Module 2.8A

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 therfore measured by every task on an intelligence level.

Question 3

Factor Analysis

Answer 3

A statistical procedure that identifies clsuters of related items (called factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person’s total score.

Question 4

Fluid Intelligence (Gf)

Answer 4

Our ability to reason speedily and abstractly, tends to decrease with age, especially during late adulthood.

Question 5

Crystalized Intelligence (Gc)

Answer 5

Our accumulated knowlege and verbal skills, tends to incrase with age.

Question 6

Cattle-Horn Caroll Theory (CHC)

Answer 6

The theory that our intelligence is based on g as well as specific abilities, bridges by Gf and Gc.

Question 7

Savant Syndrome

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Grit

Answer 8

In psychology, passion and perservence in the pursuit of long-term goals.

Question 9

Emotional Intelligence

Answer 9

The abillity to percieve, understand, manage, and use emotions.