measured by every task on an intelligence test
Factor analysis
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
Savant syndrome
A condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing
Robert sternbergs three intelligences
-analytical intelligence
-creative intelligence
-practical intelligence
Emotional intelligence
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions
Intelligence test
A method for assessing an individuals mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical score
Achievement test
A test designed to assess what a person has learned
Aptitude test
A test designed to predict a persons future performance
What is aptitude
The capacity to learn
What is the average IQ score
100
What are the three things you need to check when creating a test
-standardization
-reliability
-validity
mental age
a measure of intelligence test performance devised by Binet; the level of performance typically associated with children of a certain age
Stanford-Binet
the widely used American revision (by Terman at Stanford uni) of Binets original intelligence test
intelligence quotient (IQ)
defined originally as the ratio of mental age (ma) to chronological age (ca) times 100 ((ma/ca)*100)
Wechsler’s adult intelligence scale (WAIS)
the WAIS and its companion versions for children are the most widely used intelligence test
Standardization
defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance f a pretested group
normal curve (bell curve)
the bell-shaped curve that describes the distribution of many physical and psychological attributes.
reliability
the extent to which a test yields consistent results, as assessed by the consistency of scores
types of reliability tests
split half
validity
the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to
content validity
the extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest
predictive validity
the success with which a test predicts the behavior it is designed to predict
crystallized intelligence
our accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; tends to increase with age
fluid intelligence
our ability t reason speedily and abstractly; tends to decrease with age especially during late adulthood
cross-sectional study
research that compares peoples of different age at the same point in time
longitudinal study
research that follows and retest the same people over time
intellectual disability
a condition of limited mental ability, indicated by an intelligence test score of 70 or below and difficulty adapting to the demands of life
down syndrome
a condition of mild to severe intellectual disability and associated physical disorders cause by an extra copy of the chromosome 21
heritability
the proportion of variation among individuals that we can attribute to genes.
stereotype threat
a self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype
howard gardner
supports multiple intelligence theories. he says we have 8 intelligences
howard gardners intelligences
-linguistics
-logical/mathematical
-musical
-spatial
-bodily/kinesthetic
-intrapersonal
-interpersonal
-naturalist
Metacognition
Awareness of one’s own thoughts
Flynn effect
IQ seems to go up every decade
