 | Term | Definition |
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intelligence |
ability to learn from experience, solve problems, adapt to new situations |
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savant syndrome |
a person with limited mental ability in general has an exceptional specific skill, kim peek |
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emotional intelligence |
the ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions |
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analytical intelligence |
one of sternberg's "three distinct abilities," used to solve well defined problems that typically have a single correct answer |
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creative intelligence |
one of sternberg's "three distinct abilities," reacting adaptively to novel situations (novel ideas) |
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practical intelligence |
one of sternberg's "three distinct abilities," dealing with ill-defined, everyday tasks with many solutions, street smarts |
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intelligence test |
method of assessing mental aptitudes and camparing them with other's aptitudes using numerical scores |
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aptitude |
ability to learn |
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mental retardation |
score of 70 or below and functional impairment on bell curve |
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gifted |
score of 130+ on bell curve |
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aptitude test |
designed to predict future performance similar to to intelligence test (GRE) |
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achievement test |
designed to assess what a person has learned, class exams |
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spearman's theory of general intelligence |
a single intellectual factor (g) that underlies all other specific mental abilities, tests-one score shows how intelligent you are. Evidence-positive correlation among scores. Conflicting evidence-not associated with solving all types of problems, cant predict how successful/happy you are going to be |
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sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence |
intelligence is really composed of three distinct abilities, analyitical, creative, and practical intelligence |
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alfred binet |
developed test for mental age |
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mental age |
score of an average child of a certain age |
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lewis terman |
created the intelligence quotient score, adopted binet's measure,but misused, only created to help ppl who might have problems in school, has nothing to do with personla worth or who'll you'll become, and adult IQ scores are irradic |
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intelligence quotient |
IQ, (mental age/ chronological age) x 100 |
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characteristics of normal bell curve |
100 is average score (middle of graph) anything btw 85-115 is the the norm, 68% of pop scores btw 85-115 |
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result of nature vs. nurture |
both are necessary and influential, identical twins score the same, intelligence genes-genetically engineered "smart mice," |
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no |
do enriched environments improve intelligence? |
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why there are ethnic differences in intelligence scores |
not sure, proposed ideas=cultural bias, genetic inferiority, environmental risks, educational beliefs/values, asians=effort, US=ability, flynn effect, impoverished conditions can override genetic influences-poverty and malnutrician |
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flynn effect |
generational increase in intelligence test scores |
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why smart ppl fail |
lack of motivation, misattribution of blame, spread themselves too thin, inability to delay gratification, have too much or too little confidence |
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three things to remember about ethnic groups and intelligence |
goal=to identify and help, beware of potential misuses, only one aspect of a person's competance |
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weschler adult intelligence scale |
currently the most widely used intelligence test, verbal and performane scales, can be combined into composite or reported seperately, verbal=why are kids required to go to school, what day is independence day, define "corrupt", performance=get blocks to match picture, (shows how spearman is wrong) |
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five components of creativity |
expertise, imaginitive thinking skills, a venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, creative environment |
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link btw anatomy and intellectual ability |
intelligence linked with ppl who have more synapses, gray matter, and bigger sized brains |
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link btw function and intellectual ability |
ppl who perceive quickly score higher, +.4 to +.5 speed |
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