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Task 2 Asl leo if he has anything to add on EI Flashcards

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What is mental ability ?

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-The capacity to solve problems that demand thinking-related skills/problems

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How do we meassure intelligence ?

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Via the Multidimensional Aptitude Batter test

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How does the multidimensional test work ?

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it test for

  1. Vocbulary (Find a rlated word to theg given word)
  2. Spatial (matching two shapes
  3. Arithemtic (math)
  4. Picture arrangment (conclude the comic in the way that it makes the most sense
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Which ability does each component of the - Multidimensional Aptitude Batter describe ?

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  1. Vocabulary = verbal ability
  2. Arithmetic = quantitative ability
  3. Spatial = spatial orienatation
  4. Picture arrangment = Social interpretation
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Who is the first person who tested mental ability ?

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  • Alfred binet
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What was spearman main research question ?

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  • Is there a single major dimension of mental ability, or whether there are instead several independent varieties of mental ability ?
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What did sperman concluded regarding his research question ?

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  • That there is a general intelligenece
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What is the g factor ?

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  • correlation between two task
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What is the principell of the indiffernce of the indicator ?

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  • the content of the task does not matter regarding high g loading or low g loading
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Why is the g factor not a common thing anymore ?

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  • because the g factor could not explain the relation among various mental abilities -> thurstone
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What is a high g loading task ? And explain it

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  • Check the relationship of a given statment and copy it relationship to the new part -> definition
  • eduction of relations and correlates -> task
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What are the primary factors regarding thurstone ?

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  1. Verbal fluency
  2. Verbal comprehension
  3. Numerical facility (= ability to work quickly with numbers)
  4. Spatial visualisation (= ability to imagine shapes from different perspectives)
  5. Memory
  6. Perceptual speed
  7. Reasoning
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What is the thurstone opinion regarding teh g factors ?

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  • several factors are needed to explain mental ability ?
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What are some critics regarding primary factors ?

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  • All factors had something in common

- IQ test only focused on verbal factors

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What is the G + group factor ?

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  1. You have mulitple factors which all come together at the general mental ability lvl !
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What is gilford opinion regarding mental ability ?

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  • that there are more then 180 intelligent factors
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What is the critic on Gilford opinion ?

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  • Way to many factors

- not enough emparical evidence !

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What are the developmental changes regarding mental ability ?

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  • mental ability increase rapidly through childhood till late adolesence and then decrease during old age
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Which study should we use and why should we use it to explore mental ability ?

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  • longitudinal stidy

- because u aviod the cohort effect

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What are the factors influencing mental abilities ?

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  • Brain size (certain regions
  • Reaction time (the shorter the better)
  • inspection time (how long does a timuli has to present to be caught by the brain)
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Name the other correlaters regarding mental ability:

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  • Nerve conduction speed (nerve system and brain transmmit pulses)
  • Averaged evoked potentials (brain waves in response to stimuli)
  • Brain glucose metabolism – rate at which brain uses glucose
  • Womb Environment Influences (nutrients, toxins, and hormones)
  • lower lvl of Vitamin B12 = mental ability
  • brith order
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What is so special about birth order ?

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  • First born higher IQ
  • Steaching second chidl
  • undivided attention
  • > All social
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What is the relation regarding evolution and mental abilities ?

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  • Mutation increase or decrease mental abilities

- Depending on the coast and benefit ratio

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What is the relationship regarding academic achievments and mental ability ?

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  • there is an important link
  • 0.6 correlation
  • Maybe the test was to similar to IQ test
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What is the relationship regarding jobs and mental abilities ?

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  • Smarter worker = better worker
  • However, importance of IQ as a predictor depends on the nature of the job
  • Also good for status and income
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What is the relationship regarding longevity and mental abilities ?

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  • higher iQ = longer live

- worse brain = maybe due to damage and also higher risk taking

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What is the relation between criminality and mental abilities ?

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  • People that commit crimes on average have lower IQs
  • Do not see the risk
  • Do not have a good job
  • Worse decision making problem (biological)
  • higher IQ do not get caught
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How do we meassure mental abilities ?

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  • testing = reasoning , understanding, imagining, remembering
  • Familiar to all people
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What are novel task ? What is so sepcial about fluid task?

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  • Task which are completly new and test fluid flexible response ability
  • fluid ability increased over time
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What are familiar task or crystallized task ?

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  • well learned skills or knowledge abilities

- did not increase over time ?

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What is the Flynn effect ?

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  • Showes that mental abilities improved ober the years
  • mostly in fluid task
  • 0.3 IQ points per year
  • Stronger gains for adults than children
  • strongly realted to historical events
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Why does mental ability increase ?

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  • more education
  • thinking abstractly
  • more cognitive demand jobs
  • Tecnology
  • family size (decreasin)
  • Hybrid vigor: cross-cultural mating -> increases allelic heterozygosity
  • nutrition -> = higher IQ so parents focus on more nutrition intake
  • less stress -> healthy enviormen
  • slower LIFE HISTORY SPEED (less kids) -> more energetic investment
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What is Garnders theory of multiple intelligence ?

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  • Eight kind of intellegnce instead of one single major factor
  • linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinaesthetic (motor coordination), interpersonal (understand social situations of others), intrapersonal (understands own situation) , naturalistic (classify elements in the natural world)
  • everyone has own strenghts
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What are the limitations regarding Gardners theory ?

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  • not all are mental abilities
  • no empirical evidence
  • all are largely correlated
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What is Sternberg Triachrich theory of intelligencce?

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Three fundamental aspects :

  • Analytic intelligence= think logically & critically
  • Creative intelligence: formulate new ideas &; gain original insights into problems
  • Practical intelligence : “street smartness” meaning ability to solve problems in everyday life
  • All correlate as well
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What is EI Emotional intelligence by mayer ?

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  • Ability to perceive & understand one’s and others’ emotions, to discriminate among them and use this info to guide one’s thinking and actions
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What is EI emotional intelligence by Golemann ?

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  • Involves an ability to regulate one’s emotions and includes such characteristics as self-control, self-confidence, trustworthiness, empathy, optimism, achievement orientation, conflict management, teamwork, and awareness of one’s emotions
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What are the assumption of the four branch model ?

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  • needs appropriate behavior by the people who u interact with
  • personality and emotional intelligence are the same
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What are the four abilities of the four branch model ?

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  • perceiving (detect emotions everywhere )
  • using emotions (good for the task)
  • undertsanding emotions
  • managing emotions (of self and others
40
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Why is EI so important ?

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  • better predictor for life outomes
  • negatively correlated with antisocial behaviour
  • correaltesto higher intellegence attractive friendly and promotions
41
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How do we meassure EI ?

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  • Via self reports
  • via (MSCEIT)
  • high score means success in life / opposite sex attraction /intelligence and friendliness.

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