Psych U2 - Intelligence/Creativity

Crystallized intelligence

acquired knowledge and the ability to retrieve it

General intelligence (g factor)

one number that can be measured and compared between people to assess intelligence

Fluid intelligence

the ability to see complex relationships and solve problems

Triarchic Theory of Intelligence

Practical (street smarts and common sense), Analytical (academic problem solving and computation), Creative (imaginative and innovative problem solving)

Multiple Intelligences

8 intelligences (word, logic, music, body, picture, people, self, and nature) that are criticized when used by teachers as a way to structure personalized education because individuals should practice all forms rather than just what comes naturally

divergent thinking

thinking outside the box for unique solutions

convergent thinking

ability to provide correct, well-established solutions

Achievement Tests

reflect what you have learned (ex AP)

Aptitude tests

predict your ability to learn new skills (ex SAT)

intelligence quotient (IQ)

a person’s mental age divided by their chronological age and multiplied by 100

Mental Age

the level of performance associated with a certain age

standardization

defining uniform testing procedures and meaningful scores by comparison with the performance of a pretested group

norming

giving a test to a large population to compare scores against one another

stanford-binet

widely used American revision of Binet’s original intelligence test

wechsler-adult intelligence scale (WAIS)

widely used intelligence testF

flynn effect

test scores are rising by generation

stereotype threat

people do poorly when reminded of a negative stereotype that expects them to do poorlys

stereotype life

other groups appear to do better because stereotyped groups do poorly