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Psychology - Chapter 7 Flashcards

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Intelligence - Wechsler’s defintion.

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Capacity to understand the world and the resourcefulness to cope with it.

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With the old views of intelligence, __ ___ were the only way to go.

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Book smarts.

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With the new views of intelligence, books smarts and __-___ ___ made it up!

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Non-book smarts.

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Spearman’s G - thought it was an ____ trait.

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Inborn - means that some people are born more intelligent than other’s.

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Spearman - G Factor - def

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general intelligence.

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Spearman - S Factors - def

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specific cognitive skills, which help explain why you might be better in one class than the other.

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Cattell - ___ + ____ intelligence

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Fluid & Crystallized

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Fluid Intelligence - def

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abstract - ability to solve novel (new) problems, like it could be solving a puzzle!

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Crystallized Intelligence - def

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ability to use knowledge/skills base. Like, assessing someone’s vocab or taking a reading comprehension exam.

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Thurstone’s Primary Mental Abilities - how many were there?

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7

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Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences - how many?

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8.5

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Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences - one can ___ in life with any one (or more.)

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Thrive!

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Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory of Intelligence - What are they?

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3 interrelated components, which are Componential (Analytical), Experitential (Creative), and Contextual (Practical).

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Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory - can be summed up as….

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Book Smarts, Street Smarts, and Creative Smarts.

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Mayer & Salovey - ___ IQ - sometimes known as EQ - what is it? When was it from?

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Emotional Intelligence. Last 20 years. It’s the ability to perceive emotions, regulate them, and understand them.

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What is the western view of intelligence?

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It focuses on Academic/Cognitive Ability.

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What is the view of Intelligence like in China/Africa/Native America?

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Social ability (cooperation, community, inclusion, ability to get along with and assist other members of the group.)

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China - Intellectual self-effacement - what does it mean?

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Downplaying one’s own intelligence - being humble about being smart, etc.

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Psychological Test - def

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Objective, standardized measure of a sample behavior.

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Psychological Test - often used to make inferences about….

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things we cannot observe, like feelings or intelligence.

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Properties of Psychological Test - Reliability - def

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does the test produce the same results each time?

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Properties of Psychological Test - Validity - def

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Does the test really measure what it’s supposed to? (e.g. fear of the dark.)

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Face Validity - def

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does it look like we’re measuring for fear of the dark/whatever we are supposed to be measuring for?

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Predictive Validity - def

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people who score high on our test go really afraid when we turned off the lights. Basically…does it prove the point?

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Concurrent Validity - def

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people scoring high on our test of fear also score high on the widely used ACME test (or other tests.)

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Construct Validity - THE ___ GOAL.

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Ultimate Goal.

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Construct Validity - def

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How well does our test relate to the abstract concept of fear? Does it measure what it claims?

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A test can be ____ but can have no ___. However, it can’t have ___ without being reliable.

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A test can be reliable but have no validity. However, it can’t have validity without being reliable!

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Test Norms - def

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the test results of a large group of people, used to make comparisons with an individual test-taker’s score.

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Deviation IQ - def

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used established group norms and allows for comparing intelligence scores across age groups.

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Intelligence Quotient - def

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determined by dividing the person’s mental age by his/her actual, chronological age, then multiplying this number by 100.

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Standford Binet Test for Intelligence - Ages __ to ___.

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6-90.

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WAIS Test - What is it and what ages?

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Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Ages 16-77.

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What is a really good intelligence test to take?

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WAIS Test

35
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WISC Test - What is it and what ages?

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Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children! Ages 6-16

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WPPSI Test - What is it and what ages?

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Wechsler Preschool & Primary Scale of Intelligence - Ages 4-6

37
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The WAIS Test - how many subtests?

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14

38
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WAIS Test - Overall score (_), which includes a __ score, and a ___ scale.

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IQ/verbal score/performance scale.

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What is the mean IQ?

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100, with a standard deviation of about 15, so anywhere from 85-115 is pretty normal.

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How is the WAIS Test admistered? And what happens with the scores?

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It is administered individually and the test-taker’s raw score is compared to norms to get a standard score!

41
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Army IQ Testing - Alpha - def

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Paper + pencil test of general intelligence.

42
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Army IQ Testing - Beta - def

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Non-verbal/performance test of the IQ.

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Aptitude Testing - Def

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use of cognitive tests to predict behavior.

44
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SAT Test - def/what for?

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Scholastic Aptitude Test - suppose to see how well you will do in college. HA!

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Gender - there are a lot of differences in IQ between the two genders. T/F?

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FALSE!

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Males - usually score higher on IQ Tests for ____ relations.

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Spatial.

47
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Females - usually score higher on IQ Tests for ____ abilities.

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Verbal.

48
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Age related decline in specific cognitive skills begins as early as our ….

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20’s. :/

49
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IQ Score through adulthood is ___ stable.

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fairly.

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