[Week 10] Intelligence

Question 1

G

Answer 1

Short for “general factor” and is often used to be synonymous with intelligence itself.

Question 2

Intelligence

Answer 2

An individual’s cognitive capability. This includes the ability to acquire, process, recall and apply information.

Question 3

IQ

Answer 3

Short for “intelligence quotient.” This is a score, typically obtained from a widely used measure of intelligence that is meant to rank a person’s intellectual ability against that of others.

Question 4

Norm

Answer 4

Assessments are given to a representative sample of a population to determine the range of scores for that population. These “norms” are then used to place an individual who takes that assessment on a range of scores in which he or she is compared to the population at large.

Question 5

Standardize

Answer 5

Assessments that are given in the exact same manner to all people . With regards to intelligence tests standardized scores are individual scores that are computed to be referenced against normative scores for a population (see “norm”).

Question 6

Stereotype threat

Answer 6

The phenomenon in which people are concerned that they will conform to a stereotype or that their performance does conform to that stereotype, especially in instances in which the stereotype is brought to their conscious awareness.