Unit 5 Important People

Question 1

Charles Spearman

Answer 1

Believed everyone has one general intelligence which is the base of all their behavior

Question 2

L. L. Thurstone

Answer 2

Disagreed with Spearman’s idea of general intelligence. Believed intelligence could be broken into 7 distinct factors

Question 3

Howard Gardner

Answer 3

Identified eight relatively independent intelligence domains that included skills beyond traditional school smarts

Question 4

Robert Sternberg

Answer 4

Agrees with Gardner there are multiple intelligences, but his triarchic theory proposes three instead: analytical, creative, and practical intelligence

Question 5

Francis Galton

Answer 5

Attempted unsuccessfully to find a simple measure of intelligence by measuring human traits

Question 6

Alfred Binet

Answer 6

Developed the idea of mental age

Question 7

Lewis Terman

Answer 7

A Stanford University professor who developed the Stanford-Binet intelligence test

Question 8

David Wechsler

Answer 8

Developed the Weschsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Question 9

Carol Dweck

Answer 9

Asserts that believing intelligence is changeable fosters a growth mindset