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the ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new experiences

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intelligence

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a method for assessing an individual’s mental aptitudes and comparing them with those of others, using numerical scores

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intelligence test

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suggested that we do have one comprehensive general intelligence that underlies all of our specific mental abilities

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charles spearman

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4
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what did charles spearman call his theory

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G-factor

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a statistical procedure that identifies clusters of related items (factors) on a test; used to identify different dimensions of performance that underlie a person’s total score

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factor analysis

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6
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cluster or factor of skills can be known as

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spatial- numeric reasoning

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7
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an american pioneer of psychometrics

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L.L. thurstone

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thurstone gave ____ tests to identify ____ clusters of abilities

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56

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9
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a condition in which a person otherwise limited in mental ability has an exceptional specific skill, such as in computation or drawing

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savant syndrome

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gardiner believes we have _____ intelligences beyond the g-factor

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11
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3 intelligences

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analytical- problem solving
creative- adapt to new situation
practical- everyday tasks

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12
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who has all 5 components of creative ability

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sherlock holmes

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the 5 components of creative ability

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expertise-well developed base of knowledge
imaginiative thinking-see things in new ways, patterns
ventursome personality-
intrinsic motivation- pleasure from work itself
creative environment

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14
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who defined emotional intelligence

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john mayor

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15
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ability to percieve, understand and use emotion

using emotions to enable adaptive or creative thinking

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emotional intelligence

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being able to recognize them in faces, and even in music, film, and stories

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perceiving emotions

17
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being able to predict them and how they might change

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understanding emotions

18
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knowing how to appropriately express yourself in various situations

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managing emotions

19
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who began to try to measure intelligence

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sir francis galton

20
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who suggested that intelliegence was hereditary

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sir francis galton

21
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encouraging breeding with some people and discouraging others
galton coined this

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eugenics

22
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comissioned to develop a test that determined a child’s mental age

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alfred binet

23
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who created IQ

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william stern

24
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IQ stands for

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intelligence quotient

25
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IQ= (back then)

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mental age/chronological age x 100

26
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promoted widespread use of intelligence tests in the US during the 1900s

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lewis terman

27
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in the first half of the twentieth century, intelligence test scores were used to enforce the sterlization of about _____ people

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60,000

28
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who took eugenics with a passion

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nazis- adolf hitler

29
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what race did nazis want

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aryan