Modules 29-32 Flashcards
Intelligence
The mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations
Achievement tests
Measure what you already have learned. Literacy tests, drivers test
Aptitude tests
Attempt to predict your ability to learn new skills
SAT ACT
Why does intelligence predict job performance?
Facilitates acquisition of new knowledge, reflects trainability, greater ability to adapt to new circumstances
Why does intelligence predict longevity
Enhances individuals care of own health.
Learning, reasoning problem solving required for preventing disease and injury
Spearman theory of intelligence
Noted high positive correlation among scores in dofferent intelligence tests
Indicated single factor g (general mental ability)
Garders multiple intelligences theory
Everyone is good at something. People have many unrelated kinds of intelligence
Creativity
The ability to produce ideas that are novel and valuable. Uses divergent thinking, the ability to generate new ideas new actions and multiple options and answers
Convergent thinking
A left brain activity involving zeroing in on a single correct answer
What is intelligence the result of
The complex international between heredity and the environment
Heritability
The percentage of variation within a given population that is due to heredity
Stereotype threat
Refers to a feeling that one will be evaluated base on a negative stereotype
