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Intelligence
The capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges.
G-factor
The single, general factor that produced intelligence. Believed that there was an underlying form of intelligence
In adulthood you only show declines in your _________
fluid intelligence
Fluid intelligence
Reflects the ability to think logically, reason abstractly, solve problems, and find patterns.
Crystalized Intelligence
Accumulation of information, knowledge, and skills that people have learned through experience and education. Stored in long-term memory.
Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences
Intelligence theory that proposes that there are 8 distinct spheres of intelligence. Every individual has every kind of intelligence but to varying degrees.
Biological bases
Higher intelligence is related to the thickness of the cerebral cortex + activation in the lateral prefrontal cortex
Practical intelligence
Intelligence related to overall success in living, learned mainly through observation of others' behavior.
Emotional intelligence
The set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions.
Analytical intelligence
Focuses on abstract, but traditional types of problems measured on IQ tests
IQ (Intelligence Quotient) Score Formula
IQ = (Mental Age/Bio age) x 100
Alfred Binet
Invented the first IQ test
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV (WAIS-IV) / Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-V (WISC-V)
IQ test made by David Wechsler that measured verbal comprehension, perceptual reasoning, working memory, and processing speed.
The most useful instrument for finding a person's personality is with
An IQ test
Schedules of reinforcement
Why less people were present the day after the exam
Reliability
Refers to the consistency of a test in measuring what it is trying to measure. Every time we administer a test, the test-taker will achieve the same or nearly similar results.
Validity
Occurs when a test actually measures what it's intended to meaure.
Norms
Standards of test performance that permit the comparison of one person's score on a test to other test takers.
5 solutions to the 6+4 = 4 puzzle
0 + 4 = 4
8 - 4 = 4
5 + 4 = 9
6-4 ≠ 2
6 + 4 > 4
What is the single most preventable form of mental handicap?
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Zone of personal development
The range of what we understand and know. Coined by Lev Vygotsky
Raven's Progressive Matrices Test
IQ test that strived to be culturally unbiased
What degree does environmental stimulation affect intelligence?
A lot
What does Dr. Hinitz say is at the core of every relational experience?
An awareness of acceptance or rejection.
3 components of intelligence in Sternberg's triarchic theory
Analytical intelligence, Creative intelligence, and Practical intelligence
Intellectual disability
A disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior
Familial intellectual disability
An intellectual disability in which no apparent biological or genetic problems exist, but there is a history of intellectual disability among family members. This is applicable to most cases of intellectual disability.
Intellectually gifted
Accounts for 2%-4% of the population, they have IQ scores greater than 130
Culture-fair IQ test
Test items that access experiences common to al cultures or emphasize questions that do not require language uses. Ideally, this test does not discriminate against the members of any minority group.
Heritability
The degree to which a characteristic is related to inherited genetic factors.
Flynn Effect
Higher IQ with each new generation. Possibly because of improvements in social environment, education, health, and nutrition
Average IQ score
68% of people will score between 85-115
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