Unit 3: Intelligence

Question 1

Intelligence

Answer 1

Ability to learn from experiences and adapt to new information (solving problems)

Question 2

Intelligence test

Answer 2

Assessing an individual’s intelligence using scores

Question 3

General Intelligence (g)

Answer 3

Spearman - underlies mental abilities and is measured by every task on an intelligence test

Question 4

Factor analysis

Answer 4

Statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items - can identify different dimensions to a total score

Question 5

Savant syndrome

Answer 5

Person has limited mental ability but is exceptional in a specific skill

Question 6

Grit

Answer 6

Passion and perseverance to achieve long-term goals

Question 7

Emotional Intelligence

Answer 7

Can perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions

Question 8

Mental Age

Answer 8

Alfred Binet - chronological age that should correspond with a level of performance

Question 9

Standford-Binet

Answer 9

American version of the Binet intelligence test

Question 10

Intelligence Quotient (IQ)

Answer 10

Mental age divided by chronological age and made into a %

Question 11

Achievement tests

Answer 11

Assess learned material

Question 12

Aptitude tests

Answer 12

Predict future performance

Question 13

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)

Answer 13

David Wechsler - most common intelligence test

Question 14

Standardization

Answer 14

Developing meaningful results by comparing an individual’s results to a pool of others

Question 15

Normal Curve

Answer 15

Bell curve

Question 16

Reliability

Answer 16

How consistent the results of the test are

Question 17

Validity

Answer 17

How much the test tests what it says it will

Question 18

Content Validity

Answer 18

Extent to which a test samples the behavior that is of interest

Question 19

Predictive validity

Answer 19

How successful a test is at predicting future performance it is designed to predict

Question 20

Cohort

Answer 20

Group of people from a given time period

Question 21

Crystallized intelligence

Answer 21

Accumulated knowledge - increase with age

Question 22

Fluid intelligence

Answer 22

Speed reasoning and abstract reasoning - decreases with age

Question 23

Intellectual disability

Answer 23

Intelligence score of 70 or below - difficulty adapting to the demands of life

Question 24

Down syndrome

Answer 24

Intellectual disability - extra copy of chromosome 21

Question 25

Heritability

Answer 25

The extent to which intelligence test score variation can be attributed to genetic variation

Question 26

Stereotype threat

Answer 26

Self-confirming concern that one will be evaluated based on a negative stereotype