Unit 3 Flashcards
Intelligence
An overall capacity to think rationally, act purposefully, and adapt to one’s surroundings
Fluid intelligence
The speed and efficiency with which we learn new information and solve problems
Crystallized intelligence
Our accumulation of knowledge
Wisdom
Emotional intelligence
The capacity to be aware of, control, and express one’s emotions
Creative intelligence
Ability to produce new products, ideas, or inventing a new, novel solution to a problem
Gardner 8 Frames of mind
Verbal, mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist
Verbal
Thinking in words, use language to express meaning
Authors, journalists, speakers
Mathematical
Mathematical operations
Scientists, engineers, accountants
Spatial
Thinking three-dimensionally
Architects, artists, interior designs
Bodily-kinesthetic
Being physically adept
Dancers, athletes
Musical
Sensitivity to pitch, melody, tone
Interpersonal
Understanding and interesting effectively with others
Teachers, counselors
Intrapersonal
Understanding oneself
Psychologist
Naturalist
Observing patterns in nature
Farmers, landscapers
Standardized tests
A test that uses a standard set of questions, procedures, and scoring methods for all test takers.
Modern forms of assessing intelligence
Wechsler Intelligence scales
Reliability
The ability of a test to yield the same score each time it’s given to the same person
Validity
The ability of a test to measure what it is intended to measure
Culture-fair test
An intelligence test designed to minimum the importance of skills and knowledge that may be more common in some cultures then in others
Giftedness
IQ greater than or Qual to 130