U5, P2: Test Review Flashcards
Ability to read other’s emotions and manage your own
Emotional intelligence
Ah-ha moment!
Insight
An IQ test about Russian history is not…
Valid
Average intelligence score
100
Best case example of what things look like
Prototype
Both genetic and environmental conditions…
Impact intelligence
Categories of objects in the mind
Concepts
Crystalized intelligence
Intelligence which continues to grow/build up over time (vocabulary and knowledge)
Curve associated with intelligence
Normal curve, bell curve
Difference between aptitude test and achievement test
Aptitude-how well you WILL achieve
Achievement-how you HAVE already achieved
Extreme intelligence scores
Intellectual disability, gifted
Fluid intelligence
Ability to reason quickly/abstractly, slows as you get older
Flynn effect
IQ scores rise around every decade
Formula for IQ
Mental age/chronological age times 100
How does Savant syndrome validate Gardner’s theory?
Intelligent in some areas/specific abilities
Howard Gardner’s theory
Theory of multiple intelligences (8 or 9)
If a test is given twice and participants have similar scores both times, the test is
Reliable
Looking for information which validates only your opinion
Confirmation Bias
Methods to solving problems
Algorithm-every possible solution (slower, accurate)
Heuristic-shortcuts (faster, may be inaccurate)
People who have a developmental disability but are extremely talented in one area
Savant
Spearman’s theory on intelligence
2 types of intelligence; general intelligence and specific abilities
Stereotype threat
When aware of a negative stereotype associated with their social group, individual performance may decline
The process of making a test uniform, or setting it to a specific standard
Standardization
The way you present information affects perception
Framing
Thinking, knowing, and remembering
Cognition
Types of heuristics
Availability heuristic-judge based on availability of memories
Representative heuristic-Judging based on stereotype (Ivy League professor/trucker)
Ways to test for reliability
Split-half, test-retest
What is intelligence?
Ability to learn from experience, solve problems, adapt
When we hang onto opinions
Perserverance
You assume you can achieve better than you actually can
Overconfidence
You do things/approach problems in ONE way
Functional fixedness
