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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

1. 0 + 4 = 4
2. 8 - 4 = 4
3. 5 + 4 = 9
4. 6-4 ≠ 2
5. 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

100. 68% of people will score between 85-115