Unit 2, Vocab 6

  • Charles Spearman: Developed the theory of general intelligence, proposing that a single factor (g) underlies all cognitive abilities.

  • Intelligence Test: Method of assessing an individual;s mental aptitudes ans comparing them with of others using numerical scores

  • Achievement Test: a test made to assess what a person has learned

  • Aptitude Test: a test made to match a person’s future performance

  • Stanford-Binet Test: A standardized test that assesses intelligence and cognitive abilities in children and adults, originally developed by Alfred Binet and Lewis Terman.

  • Intelligence Quotient: A measure of a person's intellectual abilities in relation to others, typically derived from standardized tests.

  • Wechsler Tests: an IQ test designed 2 measure intelligence in adults

  • Stereotype threat: when a person feels at risk for confirming a negative stereotype

  • Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences (just list them)

    • Linguistic Intelligence

    • Logical-Mathematical Intelligence

    • Spatial Intelligence

    • Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence

    • Musical Intelligence

    • Interpersonal Intelligence

    • Intrapersonal Intelligence

    • Naturalistic Intelligence

  • Savants: One trick pony

  • Sternberg’s Triarchic Intelligence Theory (list and describe all 3 parts):

  • Emotional intelligence: Intelligence based on the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions

  • Down Syndrome: A syndrome caused by an extra chromosome

  • Alfred Binet: Tended toward enviromental explanation of intellgence ( you r smart because of your parents)

  • Lewis Terman: Terman belived in a fixed mindset, Named revision the Stanford-Binet

  • David Wechsler: Created most widely used intelligence test today

  • Flint Effect: as time goess on ( generation ) people become smarter