unit four quiz

Question 1

intelligence

Answer 1

defined as the ability to gather and use information in productive ways

Question 2

fluid intelligence

Answer 2

refers to our ability to solve abstract problems and pick up new information and skills. decreases as adults age

Question 3

crystallized intelligence

Answer 3

involves using knowledge accumulated over time. holds steady or even increases as one ages.

Question 4

normal distribution

Answer 4

that the mean is 100, the standard deviation is 15,
bell shaped
-68% of values are within 1 standard deviation of the mean.
-95% are within 2 standard deviations.
-99.7% are within 3 standard deviations.

Question 5

heribillity

Answer 5

is measure of how much of a trait’s variation is explained by genetic factors. ranges from 0-1. 0 being the environment is totally responsible and 1 being all of the variation in the trait can be accounted for genetically.
refers to the extent to which differences among people are attributable to genes.

applied to a population not individual
we can never say what percentage an individual’s intelligence is inherted.

Question 6

flynn effect

Answer 6

performances on intelligence tests has been increasing steadily throughout the century. the effect suggests that environmental factors such as nutrition, education and media like TV play a role.

Question 7

mental age: alfred binet

Answer 7

idea that presupposes that intelligence increases as one gets older. the average 10 year old child has a mental age of 10. when this average child grows to age 12 he will have the mental age of 12 or is supposed to.

Question 8

francis galton

Answer 8

a pioneer in the study of human intelligence and testing, who initiated the use of surveys for collecting data and developed and applied statistics toward its analysis.

Question 9

louis terman

Answer 9

stanford proffesor, used this system to create the measure we know as IQ and the test know as the Stanford-Binet IQ test

Question 10

alfred binet

Answer 10

frenchman who wanted to design a test that would identify which children needed special attention in schools. his purpose was not to rank but to find ways to tailor to kids with special needs.

Question 11

william stern

Answer 11

Created the IQ or intelligence quotient. Formula compared mental age and chronological age. Mental age divided by Chronological age times 100.

Question 12

stanford-binet iq test

Answer 12

intelligence quotient.
divide mental age by their chronoligcal age and multiply by 100. so i would be 170 (lmao)
Terman assigned all adults an arbitrary age of 20

Question 13

david wechsler

Answer 13

used three different ways to measure intelligence.

wechsler adult intelligence scale (wais): tests adults
wechsler scale for childer (wisc): kids 6-16
wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence (wppsi): kids as young as 4

Question 14

gardner’s mi thoery

Answer 14

also subscribes to the idea of multiple intelligence

1. linguistic
2. logical-mathematical
3. spatial
4. musical
5. bodily-kinesthetic
6. intrapersonal
7. interpersonal
8. naturalist intelligence

Question 15

sternberg’s thriarchic theory

Answer 15

1. componenetial/analytical intelligence
2. experimental/creative intelligence
3. contextual/practical intelligence

Question 16

daniel goleman and eq

Answer 16

EQ: emotional intelligence.
roughly corresponds with gardener’s notions of interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence. researchers say that those with high IQs aren’t always successful people they need both EQ and IQ to succeed.

Question 17

spearman’s g theory

Answer 17

argues that intelligence could be expressed by a single factor. he used factor analysis, a statistical technique that measures the correlations between different items, to conclude that underlying the many different specific abilities that people regard as types of intelligence is a single factor that he named g for general.

Question 18

thurstone’s 7 clusters

Answer 18

Word fluency, verbal

Comprehension, spatial ability, perceptual speed, numerical ability, inductive reasoning, and memory.

Question 19

guilford’s theory

Answer 19

in this model, all mental abilities are conceptualized within a three-dimensional framework.

3 Features of Intellectual Tasks

1. Content - type of information
2. Product - form in which the information is represented
3. Operation - type of mental activity performed