module 60

Question 1

Intelligence

Answer 1

the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situation

Question 2

General intelligence

Answer 2

according to Spearman and others, underlies all mental abilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test.

Question 3

Factor analysis

Answer 3

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

Grit

Answer 5

passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals.

Question 6

Emotional intelligence

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Howard Gardner

Answer 7

identified eight relatively independent intelligences, including the verbal and mathematical aptitudes assessed by standardized tests

Question 8

Robert Sternberg

Answer 8

agrees with Gardner that there is more to success than traditional intelligence and that we have multiple intelligences, but proposes three, not eight or nine, intelligences

Question 9

Charles Spearman

Answer 9

believed we have one general intelligence (often shortened to g) that is at the heart of all our intelligent behavior, from navigating the sea to excelling in school.

Question 10

L.L. Thurstone

Answer 10

identified seven clusters of primary mental abilities

(word fluency, verbal comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory).