Myers Unit 11 Intelligence

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Reification

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Is viewing an abstract, immaterial concept as if it were a real thing

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Intelligence

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Mental quality consisting of the ability to learn from experience

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Factor analysis

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A statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a persons total score

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Charles Spearman’s theory

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Spearman’s general intelligence: (g) a basic intelligence predicts our abilities in varied academic areas

Abilities such as verbal and spatial tend to correlate

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Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences

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1. linguistic
2. logical-mathematical
3. musical
4. spatial
5. bodily-kinesthetic
6. intrapersinal (self)
7. interpersonal (others)
8. naturalist

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Savant syndrome

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Where a person has one exceptional skill and is other wise mentally disabled

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Robert Sternberg’s triarchic theory

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Analytical: (academic problem-solving) well defined problems with one answer- predict school grades reasonably and vocalist modestly

Practical: requires for everyday tasks- business executives score high

Creative: reacting adaptively to novel situations and forming novel ideas

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Emotional intelligence

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The ability to perceive, understand, manage and use emotions

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Brain anatomy and intelligence

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+33 correlation between brain size and intelligence

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Perceptual speed

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+3 to +5 correlation between perceptual speed and intelligence

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Neurological speed

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Those who score higher on intelligence tests tend to have faster brain response times

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Binet and Simon

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Created an intelligence test to assess mental age and help predict children’s future progress in Paris school systems

Test sought to identify French school children needing special attention

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Lewis Terman

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Created the intelligence quotient (IQ) test

IQ= ma/ca x 100

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Sir Francis Galten

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Father of behavior genetics

First to document theories of intelligence through inheritance

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Aptitude

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Predict new skill (SAT)

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Achievement

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Measures what has been learned

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WAIS/WISC

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Weshsler intelligence tests

Subscales include verb and performance assessments

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Norming

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Defining scores based on a pretested group

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Standardization

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Making sure everyone administers the test in the same way to make it fair

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Normal curve

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68% fall between -1 and +1

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Reliability

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Consistency

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Split half reliability

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Dividing the test into 2 halves

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Test retest reliability

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Take test multiple times

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Criterion

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Related/predictive validity

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Inter eater reliability

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How much raters answers are similar

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Validity

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Measures what it is supposed to

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Content validity

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Does the exam actually test what it is supposed to

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Face validity

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Does the person who is taking the test know what it is measuring

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Construct validity

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Are the inferences made from the test appropriate

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Flynn effect

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Progression of intelligence over time

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Habituation at 2-7 months is an early sign on intelligence

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Habituation at 2-7 months is an early sign on intelligence

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Intellectual disability

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IQ below 70 About 75% are caused by environmental influences

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Gifted IQs

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IQ of 130 or more

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Termans longitudinal study

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1500 people with an IQ of 150 (average) Sociable

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Ellen's winner study

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IQ of 180 or above They were isolated

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Heritability

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The proportion of variation among individuals that we attribute to genes (0>1)

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Identical twins

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Raised apart = slightly less correlates in their intelligence scores Fraternal twins have more correlated scores than ordinary siblings

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Gender and intelligence

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Boys: spatial ability, math, more extreme on the high and low ends of intelligence Girls: spellers, remembering/identifying objects, more sensitive to touch/taste/color, and better emotion detectors

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Stereotype threat

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Can cause self fulfilling prophecy: a prediction that directly or indirectly causes the outcome