Unit 11- Intelligence

Question 1

Intelligence

Answer 1

ability to learn, solve problems, and adapt

Question 2

intelligence test

Answer 2

assessing individual’s mental aptitudes

Question 3

general intelligence (g)

Answer 3

measured by every task on intelligence test

Question 4

factor analysis

Answer 4

identifies clusters of related items, used to identify difference dimensions of performance

Question 5

savant syndrome

Answer 5

person limited mental ability has exceptional specific skill

Question 6

grit

Answer 6

passion and perseverance in pursuit of long-term goals

Question 7

emotional intelligenve

Answer 7

ability to perceive/understand/manage/use emotions

Question 8

mental age

Answer 8

age that responds to given level of intelligence test performance

Question 9

Standford-Binet

Answer 9

revision of Binet original intelligence test

Question 10

Intelligence quotient (IQ)

Answer 10

found by mental age over chronological age times 100, or performance on intelligence test

Question 11

achievement test

Answer 11

designed to assess what a person has learned

Question 12

aptitude test

Answer 12

designed to predict a person’s future performance and capacity to learn

Question 13

Wechsler Adult Intelligence (WAIS)

Answer 13

most used intelligence test, verbal and nonverbal subtests

Question 14

standardization

Answer 14

defining meaningful scores relative to pretested group, comparing to others and making test uniform

Question 15

normal curve

Answer 15

bell-shaped, most scores near mean

Question 16

reliability

Answer 16

extent to which test yields consistent results

Question 17

validity

Answer 17

extent to which test measures and predicts what it’s supposed to

Question 18

content validity

Answer 18

extent to which test samples the behavior of interest

Question 19

predictive validity

Answer 19

test predicts behavior it’s designed to predict

Question 20

cohort

Answer 20

group of people from given time period

Question 21

crystallized intelligence

Answer 21

knowledge and verbal skills increase with age

Question 22

fluid intelligence

Answer 22

ability to reasons speedily and abstractly decreased during late adulthood

Question 23

intellectual disability

Answer 23

condition of limited mental ability

Question 24

down syndrome

Answer 24

condition of intellectual disability, extra chromosome copy

Question 25

heritability

Answer 25

proportion of variation among individuals that attribute to genes

Question 26

stereotype threat

Answer 26

self confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on negative stereotype

Question 27

charles spearman

Answer 27

factor analysis of different skills, found that people who did well in one area also did well in another, speculated these people had a high "g"

Question 28

LL Thurstone

Answer 28

spearman opponent, identified 7 clusters of primary mental abilities, didn't rank people on single scale of general aptitude, investigators studied these profiles, detected that those who excel in 1/7 clusters generally score well on others

Question 29

howard gardner

Answer 29

8 intelligences, different people have intelligence in different areas

Question 30

francis galton

Answer 30

to help "survival of the fittest" process, trying to select people who have greatest abilities

Question 30

robert sternberg

Answer 30

success related to types of ability, practical, analytical, and creative intelligence

Question 31

alfred binet

Answer 31

measured children's mental age, made first intelligence test

Question 32

lewis terman

Answer 32

created stanford-binet test, remove genes from population, eugenics, intelligence unchanging and genetic, opposite of binet

Question 33

david wechsler

Answer 33

created WAIS (Wechsler adult intelligence scale) and WISC (Wechsler intelligence scale for children)

Question 34

carol dweck

Answer 34

believing intelligence is changeable leads to growth mindset, vice versa

Question 35

convergent thinking

Answer 35

left brain, zeroing in on single correct answer

Question 36

divergent thinking

Answer 36

ability to create new ideas, new actions, multiple answers

Question 37

flynn effect

Answer 37

performance on intelligence tests has improved over the years

Question 38

Re-standardization

Answer 38

Re-testing a sample of the general population to make an updated, accurate comparison group, in case people are smarter than they used to be when the test was first made.

Question 39

split half reliability

Answer 39

both parts of tests have to yield same results

Question 40

test-retest reliability

Answer 40

the retest has to give same result as test

Question 41

cross-sectional studies

Answer 41

examine people of different ages all at once

Question 42

longitudinal studies

Answer 42

track the performance of one group of people over time

Question 43

One standard deviation above/below the mean

Answer 43

68%

Question 44

Two standard deviations above/below the mean

Answer 44

95%