Psych 100: Ch 9.1

Question 1

Psychometric Approach

Answer 1

The measurement of individual differences in performance

Question 2

g

Answer 2

“General” ability

Question 3

s

Answer 3

“Specific” ability

Question 4

Fluid Intelligence

Answer 4

The power of reasoning & using information (fluid water fits in any container)

Question 5

Crystallized Intelligence

Answer 5

Acquired skills & knowledge & the ability to apply that knowledge in specific situations (ice crystal has a fixed shape)

Question 6

Multiple Intelligences

Answer 6

Unrelated forms of intelligence (people can be outstanding in 1 form & not another)

Question 7

Triarchic Theory

Answer 7

3 aspects of intelligence: (a) cognitive processes, (b) identifying situations that require intelligence, & (c) using intelligence in practical ways

Question 8

Types of Intelligence

Answer 8

Analytical: thinking critically
Creative: developing new ideas
Practical: doing something

Question 9

Aptitude

Answer 9

Ability to learn, or fluid intelligence

Question 10

Achievement

Answer 10

What someone has already learned, or crystallized intelligence

Question 11

Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Tests

Answer 11

Predict someone’s performance in school & similar settings

Question 12

Mental Age

Answer 12

The average age of children who perform as well as this child

Question 13

Stanford-Binet IQ Test

Answer 13

Procedure designed by Binet & Simon & later modified for English speakers by Stanford psychologists

Question 14

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-4th Edition (WAIS-IV)

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-4th Edition (WISC-IV)

Answer 14

IQ tests originally devised by David Wechsler, & later modified by others

(WISC is for children up to age 16, & WAIS is for everyone older)

Question 15

Progressive Matrices

Answer 15

The most widely used culture-reduced test (attempts to measure abstract reasoning without any use of language or reference to factual information)