AP PSYCHOLOGY MOD 37

Intelligence

The ability to learn from experience, solve problems, and use knowledge to adapt to new situations

General intelligence

According to Superman and others, underlies all mental disabilities and is therefore measured by every task on an intelligence test

Factor Analysis

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

Savant syndrome

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

Grit

In psychology, grit is passion and perseverance in the pursuit of long-term goals.

Emotional intelligence

The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions

An intelligence test that asks a person how many used they can think of for a golf ball is most likely testing a persons ______ intelligence

Creative

According to Charles Spearman and others, ____________ underlies specific mental abilities and is measure by every task on an intelligence test.

General intelligence

Victor is blind, unable to speak, and understands very few words. He is, however, able to hear a piece of music once and play it back flawlessly on the piano. Victor's abilities best represent someone with _________

Savant syndrome

Which of the following is not a component of emotional intelligence?

Inventing emotions

Give a summary, a strength, and a weakness of Charles Spearman's idea of general intelligence.

general intelligence underlies all mental abilities and is measured by every task on an intelligence test. General intelligence can predict performance for all intelligent behavior.

A strength is that different abilties, such as verbal and spatial, tend to correlate. For example, if someone has high verbal skill they also tend to have high spatial skill.

A weakness would be that Human abilities are too diverse to be explained by a single general intelligence factor.

Mark and Bill are planning to open a piano-moving business and are hoping for great success. Explain how each element of Sternberg's intelligence theory could help them be successful in their business.

Mark and Bill will have to use analytic intelligence to determine how much they need to charge each client in order to make a profit off their business.

The pair can use creative intelligence to attack unexpected situations. If, for example, when they get to a house and the doorway is smaller than the owner let on, they can approach the problem in a different way. Mark and Bill could instead drive around the block and go through the back way because it has a bigger entrance.

Mark and Bill can use practical intelligence to figure out how to move their pianos. Depending on the situation or the type of piano, Mark and Bill could use a big truck or a smaller car. They will have to take into account the owner's wishes and the layout of the building to determine the best possible way to deliver it.