Module 6 - Lesson 3

Question 1

Reification

Answer 1

Viewing an immaterial thing as if it were a real, concrete thing.

Question 2

Intelligence Test

Answer 2

A method for assessing an individual’s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others using numerical scores.

Question 3

Intelligence

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Charles Spearman

Answer 4

Believed we have one general intelligence and that people often have particular abilities that allow them to stand out.

Question 5

General Intelligence (g)

Answer 5

A general intelligence factor that, according to Spearman and others, underlies specific mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.

Question 6

Factor Analysis

Answer 6

A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items

Question 7

L. L. Thurstone

Answer 7

Gave 56 different tests to people and mathematically identified clusters of primary mental abilities. He did not rank people on a single scale of general aptitude, but his tests did reveal that people who excelled in one part of the test generally did well on others, therefore indicating the presence of an underlying g factor.

Question 8

Savant Syndrome

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Satoshi Kanazawa

Answer 9

Argues that general intelligence evolved as a form of intelligence that helps people solve novel problems.

Question 10

Evolutionarily Familiar

Answer 10

Situations that have been relevant over time (eg. parenting, friendships, social competence, navigation without maps)

Question 11

Howard Gardner

Answer 11

Views intelligence as multiple abilities that come in a package. Argues that we do not have one intelligence, but multiple, and identifies a total of eight.

Question 12

What are Gardner’s Eight Intelligences?

Answer 12

1. Linguistic
2. Logical-Mathematical
3. Musical
4. Spatial
5. Bodily-Kinesthetic
6. Intrapersonal (self)
7. Interpersonal (others)
8. Naturalist

Question 13

Robert Sternberg

Answer 13

While he agrees that there is more than one intelligence, he believes there are only three. Also believes there is more to success than traditional intelligence.

Question 14

What are Sternberg’s Three Intelligences?

Answer 14

1. Analytical (academic problem-solving) Intelligence
2. Creative Intelligence
3. Practical Intelligence

Question 15

Analytical Intelligence (Sternberg)

Answer 15

Assessed by intelligence tests in which questions have a single correct answer.

Question 16

Creative Intelligence (Sternberg)

Answer 16

Demonstrated by creating new ideas and reacting to novel situations.

Question 17

Practical Intelligence

Answer 17

Required for everyday tasks, which may be ill-defined, with multiple solutions.

Question 18

Creativity

Answer 18

The ability to produce novel and valuable ideas.

Question 19

Convergent Thinking

Answer 19

The process of finding concreate and familiar solutions to problems.

Question 20

Divergent Thinking

Answer 20

The creative process of generating original ideas and new possibilities.

Question 21

Sternberg and his colleagues have identified ____ components of creativity. They are:

Answer 21

Five; Expertise, imaginative thinking skills, a venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, and a creative environment.

Question 22

Expertise

Answer 22

A well-developed base of knowledge.

Question 23

Emotional Intelligence

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Social Intelligence

Answer 24

The “know-how” involved in comprehending social situations by managing oneself successfully.